"a person devoid of qualifications"? Funny I was thinking the same thing about the Democratic Party. They have nominated a person for the PRESIDENCY who is also devoid of qualifications. Two years as a senator (let's face it, he hasn't been to work in the past two years) does not a president make. He is all rhetoric with zero substance and/or real experience. I am one of the few democrats I know who isn't drinking the Kool-Aid. This is the best my party can do? First international crisis we face and Barack will be a deer in the headlights, clueless. As for Palin, she is also devoid of experience but she isn't running for president.

"Republican have a tendency to skip over Obama's 8 years as the IL state senator, before he became a U.S. Senator. Obama in fact had more legislative experience than Hillary Clinton."

***Hillary has been at work for the past 2 years. Obama hasn't. Sheldon Silver has been the head of the NYS Assembly for 20+ years. He is the most powerful person in the state of NY. Is he qualified to run the country? absolutely not. He would tell you the same.

"Obama is NOT running against Palin either."

***I'm aware of that which is why all the hoopla over her is comical. Is she the brightest? certainly not. Is she a dope? well apparently millions of folks who aren't governors of their states think so. Now who isn't bright?

"Besides Obama and Biden are both more educated than either McCain or Palin. McCain at the bottom of his class, Plainaking 5 years at 6 different colleges to get a BA. Does she really have a degree? Palin has an education, but is NOT educated. Obama is brilliant, graduated with honors from Columbia University in NY, where he studied political sceince and foreign relations. Graduated as the top student in his class at Harvard Law school. Taught constitutional law."

***Being incredibly well educated certainly served Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton well huh? Carter was overwhelmed, Clinton lied to a federal grand jury. Being "brilliant" doesn't always work. Being well educated isn't a prerequisite to being effective either, ask Bill Gates

"Maybe Palin and McCain are like 'joe six pack'. Nothing wrong with being a 'joe six pack, but it's nt tehkind of person we need eading our country."

***I don't know about that(not that I'm voting for them) but perhaps if congress and the senate wasn't filled with Law school grads and brilliant folks and with some more "joe six packs" we wouldn't have 150 billion dollars worth of earmarks attached to a ridiculous bailout bill. Food for thought.

"Why do some right wing republican dislike intelligence so much."

***Don't know, I'm a democrat and well educated.

"Why is being liberal and intelligent a bad thing? Our cutnry has done the most for lower and middle classes when lead by liberals."

***Really?, like what? give me an example. As a life long democrat I would love to say you are right but I rarely see it. In theory and rhetoric yes, in reality no. The one mayor of NYC who did the most for the lower and middle class was Guiliani (a man I despise). Dinkins did nothing, Koch a little more than nothing. THey talked the talk, but they rarely walked the walk. I worked for City Housing, this isn't rhetoric. I do know the subprime mortgage meltdown, which put many folks in homes, was orchestrated by the democrats and fought for by the democrats (see Franks and Dodd). Great intentions, bad plan, horrific results.

"P.O.w Military experience does not qualify anyone to be president,noit oses living in an oil state"

***Agreed. I sleep better at night knowing the president actually knows what the military is about. Clinton didn't, Obama won't. Prior to them it was FDR, he coudln't.

***As a life long Democrat, I am extremely disapointed in my party's selection. I will not tow the line like the rest of the lemmings. I believe Barack is a very smart man. I think someday he could make a great president. I don't think that day has come. This is the 3rd election where my party has missed the boat.I refuse to drink the Kool-aid.

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The country just elected a man with 2 years junior senator experience (before you go off, yes, I am a democrat, I just wasn't drinking the kool aid this time round). He spent the past two years avoiding work while campaigning. While I am no fan of Palin, the idea that she was any less "qualified" than the president elect is idiotic. Just because you are dead set against Republicans and fundamentalists is no reason to rail against her "supposed" inability to handle the office. Remember, we just elected a man with 2 years in the senate, unknown background info (where are the transcripts?) and ties to some of the same sleaze bags that aided and abetted the current financial mess (Franklin Raines,James Johnson). It amazes me how many of my fellow "democrats" live in glass houses.

nope. Until the electoral congress votes him in, he is president elect. GW like it or not still runs the roost.

while you are pointing fingers and assigning blame not to forget Barney Frank and Chris Dodd who did more to set off the current economic crisis than anyone in the White House. The adminstration's attempts to rein in the GSEs all along the way were thwarted by these two idiots. Lets keep the blame where it belongs. The administration is responsible for a myriad of other disasters but you can thank Frank and Dodd for the housing and mortgage crisis.