Governor Palin and Foreign Policy
Quiz: Of our last 5 Presidents, how many had extensive (or really any) foreign policy experience?
Answer: 1 (George H. W. Bush).
The other 4 – Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and W – were all Governors, like Palin. In office, they used their executive experience, to work with staff and figure it out.
Possibly because of that superior executive experience, Governors, not Senators, impress November voters.
Speaking of which, and speaking of the fact that Gov. Palin actually has kicked butt on the establishment while an executive, I’m fascinated by the sexist and sincere talk about Sen. Biden having to be careful that he doesn’t beat up on Gov. Palin too badly at their debate.
It might be the first debate to be stopped because of the 3-knockdown rule. During the second standing-eight count, Biden will ask, “Who am I? Why am I here? Can I go home now?”
Answer: 1 (George H. W. Bush).
The other 4 – Carter, Reagan, Clinton, and W – were all Governors, like Palin. In office, they used their executive experience, to work with staff and figure it out.
Possibly because of that superior executive experience, Governors, not Senators, impress November voters.
Speaking of which, and speaking of the fact that Gov. Palin actually has kicked butt on the establishment while an executive, I’m fascinated by the sexist and sincere talk about Sen. Biden having to be careful that he doesn’t beat up on Gov. Palin too badly at their debate.
It might be the first debate to be stopped because of the 3-knockdown rule. During the second standing-eight count, Biden will ask, “Who am I? Why am I here? Can I go home now?”
posted by steve u. at 8/30/2008
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Um..Steve...you do know she is VP not the candidate for President right? Or are not expecting McCain to last four years?
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Gov. Palin is an impressive choice. She hasn't been on my radar long. She landed there just after she sued the gov't for listing polar bears as endangered based on computer models of doom and not population records which show increases in polar bear populations.
I believe Salem is missing the point. Gov. Palin is giving Sen. McCain the conservative cred that he has been missing. Conservatives nation wide would seem to agree with me. At this moment the McCain campaign has raised over $7 million dollars in contributions since the announcement. $4 million of that was raised in a 24 hour period.
My question is this. Given that Americans respond well to Governors better than Senators due to the executive experience factor, how will this experience benefit Sen. McCain. He had met with Gov. Palin only twice before naming her as his running mate. There's not much of a relationship there. Salem snarky point does tangentially spring from truth. Sen. McCain, not Gov. Palin, will be the president if elected. Aside from being his token conservative, how will Sen. McCain be able to utilize Gov. Palin if they get into office? This will be the question on many people's minds once the initial elation subsides.
Douglas Cootey
The Splintered Mind - Overcoming AD/HD & Depression With Lots Of Humor And Attitude
salem~ hoping not expecting
So I wrote that about 30 seconds before I feel asleep. Sorry for the lack of coherence.
Douglas,
Thanks for the commentary.
I think her experience (and courage) suggests that she'd be good at putting together a successful energy policy (unlike the current admin). This is desperately needed.
Also, the balance between the states and the federal government is way off. I can't recall our last governor/VP. Help anyone? States can do most things better and cheaper than the feds. If the feds are ever going to get serious about balancing their budget, they'll have to offload lots of things to the states. I'm strongly for that, but it has to be done in a somewhat smart way. Someone who actually has a clue about all the things that states actually do, such as a governor, could be good in that role.
Palin was issued a U.S. passport for the first time in 2007. In here whole life, she has been to four foreign countries: Canada, Germany, Kuwait and Ireland (the last was just a refueling stop).
She knows nothing about foreign policy. Not one single thing.
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4 out of 5 Presidents think you overstate your point.
So now you want to call Ireland, "just a fueling stop"? Seriously though, Palin visited thetroops oversees, not out of need for a photo-op. B.O. visited them only when it became apparent the left that he was making foreign policy decisions based on the very limited knowledge of a legislator. Not very Executive by any means.
His nick name should be Mr. Stopgap. In fact when he loses the election he can be the spokes person for the Band-aid brand.
Last former Governor as VP: Spiro Agnew.
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