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Why does the media think it necessary to tack on "first term" every time they mention Palin's position as governor? Have they ever found it necessary to call Obama a FIRST TERM SENATOR? Has the mainstream media ever reported that Obama was in office 143 DAYS before he decided to run for President of the United States of America. As governor, Palin has executive experience...something neither Obama nor Biden can claim to have. She has managed a city and a state. She has had to face corruption, wasteful spending, and partisan politics with resliency and persistency. Her candid freshness and no-nonsense attitude combined with McCain's lifetime of experience in the military and in Washington is the ideal ticket to lead America.
McCain’s eloquent statement to Rick Warren of his most “gut-wrenching” decision to refuse early release from the Hanoi Hilton made Obama look small. Obama has made speeches: McCain has made life-or-death decisions with honor and success. Palin has chosen to bear a child with Down syndrome instead of aborting it. Obama and Biden have made speeches, not choices. Their most gut-wrenching decisions are all political. The only personal risks they have taken are to their political standing.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122039719000892745.html?mod=opinion_main_review_and_outlooks There is nothing more dangerous to entrenched Washington power than a populist conservative who looks unlikely to buy into Washington's creature comforts. Take a close look at Governor Palin's record on ethics and energy in Alaska, and it becomes clear what this Beltway outburst is actually about. The irony is that while Senator Obama is running on change, his acceptance speech made explicit that he's promising only more power and money for Washington. Sarah Palin's history of taking on the career politicians of a corrupt Alaskan GOP machine -- her own party -- shows that she's the more authentic change agent. If SaraPalin succeeds as a national candidate, she could help John McCain proceed to a reform Presidency. Even if he loses while she does well, she could emerge as a major figure in GOP politics for years to come. This is why the media and political classes are so eager to discredit her. They can't let it happen.
Comparison of Palin and Obama’s experience: //patriotsrevolt.com/?q=node/603
On the Bridge story:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122100927525717663.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
On Palin's experience: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122031229774188795.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries
The sincerity of Obama’s smooth articulate and ethical response about Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy: Sen. Barack Obama's pitch perfect response regarding the announcement of an impending birth in the Palin family ("my mother had me when she was 18") was not without a series of edits and rehearsals, according to some Obama insiders. "For tough questions we know he will get to questions we plant with reporters that we want asked, [senior campaign staff] will rehearse [Obama's] answer with him." The goal: to get his inflection and tone, as well as the content, just right. "After he flubbed the hypothetical question about his own daughter's pregnancy, the campaign has worked with him to avoid what appear to be insensitive or unthoughtful answers," says an Obama Senate staffer. From http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=13801
