Let's stop splitting hairs and face the fact that NONE of the candidates are truly "qualified" to be president.

The folks that are really qualified will never run because of the very media hounding and harassment that is being undertaken now.

IMHO the true measure of a good manager is how they can assemble and manage input from all sources to make a good decision. No one is going to have the requisite experience in all the fields a president is called upon to pass judgment on. It is his/her job to get the very best input from advisers and make a cogent decision based on that.

The truth is that Palin is the only candidate that has had to make decisions that have any direct effect on anything. I don't consider legislators as managers, nor do I consider community "leaders" in radical organizations as the type of people we need to be managing the country's affairs.


It's going to be interesting to watch!

Originally Posted by Muncle

Any actual proof to this (a Keith Olberman rant doesn't count) or is this whole thing something you originated after too many adult beverages?

First of all, I don't drink "adult beverages" and this whole thing is not something I originated but is all over the cable news networks today. ;D

The accusation that Joe Biden "abandoned his two young sons after the death of his wife" by continuing his candidacy for the Senate is a really cheap shot. If the author has read anything about Biden, he would know that he commuted four hours almost every night that he had to be in Washington to be home with his young sons and be there in the morning to have breakfast and take them to school. I have friends that have known Biden personally for many years. They say if there was ever an example of a man who successfully mixed career and parenthood, it is Joe Biden.

If there was ever a fine example of parenting by anyone--businessperson or politician--it's Joe Biden.

Vote for whomever you want to, but back off attacking the character of a fine man.

I have to agree with Kahuna, although I don't know him (Biden). - Biden contemplated suicide shortly after losing his wife and daughter in an auto accident, but realized he would be abandoning his sons and that is what kept him going. He has been in Washington a lot of years, but nights were spent in Delaware. How could anyone say he abandoned his sons who has ever read anything about him?

The accusation that Joe Biden "abandoned his two young sons after the death of his wife" by continuing his candidacy for the Senate is a really cheap shot.
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I agree with you and since you never thought to mention it, the accusation about Gov Palin passing her daughters baby off as hers is sort of cheap as well...guess you forgot that

Actually, the reference to Biden wasn't really meant to be a shot at all. I personally admired what he did. However, when speaking to someone who has taken a cheap shot at the mothering qualities of Sarah Palin because she has the audacity to run for VP when she has a family with various special needs, sometimes it requires to take that cheap shot and turn it around to help the other person realize what a cheap shot that she made against Palin. Certainly if Palin is guilty of ignoring her family in a time of need, Biden also did. The reality is that neither Biden nor Palin have done anything wrong. Those who accuse Palin of poor mothering because she has responded to the call for public service, need to take a deep, long look at their partisanship. For them to make that accusation against Palin, they must also make it against Biden.

Fumar, if you truly believe that Sarah Palin is America's answer to "Maggie" Thatcher, then I truly pity you! How long has it taken Great Britain to recover from her pitiful performance... or have they recovered?

Rather than pit what she did VS what he did which none who lived in those shoes can know the first thing about what was real or not.....stop picking the fly specks outta the pepper.

The issue in this day and age is since when is it fair game to ask whether a mother or father should be abandoning their children (media heat generating phraseology)....haven't fathers been doing that for years.....it's called going to work!

Hasn't the women's movement over the years yielded the same for women...with no kids...with 2 kids...with 7 kids...it's none of anybody's business how many or why...she's going to work too!

The comments have already been labled for what they really are....sexist.

The intent is to try and keep the public eye off the real issues with the fluff that has nothing to do with anything...I think it is called political slandering.

Unfortunately the media sheep follow the droppings!!!

BTK

Here's a link to Governor Sarah Palin's September 3, 2008 speech-- http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Conve...5720910&page=1

Originally Posted by chelsea24

OMG! McCain is choosing Gov. of Alaska (just two years) for V.P. Really? And if I may follow up. Really? Even the Republicans are reeling. Inexperience. Unknown. Under investigation.
Could step in as our President? :yikes:

hmmm, now let me see. Really? Well, bad judgment shows through. Quite frankly, I'm speechless and elated. This insures Obama an easy win. Wow!

I knew McCain's true colors would show through, but I didn't think it would be this soon.
Sarah Palin? Really?

you are so right, writing books makes you so ready for the white house....it must be a woman thing you have an issue with, guess you dont remember the days of the unexperienced Jimmy Carter years...