Are you experienced?
So, let me see if I have this straight: according to the Messiah’s circular argument, his experience running for president automagically qualifies him to BE president?
COOPER: And, Senator Obama, my final question — your — some of your Republican critics have said you don’t have the experience to handle a situation like this. They in fact have said that Governor Palin has more executive experience, as mayor of a small town and as governor of a big state of Alaska. What’s your response?
OBAMA: Well, you know, my understanding is, is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We have got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month.
So, I think that our ability to manage large systems and to execute, I think, has been made clear over the last couple of years.
Yep, that seems to be about the size of it. And again, I note with some surprise that a guy who has never held a real job outside of academia (“community organizer?” gimme a break) in his life — and a would-be career politician running on a phantasmagorical “Change” platform with another lifelong member of the politico-leech class — would dare bring up “experience” as if he thought it would help him at all. He’s got balls, you gotta give him that.
York mentions another little item the Messiah would rather you not notice:
Just for the record, Alaska’s FY2008 operating budget is $11.2 billion, and the state employs approximately 15,000 people. Those certainly aren’t huge numbers in federal terms, but they’re a good bit bigger than the Obama campaign.
Ooops. Looks like the wannabe Emperor needs to do a little clothes-shopping.
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Sarah Palin has government executive experience. She has lots of experience actually making decisions - as Mayor, Commissioner, and then Governor. She's been in elective office since 1992.
Barack Obama has been in elective office just since 1997 - and always as a legislator. he's never had to make executive decisions in a government administration like Gov. Palin.
Indeed, Obama often could not muster the courage to make even a legislative decision - he frequently voted "present."
See here
http://www.time-blog.com/swampland/2008/01/obama_campaign_defends_present.html