Quote Originally Posted by 8182KSKUSH
All examples taken from her introduction to the nation tonight during her fantastic speech. I know, it may be hard to swallow for the devout cult followers of Obama. Too bad! As Gulliani said, Obama is the least experienced candidate in at least 100 years!:thumbsup:


So let's review.
1. governor of the great state of Alaska,
2. mayor of my hometown.
3. actual responsibilities. So you mean she couldn't just be "present" and still be considered doing her job. You mean she was accountable for what happened and did not have the luxury of being 1 of 100 people that "worked" on stuff! Oh!

You could stop right there as for experience, and argueably she has more executive experience than Obama or Biden for that matter. But let's go on.

4. I took on the old politics as usual in Juneau ... when I stood up to the special interests, the lobbyists, big oil companies, and the good ol' boys network.

5.
I came to office promising major ethics reform, to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is the law.

Again, she was actually responsible for specific legislation with regard to this subject, NOT 1 OF 100 THAT VOTED YEA OR NAY! AND THEN CLAIMED ALL THE CREDIT! I believe this is called "governing".
6. by request if possible and by veto if necessary.
She has actually used the power of the veto whilst governing, and understands how to use it to get results!
7.
Our state budget is under control.
We have a surplus.
(Has Obama even run a small business? Let alone a city, or state, let alone budget any of them, and do it successfully? Um, no.)

8.And I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending: nearly half a billion dollars in vetoes.

9. I suspended the state fuel tax,
10. and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress.
11. I told the Congress "thanks, but no thanks," for that Bridge to Nowhere.
12.
And despite fierce opposition from oil company lobbyists, who kind of liked things the way they were, we broke their monopoly on power and resources.
As governor, I insisted on competition and basic fairness to end their control of our state and return it to the people.
13.
I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history.
And when that deal was struck, we began a nearly forty billion dollar natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence.

14. we Americans need to produce more of our own oil and gas.
And take it from a gal who knows the North Slope of Alaska: we've got lots of both.

Wow, guess there is a reason she is the most popular sitting govenor in the U.S. today. This is just the short list, and by the way, she is just the VP on the ticket, IMHO, her experience and accomplishments make Obama's pale in comparisson, and make it laughable that he is even running for president. I invite anyone to post a list of Obama's accomplishments and experience that qualify him for even a VP position, let alone the presidency. LMFAO ALL DAY LONG!!!


Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
P4B started a new thread and I answered over there: http://boards.cannabis.com/politics/...president.html

I didn't know you had asked the Obama question in this Palin thread.
Quote Originally Posted by dragonrider
I support him more for his policies, priorities, plans and judgement than his experience.

I have some misgivings about his short elected experience too. But as I said in a different thread, I think people are going to look past this experience problem soon, especially once we get into the debates.


As for Obama's experience, I think everyone knows about the basic history: community organizer, Illinois State Senate for 8 years, US Senate for 4 years.

His time in the Illinois State Senate included work on the state Earned Income Tax Credit and expansion of early childhood education.

His time in the US Senate included work with Tom Coburn to allow you to go online and see how and where your tax money is spent. He has worked on ethics reform. He is working with Dick Lugar on nuclear non-proliferation and securing Russian nukes. He is working to promote the greater use of alternative fuels and higher fuel standards for cars.

Obama is 26 years younger than McCain, so he doesn't have the same record, but personally, I agree with his platform, and that's why I am going to vote for Obama.
So basically, anyone that is elected to the senate is qualified based on the fact that they are in the senate as 1 of 100 senators, "working on stuff"
. You say he doesn't have the "same record", but actually, it would be more accurate to say that "he doesn't have much of any record period."

So that's it. I respect the fact that you are at least honest. But the accomplishments/experience/record you have put forth for Obama, hardly even stacks up to what the VP for the GOP ticket has done. That was the point of this thread.

Again, Palin, the VPs quick, short list of accomplishments/experience:

So let's review.
1. governor of the great state of Alaska,
2. mayor of my hometown.
3. actual responsibilities. So you mean she couldn't just be "present" and still be considered doing her job. You mean she was accountable for what happened and did not have the luxury of being 1 of 100 people that "worked" on stuff! Oh!

You could stop right there as for experience, and argueably she has more executive experience than Obama or Biden for that matter. But let's go on.

4. I took on the old politics as usual in Juneau ... when I stood up to the special interests, the lobbyists, big oil companies, and the good ol' boys network.

5.
I came to office promising major ethics reform, to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is the law.

Again, she was actually responsible for specific legislation with regard to this subject, NOT 1 OF 100 THAT VOTED YEA OR NAY! AND THEN CLAIMED ALL THE CREDIT! I believe this is called "governing".
6. by request if possible and by veto if necessary.
She has actually used the power of the veto whilst governing, and understands how to use it to get results!
7.
Our state budget is under control.
We have a surplus.
(Has Obama even run a small business? Let alone a city, or state, let alone budget any of them, and do it successfully? Um, no.)

8.And I have protected the taxpayers by vetoing wasteful spending: nearly half a billion dollars in vetoes.

9. I suspended the state fuel tax,
10. and championed reform to end the abuses of earmark spending by Congress.
11. I told the Congress "thanks, but no thanks," for that Bridge to Nowhere.
12.
And despite fierce opposition from oil company lobbyists, who kind of liked things the way they were, we broke their monopoly on power and resources.
As governor, I insisted on competition and basic fairness to end their control of our state and return it to the people.
13.
I fought to bring about the largest private-sector infrastructure project in North American history.
And when that deal was struck, we began a nearly forty billion dollar natural gas pipeline to help lead America to energy independence.

14. we Americans need to produce more of our own oil and gas.
And take it from a gal who knows the North Slope of Alaska: we've got lots of both.


And Obama the democrats Presidential Nominee:


1.community organizer, Illinois State Senate for 8 years, US Senate for 4 years

2.work on the state Earned Income Tax Credit and expansion of early childhood education.

3.work with Tom Coburn to allow you to go online and see how and where your tax money is spent.

4.worked on ethics reform.

5.working with Dick Lugar on nuclear non-proliferation and securing Russian nukes.

6.working to promote the greater use of alternative fuels and higher fuel standards for cars.

I ask again, who exaclty should we be questioning on the issue of experience/accomplishments/record? :wtf: