How can the McCain/Palin Camp still run ads on inexperience with Palin on the ticket?

Question

from Newsweek article by Jonathan Alter :

I asked a senior McCain aide on Tuesday: "So what you're saying is that Barack Obama is not ready to be president on day one, but Sarah Palin is?"

"Yes," he said with a straight face.

Obama won 18 million votes, faced countless tough interviews and emerged with a reputation for fluency in discussing affairs of state, whatever one thinks of his politics. Palin's vote totals for mayor were measured in the hundreds; she has served only 20 months as governor of a state half the size of Brooklyn, and knows nothing of national or international issues beyond energy.

No matter. The argument stands.

Here's the logic, if you can call it that. Governors and mayors have executive experience, and the presidency is an executive job. Palin has been a manager and Obama has not. When faced with the obvious question—"So does that mean that Palin is more qualified than McCain, who has never been an executive?"— Republicans (working from talking points) have an answer. McCain commanded a training squadron in Florida in 1976 (the fact that he was not promoted to flag rank afterwards doesn't get mentioned).

Answer 1

Attention..... the election is McCain vs Obama.  Experience still matters.

Answer 2

THEY CAN , BUT ANYONE WHITH  LITTLE TO NO REASONING OR LOGIC WOULD NO THAT  IT IS ALL FLUFF AND AIR AND  BESIDES THE TRUE FACT. THAT I SEE ALL THESE CA  

Answer 3

It's the typical conservative republican hypocrisy.

Answer 4

McCain is lucky to remember what year it is.  His yesmen staff tell him it's ok and he feels at ease.  The woman is a pander to the fundie crowd.

Answer 5

Oh tough interviews make him qualified.  That's the funniest thing I've read today.

Answer 6

Fascist-Neocons are always that way. Their poisonous, false and deliberately misleading propaganda is designed for an average useful idiot.

McCain is brain dead warmongering degenerate and his running mate Palin is a typical w***e. This is what Republicans are offering to American people. Just unbelievable that those two jerks are being supported by certain human beings which called themselves Americans. Where are we coming to?

Answer 7

McCain was in the Navy for 22 years in various positions of leadership, as a Commander you have loads of responsibility and executive leadership duties.  Not just a training squadron as you mention.  Obama has had none, zero, notta, and neither has Biden.  The fact of the matter is, Palin has had the most responsibility placed on her shoulders then any of them.

Answer 8

There is no substitute for executive experience. All Obama has is that he was a "communty organizer"! Governor Palin has had to make tough choices and command a State Govt. She is 20 times more qualified than Barack Hussien Obama.