Alaskan Paper: Palin Unqualified to Serve as Vice President

[tekisui]

Sarah Palin’s chief qualification for being elected governor of Alaska was that she was not Frank Murkowski.

He was at a low point when he took out ads saying “Maybe I should consider a personality transplant,” but his presence in the 2006 GOP primary helped her capture the nomination and go on to beat Tony Knowles.

She did not win because of her conservative credentials, her grasp of policy details or because of her track record as the mayor of Wasilla, an office she won in 1996 by collecting 617 votes.

National GOP spokesmen—including the VP also-rans—went on and on Friday about how Palin is to “the right” of John McCain, that she is an “economic conservative” and that she will attract supporters of Hillary Clinton to the Republican party.

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Perhaps the strangest claim repeated endlessly on the news channels is that she has proven she can cut taxes and reduce the size of government in Alaska. She may have cut taxes as mayor of Wasilla, but that's not the same as cutting taxes as governor of Alaska, where there is no state income tax or sales tax to cut.

(snip)

With her selection by McCain, Palin will be subjected to intense scrutiny by the national news media for the first time. It will be unlike anything she has seen in Alaska.

I may be proven wrong, but the decision announced by McCain strikes me as reckless. She is not prepared to be the next president should something happen to McCain.

The main charge against Democrat Barack Obama is that he dose not have the track record to be president. The choice of Palin effectively removes that from the GOP arsenal.

Palin said Friday, in an exchange carried on CNN, that her 13 years as a member of the Wasilla City Council from 1992-96, mayor of Wasilla from 1996-2002 and governor for a year-and-a-half add up to “good experience” for the vice presidency.

McCain and Palin will have to prove that to the American people before November.

http://newsminer.com/news/2008/aug/29/palin-unqualified-serve-vice-president/

[K Gardner]

1. K&R

[Raven]

2. Her statement about having enough experience shows how

little she knows about the office she is running for.

[Heidi]

3. Kick!

:kick:

[polpilot]

10. Isn't she the girl on 'Seinfeld'?Julis louis-Dreyfus?

[ingac70]

4. A female version of Dubya. n/t

[Epiphany4z]

5. good article

I am starting to like this McCain choice...She is fairly easy to go after without a hint of gender bias.

[tekisui]

6. Yes she is.

There is absolutely no "there" there. She's got nothing but lack of experience in her experience.

[WindRiverMan]

7. LOL I kind of Forgot about the TAXES

Palin has NO EXPERIENCE ON TAXES!!!!


Alaska has no state income tax, and Anchorage has no sales tax. She cannot cut taxes, there are no taxes to cut. Liar liar pants onfire. LOL

[CitizenLeft]

8. this claim made me throw things at my TV

Palin said Friday, in an exchange carried on CNN, that her 13 years as a member of the Wasilla City Council from 1992-96, mayor of Wasilla from 1996-2002 and governor for a year-and-a-half add up to “good experience” for the vice presidency.

MOOSESHIT.

Rightwing pundits like that obnoxious Castellanos said yesterday that she's MORE qualified and experienced than Obama - "what has he ever done? NOTHING."

If he had been in the same room with me when he said that, I would've socked him.

[C_U_L8R]

9. A wreckless and impulsive choice by McCain

He only met her once and talked with her on the phone one other time.
It is clear that Palin lacks the talent or experience to be Vice President
but what's even clearer is that John McCain makes ill-informed decisions.
John McCain is void of the judgement needed to lead our Country.

[Cosmocat]

15. THAT is the story ... Will the MSM report it ???

or will they talk about her being a life long member of the NRA, and how she eats Mooseburgers, while breathlessly waiting for their cue from the right wing to hammer BO and Biden for being too rough with the "fresh face."

[lisainmilo]

11. She is merely an actor, a puppet, a mouthpiece....

She is in no way ready to run this country.

[sandnsea]

12. OMG, She got 909 votes in 1999, 909

Are you kidding me? 900 people have catapulted this woman into the Vice Presidency??? This is crazy.

http://www.cityofwasilla.com/index.aspx?page=61

[Yavin4]

13. I Was VP Of My Student Govt In College

That should qualify me to be the Sec. of State.

[tanyev]

14. Heck, I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last week.

Give me Dept of Defense!

[Kolesar]

16. That's a columnist at the Fairbanks paper, not the editorial board

The editorial board is hardly enthusiastic, though: http://newsminer.com/news/2008/aug/30/palin-has-much-prove/?opinion
Thanks for posting.