Obama accuses Palin of 'not enough experience'

On John McCain's choice for Vice President, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama's camp said, "Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency."  That's rich!  Glass houses and rocks come to mind here.  Exactly what experience does Barack Obama have to be the President of the United States???  Sarah Palin has more political experience, more governing experience, more leadership experience, than Obama has in his arrogant, smug, smile. 

Chuck Schumer said,  

"Certainly the choice of Palin puts to rest any argument about inexperience on the Democratic team and while Palin is a fine person, her lack of experience makes the thought of her assuming the presidency troubling. I particularly look forward to the Biden-Palin debate in Missouri."

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is a God-fearing;   gun-toting;   lifetime National Rifle Association member who hunts, shoots, and fishes;   former beauty queen;  wife for 20 years to the same man;  mother of 5 children, one a soldier in the U.S. Army;  former Mayor;   and now John McCain's Vice President pick.  (interview here with NewsMax)

On Obama and the kind of supporters he has, former peanut farmer, terrorist-lover and America-hater, President Jimmy Carter, said Thursday that John McCain is “milking every possible drop of advantage” from his time as a prisoner of war in Vietnam.  Even Democrats backed away from Carter's comments saying he didn't have the influence and position in the Democratic party that he previously had.  No kidding.

At least John McCain has a military record, and McCain has a political record, and McCain has experience both domestic and foreign.  Again Obama needs to be careful living in that big old glass house and throwing stones at others.

From R. J. Godlewski, via email, A Masterful Bit of Strategy:

In what I personally consider to be a masterful bit of strategy, John McCain picked AK Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Okay, we all know this by now. This is why I happen to like the choice.
 
1.) McCain has now taken both Obama and Hillary Clinton out of the picture. Should McCain serve as a one-term president, Hillary will find herself challenging a sitting woman V.P. who could easily run for office.

2.) Ms. Palin believes in Global Warning (she doubts global warming stems from human activity),  but still desires to drill and mine for more energy (this silences the more radical GW crowd).

3.) That image that I saw of her holding the assault weapon in Iraq will endure her to many pro-gun people.

4.) Her child (all of whom I can't remember their 'unique' names!) in the Army will silence critics who complain about our involvement in wars.

5.) Though young and only a governor for two years, she has more exec experience than Obama and Biden combined.
 
Well, that's just my observations for now. What do you think?
 
RS

If I were Obama (God forbid) I would be very worried about the McCain - Palin ticket.  This will energize the Conservative base, this will enthuse women and men who were formerly for Hillary Clinton.  I think this is a slam dunk for McCain.  Finally I can get behind McCain 100% in this election.  How about you?

Comments

[Howard]

Obama's twisted logic that merely running for office provides him with the qualifications, experience and credentials to perform in that office, is as laughable as his twisted logic that a whirlwind 9 day, six country, overseas photo op qualifies him as an expert on foreign policy. Obama is an empty suit who is obviously trying to create the illusion that he is something that he is not. If its a choice between an experienced mayor and Governor, with an approval rating of 80% for V.P. versus. a community organizer, and junior senator, who spent most of his time in office running for President ... I choose Palin. No Wright, no Farrakahn, no Ayers, no Rezko, no mean Michelle, NOBAMA

[Rosalene Bradbury]

Sorry, but I couldn't disagree more. Sarah Palin is a really smart lady -- too smart for McCain. There is something here that does not ring true and I suspect voters are going to see it.

[Katherine]

Good luck winning over white female Democrats with an anti-abortion, gun toting VP...even if she is a female. If that's what the McCain campaign was shooting for, I think they missed the target. LOL.

[Sam Pierce]

For the first time since Duncan Hunter withdrew, I feel like I can support a ticket and not just vote against a ticket!

[MK]

Keep at it Obambi, all those Hillary supporters are just looking for an excuse.

[Christopher Hamilton]

Genius, pure genius. This choice is a slap in the faces of all Democrats.

[Aurora]

That's great news, Debbie. Palin sounds like a real winner. It's so obvious that the Republic team is just a more substantial team all round than the other side. I guess it's going to come down to spin over substance. Let's hope the masses can see that.

[Debbie]

Joe:

Good point. I don't think Obama's crowd has much meat to use against Palin.

I'm proud of McCain.

[joe Miller]

One other quick observation.

The democrats say that this election is about understanding people in small town america. Yet their criticism of Palin is that she was the Mayor of a small town and this counts as 0 experience. So why do they disparage small town Americans as unqualified.

[Angel]

Obama accuses Palin of 'not enough experience'..ha too funny Deb!

[MIsfit410]

Great post.
That certainly is the Pot calling the Kettle black. To be honest I'd rather have Palin as president than any of the choices we have. She has an excellent track record of fighting government corruption and wasteful spending, and that is something I hope she is allowed to pursue as VP.

[Todd Anthony]

It's part and parcel with Obama and the Democrats' hubris, ultimately. They've ceased to be the party of the people, but rather of the anti-war, environmentalist, abortion crew.

Bravo, boneheads on the Left.

[Maggie Thornton]

I agree with Godlewski's analysis of the McCain-Palin ticket.

We'll hear the Schumer rhetoric over and over, but I don't think it will play well with ordinary Americans.

Obama has NO executive experience expcept back in the late 1990's and he abused that.

Maggie

[Debbie]

Palin's youngest son has Down's Syndrome. She and her husband knew about this before the birth. They could have chosen abortion, but no. They chose LIFE for their child.

[Katie]

Her eldest son Track will be going to Iraq soon.

Obama has a lot of nerve condemning HER experience. As a rule, state governors have to entertain and know foreign affairs. There are investment concerns in it. And what foreign policy experience did Dhimmi Carter have before he was POTUS? Or Ronald Reagan? Or Michael Dukakis? Or Calvin Coolidge? Or Woodrow Wilson? Or Bill Clinton?

This argument rings sour and he should be very scared!!!

[Grouch at Right Truth]

I for one am delighted with McCain's choice. For so long I have hoped and prayed that Johnny Mac would give me a reason to vote for him. I had hoped for either Bobby Jindal or Sarah Palin.

She's got executive experience, she's pro-family values, pro oil and gas drilling, pro-gun, a tax and spending cutter, and she's not afraid to speak her mind.

Sounds like abreath of fresh air to me.

Now lets all watch painfully as the Democrats try and cut her to ribbons.

[JennSierra]

The junior Senator from IL still thinks people are listening to him.

[Susan Duclos]

Great piece. Sonny over at America's Future .or has the perfect response to the laughable Obama reaction:

The McCain campaign is hoping and praying that someone will say that Palin is unready for the job. “Please,” John McCain is praying right now AS I TYPE, “Let a Democrat say that an executive with 2 years of experience and no foreign policy expertise isn’t ready for the presidency. Oh pretty please. Because you know what I’m going to do? I’m going to take that soundbite, put it in an ad, slap Obama’s mug up there, and run it over and over and over again.”

Because Palin has exactly as much experience as Obama–arguably more, since she’s an executive. The only difference is that she isn’t running for president.

This is an interesting pick. It’s a play for white, female Democrats–and you’re always better off aiming at a constituency than “trying to win a state,” something that never happens.