Laura Bush says Sarah Palin is a "quick learner". Is that what you want to hear about a VP?

Question

Talk about damning with faint praise.

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To quote Laura Bush:

"When you've run a city like she has, and run a state like she has .."

Ouch. Wasilla, Alaska, pop. 9,000, can barely be called a "city."

And she has been running a state with a total population smaller than the city of Columbus, Ohio ... for less than half-a-term (less than two years)!

So ... is 'quick learner' the kind of thing you want to hear about a VP choice?

(And please don't tell me that Obama's experience is comparable ... Obama spent 8 years in the Illinois state legislature and 4 in the U.S. Senate as the Senator from Illinois ... Illinois has a population *20 times* the size of Alaska ... heck Chicago alone has twice the population of the entire state of Alaska!)

Answer 1

so much for the Republican's counter arguments on 'learning on the job'. They are willing to let an inexperience person who is a missed heartbeat away from the Presidency learn on the job. If quick learning is all it takes to be the President of the U.S., sign me up for 2012.

Answer 2

That's the kind of thing I want to hear about my 5 year old, frankly.

Answer 3

Yes.  It is certainly better than Obama, who has shown no capability of learning anything.  Even the most neophyte student of economics will recognize that Obama's prescriptions are asinine.

Answer 4

However, Palin has made decisions during her term.  All Obama knows to do is try to be popular with all and vote Present.

Answer 5

No, it obviously should not a comforting statement for the GOP in this case. There are many reasons to question her as a VP choice, and of course some reasons are more important than others, but personally I'm not interested in any elected official that supports teaching creationism in schools (namely if she's referring to a science classroom in a public school). But I suppose if you want a VP choice that increases your electability with conservative evangelical Christians, then Palin is a great choice.

In October of 2006, the Anchorage Daily News reported that Palin said the following about creationism at a debate:

"Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of information....Healthy debate is so important and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both. And you know, I say this too as the daughter of a science teacher. Growing up with being so privileged and blessed to be given a lot of information on, on both sides of the subject -- creationism and evolution. It's been a healthy foundation for me. But don't be afraid of information and let kids debate both sides."

Answer 6

She's a quick learner. Great. Better a quick learner that a no learner like Joe Biden. He's been in the Congress since before he had hair plugs and he still doesn't get it.  

Answer 7

I AGREE WITH YOU TO A POINT.WHY DID OBAMA PICK BIDEN AS HIS TEACHER?TO TEACH THE STUDENT OF COURSE.SO THE SESAW SWAYS BOTH WAYS MY FRIEND.

Answer 8

How about this ringing "endorsement":

//[Alaska] State Senate President Lyda Green said she thought it was a joke when someone called her at 6 a.m. to give her the news.

"She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?" said Green, a Republican from Palin's hometown of Wasilla. "Look at what she's done to this state. What would she do to the nation?"//

Answer 9

I wonder if my VP application is lying around because I am ready to learn the ropes...