If McCain falls and VP is President what happens to Inexperience argument?

Question

If McCain falls and VP is President what happens to Inexperience argument?

Answer 1

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 2

I think she will make a great first milf.

I am also sure she can talk without reading from a teleprompter

she will be fine

Answer 3

Does this mean that you think the inexperience augument is valid?

Answer 4

the same if inexperience is the President argument. The VP has more experience then the Presidential candidate, no argument. Good luck Obama , your shooting star is fizzling out.

Answer 5

Id rather the VP be less experience, than the President. What if Biden Dies? There goes all of Obamas experience

Answer 6

"If" McCain falls Sarah Palin will be President, what is your point? If Obama wins he will be the President of the most powerful nation on this planet and he doesn't have anymore experience than Gov. Palin. Most doctors agree McCain has little chance of falling during his presidency.

Answer 7

What is Obama's experience?Voting present over 100 times,so he doesn't have to take a stand.

She has her standards set,they are high.She will not tolerate corruption (Many of Obama's friends are corrupt , Rezko,Ayers etc..)She will go after either party,she already has.Obama will only attack Republicans (he already has)

She has balanced the state budget in Alaska and accepts nothing but the best for her constituents.Obama is just interested in running for office.

McCain chose her,she wasn't running around Washington preparing to run for office instead of doing his job as a senator (see votes of Present,he won't take a stand n any issues)

So much for experience,she is more content in ACTUALLY doing the job the people sent her there to do.

Answer 8

Sarah Palin served as a city council member in Wasilla Alaska from 1992-1996. She served as the mayor of the city of Wasilla from 1996-1999. She was elected to her first term of Governor of the state of Alaska in 1996. As such, she has only served 2 years (1/2) of her first term as Governor. She holds a BA in Journalism from the University of Idaho.

Barack Obama is a graduate of Harvard Law School. Prior to entering Harvard, he served as Director of the Developing Communities Project from 1985-1988. He entered Harvard Law in 1988.  While at Harvard he served as President of the Harvard Law Review. He taught Constitutional Law from 1992-2004 at the University of Chicago Law School.  He served in the Illinois Senate from 1997--2004. He was elected to the United States Senate in 2004 where he has served the last 4 years.

Sorry, but I'm going say that 4 years in the US Senate beats 2 years as a state governor.

Harvard Law Grad (that means a 4 year degree + 3 years of law school), President of Law Review, Professor of Constitutional Law beats BA in Journalism.

7 years as a State Senator is going to beat 4 years as a member of city council and 3 years as the mayor of a town.

As far as the "Executive Experience" goes-- according to the web site for Wasilla, Alaska - in 2003 their population was 6715 ....

.....(yes, six thousand seven hundred fifteen.......but ...you know........the population of Lizard l**k, NC is only about 1500. So,  ........she's got that going for her.  She can honestly say ....she was mayor of a town that is 6 times as big as Lizard l**k, NC.  )

While Alaska may be the largest state land wise-- according to the 2006 census - it's population was 670,053 (six hundred seventy thousand fifty-three).

By comparison - Rhode Island -- (the smallest state land wise) had a population of 1,067,610 (One million sixty-seven thousand six hundred and ten) in 2006.

The population of Deleware in 2006: 853,676 (eight hundred fifty-three thousand six hundred seventy six).

Population of South Carolina: 4,321,249 (four million three hundred twenty-one thousand two hundred forty-nine).

Population of California: 36,457,549 (thirty-six million, four hundred fifty-seven thousand five hundred forty nine)

Population of Idaho: 1,466,465 (one million four hundred sixty-six thousand four hundred sixty five)

When it comes to the experience question between Barack and Sarah, I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with you.  In my humble opinion, Barack has got her beat.

As far as why are the Dems making Sarah's experience an issue?  Because MCCAIN RAISED THE ISSUE OF EXPERIENCE BEFORE HE EVER SELECTED HIS VP!

He's the one running ads questioning Baracks experience.

If McCain gets elected - he will be 72 years old. His health problems have been in the news the last year. If he drops dead, strokes out - or for any other reason is unable to complete his term -- a 2 year governor of a state with a population of 670,053 will be in charge of running a country with the population of 281,421,906 (as of 2000).

Now, who would you rather have run that country? A 4 year degree in journalism  or a Harvard law graduate with 12 years experience teaching Constitutional Law (as in laws based on the US Constitution).

I'll take the guy with the best experience and the expertise in Constitutional law. (after all, that pesky constitution is what this country was founded on).

And I did mention that Palin is already being investigated for a state ethics violation?

"This month, a bipartisan panel of state legislators appointed an independent investigator to look into whether Ms. Palin had fired a top law enforcement official in her administration because he had failed to dismiss a state trooper who was involved in a divorce with Ms. Palin’s sister."  

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/30/us/pol...

Answer 9

The same thing that happened to the "change Washington" argument when Obama picked a 66 year old VP who has been in Washington for 35 years.

Answer 10

Odds are greater that McCain would die since he has battled Cancer in the past and is 72 years old. Nevertheless, Obama has faced challenges throughout the 18 months of primaries and has withstood so much and achieved a level of acceptance unforeseen at the start. I think he has proved himself to be up to any challenges. What has Palin done to assure the public that she can deal with adversity? She is being investigated for "abuse of Power" regarding a possible personal vendetta against a in-law-firing his boss for refusing to fire that in-law.

Dan Quail had the first female V.P. choice in 1984-so much for the "Historic Impact" of McCain's choice.

Answer 11

McCain is 72 and has faced cancer more than once.  Palin is a terrible pick.

Answer 12

Right out the window, like the rest of his rhetoric.

Answer 13

They are saying that since she is VP she has an apprentice type of role and will gain experience.  Then they say that Obama doesn't get to be in that role if he goes straight to President.

Answer 14

His running mate has run a state.

Obama has only voted.

His running mate had run a city.

Obama has only voted.

His running mate has run two businesses.

Obama has only voted.

His running mate has met a payroll.

Obama has only voted.

I'd say we would be much better off with her if McCain dies verses Obama that lacks any real world experience of any kind other than voting.

The day Obama would step into the Presidency, we will have the most inexperienced president ever. This isn't a time for a President with training wheels hoping his running mate can guid him to make the right moves. Biden wasn't respected as a president since he only got 1% of Iowa and had to drop out of the running. IOW, voters thought he sucked as a president. Makes one wonder why Obama picked him instead of Hillary.

This is the reason most Presidents are governors instead of senators. Only two senators were ever elected President, but many Governors were. You have to "manage" being a governor, not just push a button to vote.

Answer 15

She would get an Rep Senator who has been around for decades as her VP

The difference is she has been in a postion of being the person who makes the final decision. Obama has never been in that postion.

Answer 16

The inexperience argument falls apart completely. Then again, it was never a good one to begin with.