Yep, Sarah Palin is in no way, shape or form ready to be President. Neither was Dan Quayle nor Spiro Agnew.
And neither is Obama......scares the hell out of me that he might be our next president. At least Palin could learn while being vice president.
I wasn't in the mood to start a firestorm, but I agree wholeheartedly. He is the least qualified major party presidential candidate in my lifetime. Jimmy Carter was more qualified to be President.
What makes McCain ready to be president, and Obama not? It isn't something that you need to say, go get a degree for, like if you want to practice engineering. You look at these guys, and you say, do they have the competency to be president. Barack Obama flies through that test. The other 3 candidates all struggle through that. Then you look at whose plans you like more, and which would be for America. Please tell me specifically what makes Obama not ready to lead this country.
I'm glad you conceeded that Palin does not have foreign policy experience. And I agree that there should be concern about Obama's experience. He does not have a lot of experience and although I believe he is intelligent, that he does have the country's best interest at heart and think he could be a dynamic leader . . . Obama is a gamble because of his lack of experience.
Right now I am for Obama . . . but what makes Obama ready to be president and Palin not . . . ouch it hurts just typing that. OK clearly Palin isn't ready to be president, but that is because her experience wreeks of being naive and green (for lack of a better term). But to some level (not Palin level), same could be said about Obama. What has he done to prove he is ready to be president?
I agree he doesn't have the experience I'd like, too. But he does have a coherence of thought and an ability to communicate that thought, and he's clearly bright. And he easily out-organized Hillary (and from the looks of it McCain). Is he as unqualified (on paper) as Palin? Maybe. But when you compare any Obama interview to the Palin/Couric interview, it's like saying Brandon Roy was less qualified than Travis Outlaw two years ago. You only needed to watch Roy play (or Obama interview) for five minutes and you can see there's a world of difference there.
Obama sure did a bang-up job yesterday as the "lead" for the bi-partisan meeting in the White House. I wonder if his ineffectiveness has rattled some of his colleagues, even in spite of their expected partisan talking points today.
That's the unreported story. The Democrats let him speak for them, and he blew up any sense of bi-partisanship. Yep, this is a guy who can bring people together.
How do you define "qualified?" Is it based on his prior jobs, or his understanding of the issues? Obama clearly understands the nuances of all the major issues, so that isn't it. If it is because of his resume, then I submit that there is no correlation between that sort of experience and performace as president. He has no less qualified than Abraham Lincoln, among others. I'd like to hear Ms. Palin explain her understanding of the issues, in her own words. I have yet to do so.
this whole thing is weird. The democrats were willing to work with the president on this one. They weren't the problem.
Sen. Judd Gregg, R-New Hampshire, said Friday afternoon the involvement of McCain and his opponent, Sen. Barack Obama, helped push negotiations forward. Gee, who should I believe, a leading Republican senator involved in the bailout negotiations or two conservative honks on this board who haven't been in any of the meetings in Washington? IT'S A TOUGH ONE -Pop
I watched Palin's interview last night with Katie Couric (part two of ?) and it was painful to listen to. I'm not claiming Obama to be the most experienced or even the best candidate that could have been presented in this election cycle (I was partial to Ron Paul, Joe Biden, and Bill Richardson before the primaries gave us our choices), but as Mook said above, he does at least seem to possess intelligence and the ability to clearly communicate that intelligence ... I'm just hoping he has wisdom to go with it.
Ad hominem attacks. Solid argumentative skills. Now find me Gregg's exact quote, and also read the rest of the article you posted that talks of the "heated" conversation yesterday in the White House. You know, the one that Obama "led" for the Democrats. Obama was inept, yet McCain gets the blame.
Why does everyone keep comparing Obama to Palin? She's not running for President.............? The other thing that cracks me up is Obama's choice for VP Biden was a horrible choice. I hate Hillary but had he chose Hillary he would have killed McCain/Palin in this election.
I compare Obama to Palin, because there is the very real possibility that she'll be called upon to assume the office of president given McCain's 4 bouts with cancer and his relatively advanced age (for a first term president). As for Biden, he may have footinmouthitis, but the man is actually a very savvy Senator with a deep knowledge foreign affairs. I think neither ticket is ideal, but the notion of a President Palin scares the hell out of me more than the prospect of an Obama presidency at this point.
It was painful to watch wasn't it . . . and that is saying a lot becauase usally I can watch a good looking female and not care much what she is saying. But for Palin's sake I just wanted the interview to end.
Agree. And for me it took McCain down a notch . . . what was with that pick. I like McCain's experience and that he might not always follow the republican party, but is the Palin pick the kind of judgment he is going to show as president? And yes, there are some scary things about Obama . . . lack of experience and who knows how high he will raise taxes. But I guess on the bright side, McCain and Obama are not as scary as 4 more years of Bush . . . now that is nightmare scary.
