gtZip wrote:
What does 'the most favored one in america' mean?
They took a poll and Alaskans approve of the job that she is doing?
They prefer their governer over the governer of Wyoming in a blind taste test?
Do we, as average americans, sit around and converse and wonder about our governers on a daily basis? Or even at all? Helll nooooo...
Well, since we vote on our governors, yeah. If you care about where you live, then you care about who governs it, and you pay attention, and vote them out or keep them in.
As to being favored, yes, Palin has the highest approval rating of any governor in America. Which means the people she governs thinks she is doing a great job.
Experience?
She has more executive experience than Obama, Biden or McCain.
According to Glen Beck, the budget she handled and number of employees, etc... was something like 40 times the one handled by Obama.
Is she up on world events as much as any of the other three? Clearly not. And that is a concern. On the other hand, SHE WAS running a state, and probably more concerned about their affairs.
But back when Bush was running, they had asked Bush who was the head of some government. Bush didn't know. The media went to then president Bill Clinton about this, and asked his opinion on it, expecting him to trash Bush over it I guess. Instead Bill said that not everyone coming into office knows all the facts about all the world leaders. But they'll learn them soon enough, once they're in here (The White House)
I wanted Bill to trash Bush instead, but I guess he had a point.
A president is not an island. They have a team of advisors, etc...
The question would be whether their judgment was sound once they got the advice, and know whether it was a good course of action or not.
I think what is good about Palin, is that she has shown that she measures up to whatever task is set before her, and there is no reason to believe she would stop now.
Are there more qualified candidates out there? Yeah. Of course.
Being a woman was certainly part of the consideration, both to get Hillary supporters as well as to even out the historicity of the election. But she was also chosen to please the conservative base, and calm their fears of a too independent McCain. Clearly McCain wanted Leiberman or one of several others, but they were all too left leaning for the staunch conservatives. He deferred to them in order to unite the party behind him.
The presidential candidates historically use their VP picks, when possible, to help them win the election. i.e. choosing a governor of a large state that he needs votes from.
So, there is nothing wrong with McCain taking advantage of Palin being a woman, anymore than it is wrong to choose a Texan, because you are not fairing well in Texas, and it is needed to win that election.
Clearly Palin is not the most qualified candidate available, but from what I have learned about her so far, I have no doubt she is up to the challenge and would do very well at it, as she has in every other office she has held.
She has energized McCain's campaign, and it is unlikely any other choice would have done as much.
In an economy such as this, the party in office, should not be anywhere near this close. Palin is a big part of what is keeping it this close.
Based on that alone, McCain made a good choice.
You have to be able to WIN the office. If you can't win the office, it doesn't really matter how qualified your running mate is, or isn't.