Does Palin have more experience than OBAMA?

Question

Palin was a Governor for Two years, --a mayor before that.

What was Obama--a community organizer---a state representative and then a senator for less than 2 years--he has never done anything as an executive---never made a decision on his own. And if you take away the teleprompter---It shows

Answer 1

It's not so much a question of experience but a question of judgment.

Can you really trust the judgment of a person that thinks the earth is 5000 years old and doesn't trust the science of evolution?

Sound familiar? We had enough of the last 8 years, let's move on!

Obama/Biden 08'

Answer 2

Obama: 11 years of Government experience, was a senator.

Palin: 20 Months of Government experience, was a GOVERNOR and is under investigation of abusing her power

Pretty easy to see which one has more experience huh?

Answer 3

No.  

She has 2 years experience as a Governor of less than a million people.  She got 114,000 votes.  She has no credibility in international circles.  Can you imagine her sitting across the table from Putin?  Few in Congress have ever met her, much less worked with her.

Obama was a  US Senator for four years, who has led in areas such as nuclear proliferation.  World leaders have met with him with respect.  18,000,000 people vted for him in the primary.

There's absolutely no comparison.  This was a crass political choice, certainly not "putting the country first".  There are many FAR more qualified Republicans.

Answer 4

Yes. She has a great resume. Anyone who disagrees please post where we can find Obama's achivements...he spent a lot of time in school...when Palin was working on her business, being a mayor, etc. Why did he spend so much time going to school?  

Answer 5

*facepalm*

no, Obama has more experience and there is a difference between experience in Illinois and DC and experience in Alaska.  No one really cares about Alaska, governing it isn't a big dela.  

Answer 6

No.  Really, look up something that wasn't endorsed by the Conservatives.

Answer 7

Let's see. Palin was elected in 2006 with a total of about 115,000 votes and has been Governor in a state of about 700,000 people. The basis for  the claims that she has "experience" are coming from McCain. One man.

Obama has received around 18 million votes from across the country, while building up the political power to defeat the heavily entrenched Deomocrat establishment candidate (Clinton). Over 18 million people.

So, on the one hand we have McCain claiming that Palin has enough experience and on the other, 18 million people from across the country who have confidence in Obama as President.

This is really your comparison? Have you thought this one through?

EDIT: For the answer below, you do realize that part of the refund that Palin was able to send out to Alaskans was based upon the implementation of a windfall tax on oil profits, right?

Just so you know, this is the same thing that has been proposed by Obama and, you guessed it, both McCain and Palin are firmly against the proposal.

Answer 8

Palin has served less than two years as Governor of Alaska, which tends to eat into the experience message on which McCain has relied thus far. At 44, she’s younger than Barack Obama by three years. She has served as a mayor and as the Ethics Commissioner on the state board regulating oil and natural gas, for a total of eight years political experience before her election as governor. That’s also less than Obama has, with seven years in the Illinois legislature and three in the US Senate. Palin has no formal foreign-policy experience, which puts her at a disadvantage to Joe Biden.

Answer 9

McCain aide Jill Hazelbaker:

It is pretty audacious for the Obama campaign to say that Governor Palin is not qualified to be Vice President. She has a record of accomplishment that Senator Obama simply cannot match. Governor Palin has spent her time in office shaking up government in Alaska and actually achieving results -- whether it’s taking on corruption, passing ethics reform or stopping wasteful spending and the ‘bridge to nowhere.’ Senator Obama has spent his time in office running for President.  

Answer 10

If you consider "experience" governing a state that has a population less than that of Los Angeles County alone! I don't think so! Poor republicans!

http://www.classbrain.com/artstate/publi...

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/...

Answer 11

Well Biden has more experience then MCCAIN. It all levels itself out.

Answer 12

Yes, she does.  When Obama was elected into the senate, she had been an elected official for 5 years!  Governors are better prepared for presidency than senators are.  The whole time Obama has been senator he has been running for President.  McCain, Palin, and Biden are all more experienced than Obama.

Answer 13

Too bad most Messiah supporters can't realize that.... They arguing this debate like Palin is on the top of the ticket which is laughable it just shows how weak obama is.

Answer 14

Experience at voting against environment, supporting offshore drilling, supporting shooting animals from airplanes, supporting opening protected areas to drilling, supporting extreme predator control methods, experience Mayoring 5,000 people, experience speeding MULTIPLE times with her kids in the car...

Yeah, sure, she's got it all...

Answer 15

Two have lots of experience.  Two have minimal experience.

The Libs are running the less experienced for POTUS.

The Cons are running the most experienced for POTUS.

Answer 16

Obama has 11 years of governmental experience. Palin has 20 months.

