Nader on Palin: My Running-Mate is More Qualified

[tekisui]

ST. PAUL -- Ralph Nader would like it to be noted that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the presumptive Republican nominee for vice president, is not merely less qualified than Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden, who has served 35 years in the Senate and currently chairs the chamber's foreign relations committee.

"Matt Gonzalez has more experience than Sarah Palin," Nader, who is running this year for the presidency as an independent, says of his running-mate, former San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez. "San Francisco is a lot bigger than Wasilla."

The veteran consumer activist, who will counter the last night of the Republican National Convention with a "Open the Debates" super-rally in the Twin Cities, is on to something.

Let's use the 2000 Census figures as our baseline.

The population of Wasilla, the city where Palin served as a member of the local council and then as mayor, has a population of 5,469.

The population of San Francisco, the city where Gonzalez served as a a supervisor and then as president of the board, has a population of 776,733.

But, the counter-argument will go, Palin went on to serve as governor of Alaska.

Unfortunately for Palin's defenders, Alaska's population is 626,932.

That's 150,000 fewer people than San Francisco.

So the Green Party nominee has credible experience helping to run a unit of government that is significantly larger than anyplace Palin has run.

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/354235/nader_on_palin_my_running_mate_is_more_qualified

[billyoc]

1. Nader is running as an independent, McKinney is the Green Party nominee.

[tekisui]

2. Poor reporting there.

THe Green Party candidates probably has more experience than Palin, too.

[billyoc]

4. I'd LOVE to see Palin have to debate Rosa Clemente.

:evilgrin:

[maseman]

3. When you get shit from Nader you KNOW you're bad

:rofl:

[PDittie]

5. Not that anyone cares what Ralph thinks any more