After a week of rightly questioning Sarah Palin's experience to be vice president, which is nonexistent, suddenly the Republican talking heads are over the moon with the hockey mom from Alaska. I didn't watch her speech (man, I couldn't, ugh), but I've seen clips and all of a sudden the Republicans are liking mooseburgers! Giving a speech did NOT give her any more experience than she had yesterday. Giving a speech did NOT give Obama any less experience. Giving a speech did NOT make it right that she hired a lobbyist and received $27 million in earmarks for a town of 6,700 people.
I was shocked that she went to the experience argument, quite frankly; I assumed McCain gave that up when he decided to pick someone with NO foreign policy experience whatsoever, someone who just got her passport in 2006. Carville was right when he showed a picture of her "town hall" and said it looked like a bait shop in Louisiana (great line, Carville)!
Let me remind you, Sarah Palin - Obama was a state senator and is currently a United States Senator. You have been a mayor of a small town and governor for 20 months. He has written legislation to run a state and the country; you count the PTA as experience. Listen, hockey's not big here, but soccer is, and I can't think of any soccer moms I know who are qualified to be vice president. Are you denigrating Obama's experience to try to take focus off your own lack of resume?
Welcome to the big leagues, lady. You're going to need all the help you can get going up against Joe Biden. Study hard!
