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Sarah Palin and Experience
Sep. 4th, 2008 08:25 amSo, I watched Sarah Palin's maiden speech last night at the convention. I also heard her experience praised to the skies. In fact, Rudy Giuliani, talking to MSNBC after her speech, suggested that she balanced John, "who's weak in that department." Maybe the ticket should be Palin - McCain? ;-)
Seriously, she did deliver a good speech, and the Democrats will have their work cut out for them.
Here's what irritates me on the "Palin Experience Express." McCain has spent the last nine months beating Obama with the experience stick, suggesting he's an empty suit with an ability to read a teleprompter. So now he goes and appoints somebody with basically equivalent experience to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency. To learn on the job, which I heard from several interviews at the convention.
The word for that is hypocrisy. Experience matters, except when it doesn't. Giving an inspiring speech isn't enough, except when your party needs inspiration. Michael Kinsley in Slate compares this flip-flop to the American Communist Party. It's an entertaining read.
Don't get me wrong - Palin will be a tough nut to crack. But if she's "experienced enough" to be VP, then Obama is "experienced enough" to be President.
Seriously, she did deliver a good speech, and the Democrats will have their work cut out for them.
Here's what irritates me on the "Palin Experience Express." McCain has spent the last nine months beating Obama with the experience stick, suggesting he's an empty suit with an ability to read a teleprompter. So now he goes and appoints somebody with basically equivalent experience to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency. To learn on the job, which I heard from several interviews at the convention.
The word for that is hypocrisy. Experience matters, except when it doesn't. Giving an inspiring speech isn't enough, except when your party needs inspiration. Michael Kinsley in Slate compares this flip-flop to the American Communist Party. It's an entertaining read.
Don't get me wrong - Palin will be a tough nut to crack. But if she's "experienced enough" to be VP, then Obama is "experienced enough" to be President.
