Experience VS Qualifications

[NJmaverick]

it's important to frame every argument with this difference in mind.

Experience is just that. Obama has more experience than Palin, but the GOP propaganda machine will claim they are equal

Qualifications this is what you look for in a President. Experience is just one piece of that puzzle. Qualifications include one's eduction. For example a law degree from Harvard is infinately more impressive than a BS in journalism from cow town U. It also includes personal traits such as judgment and intelligence. Again Palin has not been shown to be anything but average in either one of these areas. So while the GOP will argue that Obama and Palin have roughly equal experience, that doesn't mean that they are any where near equal when it comes to the qualifications to be in the White House.

[XemaSab]

1. Faux is saying she's got more executive experience than Obama

:eyes:

[Drunken Irishman]

2. Well hell, then she has more executive experience than McCain!

I guess they should flip the ticket.

[NJmaverick]

6. good point

[XemaSab]

7. word

n/t

[NJmaverick]

4. Yes the decision to move the dumpster to the other side of the

town hall's parking lot was brilliant! The truth of the matter is that Obama held muliple management jobs that had vastly more people reporting to him.

[XemaSab]

11. Oh, I'm not saying at all that she's qualified

The mayors of Chicago, New York, LA, San Francisco, DC, Houston, Phoenix, Philadelphia... all probably deal with a more challenging executive job than being governor of one of the smallest states.

I'm sure Alaska has very few gangs, very little violent street crime, no cash flow problems due to huge oil resources, and so forth. Many towns in the state are virtually autonomous due to remoteness.

My impression is that the biggest problems are corruption, substance abuse, rape, and domestic violence. But I don't know how much control the governor has over those.

[NJmaverick]

12. The oil revenue is why she is so popular

she hands out that money like it's candy.

[XemaSab]

13. A big part of executive experience is managing a budget

If Alaska basically is the Cindy McCain of states, what does that say about her ability to manage funds?

Not much.

[NJmaverick]

14. Looking at things objectively I can't think of a single thing

that would qualify her to be a heart beat away from the highest office in the land.

[XemaSab]

16. I can't either

:shrug:

[woolldog]

3. Obama beats her in both experience and qualifications, as you define them

Remember she's almost completely unknown and only has 67 days to get known. Obama has been campaigning for President for 2 years, he's been on the national scene since 2004. The inexperience argument was already losing steam b/c it seems like Obama has been around campaigning forever.

[NJmaverick]

5. Campaigning is an important type of experience

Obama has traveled the Country and visited every state, talking to people and hearing their concerns. Now as President or VP there isn't much call for knowledge on moose hunting or snow mobile racing.

[woolldog]

15. experience is partly job experience, but it's also

partly exposure.

More and more people feel familiar with Obama. And when you add Palin to the mix it helps Obama on that front, as it places him in constrast to someone very unknown....which makes him seem more known.

If that makes sense...

[barack the house]

8. If McCain values experience then he just blew his argument, is my guess.

[barack the house]

9. If McCain values experience then he just blew his argument, is my guess.

[barack the house]

10. If McCain values experience then he just blew his argument, is my guess.