Does Sarah Palin have more experience than Obama?

Question

didn't she really fight corruption more than Obama and Alaska was really corrupted.

Answer 1

She is corrupt herself. They picked her for that & she is a former beauty queen which is so important to Republicans. She just has let her roots go & stopped wearing contacts. She admits to costing her brother in law his job because she didn't like the way he treated her sister who I imagine is now his ex-wife.

Answer 2

her state's population is 670,000 people....

Obama's district population is 653,000 people....so it's about even there...

Obama has years of experience in state senate, he has years of experincen i local government...

Palin was a mayor of 6,000 people then she became governor...her political career is 6 years long... now she's a VP candidate.

Answer 3

No, here is Obama's record.  As you can see, he has a lot more experience in politics than just 143 days in the Senate.  http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/...  In addition, he studied Constitutional Law and was a professor at the University of Chicago Law School, something our current president could have used.

The Wiki article on Sarah Palin is quite interesting.  She appears to have approximately the same amount of experience as Obama, although her degree was in Journalism at the University of Idaho.  However, her actions in Alaska as far as budget cutting and wiping out corruption would never be tolerated as President, helpful though they might be.    

Answer 4

I don't know enough about her yet but I will not fall asleep at the convention now...She is a looker!

Answer 5

Well since being elected, Obama has been on a book tour, and ran for President. He never earned his paycheck as Senator from Illinois. When he actually voted, he followed Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid 100% of the time. That is if and when he bothered to vote at all.

Answer 6

No she has less experience by at least 4 years...

and how does fighting corruption help her out?

if McCain wins she will be working under the 2ND most corrupted man in the USA next to bush...

and the white house is the most corrupt place in the USA...

so i'm sorry i'm not seeing your point?

Answer 7

No she doesn't.  She fought corruption?  Really?  Is that why she's under investigation?   What about her ties to big oil?  

Answer 8

She does and she has executive experience to boot..

Answer 9

Yes. She has executive status.

Obama has.... no status

Answer 10

Yes

She went to school years ago for Politics meaning she has been involved for quite awhile her record speaks for itself that she knows what she is doing.

She also was the first Governor of Alaska and they love her there.

Has the record of reform and bipartisanship that others can only speak of.

Her experience in shaking up the status quo is exactly what is needed in Washington today.

She also had her child even knowing the child had down syndrome in advance.

She stands up for what is right.

Vote McCain / Palin

She has had other investigated she herself is not under investigation.

Answer 11

No. Her experience is minimal. She is less experienced than Obama. Just 20 months ago, she was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, a town of 6,500 where the biggest issue is controlling growth and the biggest civic worry is whether there will be enough snow for the Iditarod dog-mushing race.

Answer 12

She doesn't.

Answer 13

No, I really don't understand this argument.  Obama was a state senator for 8 years and then a US senator for almost 4 years now.  Palin has been governor of a state with a tiny population for 20 months.  Before that she was mayor of a city with a population of 6,000.  Wow.

Obama is far more experienced.  I'm willing to give her credit for fighting some of the corruption in Alaska, but that doesn't make her more experienced.

Answer 14

No......Jesse Ventura was a governor for christsake.

Answer 15

No, she has less. She's also under investigation in Alaska.

Answer 16

yes she does.