Answer 17

This is amazing to me, That the party which has tried to diminish the question of experince as un-important has now brought it to the forefront in a constant barrage against a woman running for office. The real question is Why does the democratic party have to silence strong women who are running for high office. First Hillary and now sarah Palin. The party of Change?....Hardly    

Answer 18

That fact that she leads a state that is so huge, over twice the size of Texas, and has such a small population to tax to manage that massive state, yet is able to give everyone refunds of several thousand dollars makes her all that much more impressive.

Unlike where I live, NY, where they tax the h**l out of its large population but are still so broke the state has to cut back on how often it mows the grass on state land.

Answer 19

No. Obama has 4 years as a senator and 7 as a state legislator.

Palin was mayor of a town with around 5,000 people. And then she jumped up to governor of Alaska. She's been governor for about 20 months.  

Answer 20

Senator Obama had a successful legal career as an advocate for disadvantaged people in a tough Chicago Neighborhood. From there, he has held elective office for approx 10 years represent the state of Illinois - A large state with large population.

Being the mayor of town of 8,000 people is like having a paper route.  She has been the Governor of Alaska for a little more than a year which is hardly a credential for "executive experience"  

You have been watching too much Sean Hannity there my friend.  

Answer 21

Obama >Palin

sorry

Answer 22

Palin has more experience by far, she was in essence the CEO of a state.  She made decisions, on a daily basis.  NOT votes like Nobama.  She made real decisions, that she has to account for, and the people in Alaska love this woman.

Answer 23

11 years of state/national service for Obama vs. 2 years of state service... (city service... really? that's about like being a community organizer and we all know it)

you MAY be able to make a SLIGHT argument that she could possibly be slightly more experienced... if you put tremendous stock into executive and none into senate in state and national...

but to make some sweeping statement about her being head and shoulders above obama is just funny based on the evidence you've given...

and by the way... we don't even know how Palin sounds at all... with or without a teleprompter... she's given 1 speech on the national stage... and you're throwing her a ticker tape parade... HAHAHA

Answer 24

Depends on how you look at it.  Yes she has more executive experience, Obama has more legislative, but then again Since he was elected he's been on the campaign.   So does he really have that much??

Answer 25

wat kind of c**p is this? She was a mayor of a village practically.  It was very small.  Obama has good judgement and has been proven in the past and is still affecting ppl today like the bush adminstration on Iraq and Afghanistan.

wat ignorance..Biden was not just a senator, he was chairman of the foreign relations committee and chairman of the judiciary committee.   You cant compare apples to oranges, you just wont win.

Answer 26

SHE TOO PAINTS IN BOLD STROKES. EVERYBODYS POKING FUN AT HER FOR ONLY HAVING A JOURNALISTS DEGREE. OLD OBAMA HAS A DEGREE  IN LAW; TO ME THAT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT HE IS A GOOD BULLSPITTER TRAINED IN THE ART OF MANIPULATING THE TRUTH AND THE LAW.

DONT GET ME WRONG BECAUSE I THINK PALIN IS EXTREMELY INTELLIGENT AND HAS A GOOD SENSE OF JUDGMENT. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT KINDS OF INTELLIGENCE, AND BEING BOOK SMART ISNT ALWAYS THHE BEST CHOICE. I LIKE THE FACT THAT PALIN IS A LITTLE NAIVE WHEN IT COMES TO POLITICS ON THE NATIONAL LEVEL. IT DOESNT MEAN SHE ISNT CAPABLE OF EXPLORING THE POSSIBILE OUTCOMES OF DECISIONS BASED ON FOREIGN POLICY, AFTERALL ALL YOU HAVE TO HAVE IS GOOD POWERS OF DEDUCTION. AND SHE ALREADY HAS THEM FROM HER EXPERIENCE AS A GOVENOR AND MAYOR.  I BEEN SAYING FOR YEARS WE NEED TO GET AVERAGE JOE PLUMBER IN THERE FOR A PRESIDENT. SOMEBODY WHO ISNT CURRUPTED LIKE THE MOVIE "DAVE". SOMEBODY TO KICK BUTT AND TAKE NAMES.

Answer 27

She sure does...

Palin is a Governor of a state that borders Russian waters. She commands the national guard, state police and deals with the state budget. Alaska is the largest U.S. state by area by a substantial margin, and one of the wealthiest per capita.

She even hunts moose and baits her own hook. She's a life long NRA member.

She is more experienced and more of a man than Obama.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska

Answer 28

agreed. obama is an empty suit.

Answer 29

Yes she does............. I can not see one qualification from Obama which makes him qualified for President.

According to Joe Biden we do not need a good soldier in the white house, we need a loser who is nothing but a Commuity activist !!

Answer 30

Here's what strikes me more than the experience issue:

For Obama, "not just politics as usual" seems to be nothing more than rhetoric.

For Palin, it seems to be actual policy.

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Answer 31

I guess you've answered your own question!

Says a lot about how hypocritical some people can be calling Obama inexperienced & then appointing an even MORE inexperienced individual a heartbeat away from the presidency.