The odd couple
(Matt Sullivan/Reuters)
The choice of Sarah Palin as John McCain’s VP candidate seems to be confusing everyone, and I’m no exception.
Last Saturday when Obama choose Biden as his VP candidate a McCain spokesman said that it was “a concession” by Obama admitting that his lack of experience means he is not ready to be our president. Then McCain chooses someone with ZERO foreign policy experience? I want to know what that particular spokesman has to say about this.
One of McCain’s main arguments is that he is ready to “Lead on Day 1.” Is Palin?
We can argue about which experience is better, executive (like being a Governor) or legislative (being a Senator) until we are blue in the face. But one thing is clear, having no foreign policy experience is a huge problem. Having no executive experience is tolerable I think. No wars are going to be started because a part of the budget is labeled incorrectly.
It is argued, although not much longer, that Obama has ‘no experience.’ But I can promise you that he is competent in the issues that face America today, and that foreign leaders know and respect him.
Palin, at the moment is not known by foreign leaders. Sure, if McCain tells them that Palin is going to visit and that she is a great women then they will respect her. But wouldn’t they respect anyone if they are told to? McCain can tell a foreign leader that a blogger named Ryan is coming and that I am a great man. But that doesn’t mean I am ready to lead the country (not yet at least!).
I am looking forward to the Vice Presidential debate. Joe Biden has been involved in foreign policy issues for decades, he it going to blow her out of the water.
If something were to happen to President Obama, Vice President Biden could step in and deal with a foreign policy emergency without hesitation. If something were to happen to President McCain, would Vice President Palin be ready?
I’m sure she is a great Governor for Alaska, and it looks like she is a reformer which is what Washington needs. But a vice president needs to know what is going on in the world, not just in Juneau.
I just hate how McCain is showing that he thinks that people who voted for Hillary will vote for Palin just because she is a woman. This is an unfortunate political stunt.
http://www.politicalfrenzy.com/vice-president-sarah-palin/
August 29th, 2008 at 3:01 pm
I understand that you carry alot of hate, that’s what liberals do.
Now you’re reading McCains mind and know what he thinks?
So using Miller Logic if what you say is true then Obama must have picked Biden in order to take away the “old white guy” vote from McCain right?
August 29th, 2008 at 3:28 pm
Haha Todd,I don’t want that being called Miller Logic. I didn’t ’say it was true’ McCain’s campaign spokesman did.
It started as McCain logic (actually McCain campaign spokeman logic, but that title is too long) (Obama chooses Biden because he has no experience) = (McCain chooses Palin because he is not see as a reformer anymore)
It’s stupid logic which is my whole point. I love the debates Todd, and you might be the first person to ever call me a liberal! Also thanks for addressing one line of my blog instead of my main point (Palin taking control during an international crisis).
August 29th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
OK more logic. Lets call it Todd-Logic and I’ll take full ownership of it.
1) A guy (Miller) supports the 2008 democrat candidate in his blog by always giving him a pass and never criticizing anything he does. This guy also attacks his republican opponents at every chance. Same guy goes to the democrat candidates campaign events and is on his text notification list.
2) Said democrat candidate has the most liberal voting record in the current senate and his running mate has the third. They both support abortion on demand, sociaized health care etc.
Thus 1+2=Miller=Liberal
I have no problem with you being a liberal but you seem to. My real beef and I will call you on it is the fact that you won’t admit it and falsly advertise your blog as questioning all views when you only ever question one…
August 29th, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Fair enough, but you don’t know the whole story but I shouldn’t expect you to. Just because someone supports a candidate doesn’t mean that he supports all of that candidate’s views and previous votes. It could mean that he doesn’t like how the other candidate’s party has dealt with the power that was given to them for the past 8 years.
I voted for John McCain (the real McCain) in the 2000 primary, Bush in the general election, and for Bush again in 2004. I have voted on strict Republican party lines for years. The country has taken such a sharp turn in the wrong direction economically that I want to see what the opposition can do. Why not? It couldn’t get any worse.
I only mention how the Republicans have taken the country economically because I don’t want to get into the other issues. The way the country has gone economically is so bad it is not debatable in my mind. The national debt and trade deficits are absurd. I know you will say that Obama will make it worse, but I am willing to take that chance because I don’t think it can get any worse. I don’t see McCain doing anything different than Bush has done for our economy.
The way other countries view America is also absurd. How many times did Bush tell Putin to withdrawal from Georgia? Putin doesn’t respect Bush anymore.
I also want to see Washington (at least try) to break out of partisan politics that has plagued it and lead to deadlocks. The Republican candidate does not seem to want to do so. Obama has gotten more people involved in the political process than anyone who I have ever seen, these people have become involved because they want to see something new, they want to be inspired. McCain does not inspire the masses, Obama does.
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:21 am
OK, thanks for the background. We are actually more alike than I thought. I too am very dissapointed in how things have gone recently. I’m not a big fan of the neo-cons foreign policy or the ridiculous spending that has happened in the past 8 or more years. In essence you’ve given up on the Republicans and I can understand that. As many have said before, the party left you, you didn’t leave the party. I feel the same way but think the alternive may be worse.
I don’t place all our economic woes on the Republicans. It was in fact the Democrats that have been crying for years about poor people not being able to own homes that in part led to the lax lending standards and alot of folks owning homes that shouldn’t have. The people are to blame as well, we’ve had alot of bubbles happen but the biggest bubble of all is the standard of living bubble that we’re in.
Alright, if you want to conduct a grand experiment on America in the name of inspiration then so be it. If you are right then God bless you and all of us, if not then I’m afraid we may really see our chickens come home to roost econimically! You state that it couldn’t get worse and I ask why couldn’t it?
September 5th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
I wonder how Miller feels after Palin’s speech at the RNC? Is he still confused about McCains choice for VP? I don’t expect him to have anything good to say but the silence here is telling in itself…