But I suppose you're expecting us to do so?

I find this statistic appalling. 42% of Americans think that 18 months of managing a small state qualifies you to be (potentially) president of the country? We deserve the government we get, I guess, huh?

"Come on, people -- don't you realize she's from a really big state? ― Alex Koppelman"

It's too bad you couldn't have a sound clip play at the bottom of this blog post with Ed Sullivan's voice stating ... "Sarah Palin is from a really big state."

How could she possibly have the necessary experience, she wasn't a POW after all.

As for the folks appalled at the 42% who think she is qualified, well, that's about the same size as the committed GOP base. No surprise.

The Republicans claim that Sen. Obama is unqualified to be President because he is "light" on executive experience. Aside from the question of whether being mayor of Wasilia and Governor of Alaska for less then two years is that impressive an executive resume, what about Sen. McCain's lack of executive experience? He was a pilot, commanded a training squadron, worked for less than two years as VP of PR for his father-in-law's company and has been in the legislature since then (26 years as a legislator.) Will he be relying on Gov. Palin to provide executive know-how to run the country?

And the GOP Kool-Aid drinkers would rally around that loaf of bread like braindead third-worlders venerating a tortilla with a burned image of Jesus on it.

It's the same 42% who will happily tell pollsters that Obama isn't experienced enough to be president.

McCain wins & then dies, Cutie Pie Pitbull Palin takes over the most powerful position in the world & everything goes even further into the dumper if that's even possible. Anyone who votes this ticket needs to be shot in the head due to complete & udder cluelessness.

Half of the electorate voted for Bush, twice and considered him fit to be president. Half believes that the universe was created by a mysterious magician in 6 days less than 6000 years ago and that humans lived with the dinosaurs. Half of the electorate believes that a few hundred thugs hiding in caves are planning to invade the USA and force 300 million Americans to convert to Islam. Half of the electorate thinks that Palin, who thinks she lives in 1700, who doesn't even own a passport and is ignorant of the world outside of Alaska, is qualified to be president. Half of 300 million, that's about 3 times the population of France.

By arguing this point, we are letting the Rovians control the debate. During the primary, HRC ran against Obama on the basis of her experience. The response was that judgement trumps experience.

By attacking her lack of experience, Democrats are inadvertently highlighting the aspect of Barack's candidacy that we played-down in the primaries. It's a big mistake.

It would be better to focus on her ignorance of national/ international affairs and the economy, as well as the fact that we (and John McCain) don't know enough about her to make the determination that she is ready to be president. She's an unknown...too risky.

Franklin Roosevelt died 82 days into his 4th term in office. He was only 62 years old. We should be hammering that point.

"Come on, people -- don't you realize she's from a really big state? ― Alex Koppelman"

And, as any fan of '80s new wave darlings Big Country will tell you, "in a big country dreams stay with you/Like a lover's voice fires the mountainside."

And if Big Coutnry sings it, it must be true.

Sarah Palin meet Barack Obama.

So much for the experience argument, hypocrite.

Moron.

All Palin has going for her are her ulra-right-wing, evangelical credentials, which neocons actually care more about than her executive experience.

Obama needs to highlight Palin's lack of knowledge on national and foreign affairs. But I guess she does have knowledge of foreing affairs since she lived next to Russia and Canada.

McCain wins & then dies, Cutie Pie Pitbull Palin takes over the most powerful position in the world & everything goes even further into the dumper if that's even possible. Anyone who votes this ticket needs to be shot in the head due to complete & udder cluelessness.

Advocating shooting people in the head and accusing them of cluelessness is probably not the best way to convince anyone to vote for Obama, especially if you don't know the difference between "udder" and "utter."

Isn't that why he picked her?

That makes four of them, moron.

The all belong to the corporations and the warbuckers.

Otherwise you wouldn't know their names.

Idiots.

...That 42 percent believe Palin has the necessary experience!

Given that elections these days are more about personality than capability, it's faint cheer to know that Joe Biden is considered more capable by a portion of the electorate.

Eight percent more and Palin has her "experience" majority -- plus appeal to more Americans than you or I can even imagine. We're in a danger zone.

McCain in his speech, refering to when he was shot down, said that he was falling towards the middle of a lake where a group of angry people were waiting to capture him.

Is it normal in that part of the world for groups of angry people to hang out in the middle of lakes to capture people falling from the sky?

Were they very tall people as lakes are usually very deep, or was that just a tall story.

Re: "Obama needs to highlight Palin's lack of knowledge on national and foreign affairs."

Obama needs to ignore Palin and leave her to Joe Biden.

McCain "Palin" comparison to Obama.

Good Bad Pun.

Is that based on experience alone, if you say Palin doesn't have enough then you have to admit that neither does Obama.

The measure we should be pushing is "ABILITY." Neither McCain nor Palin have the ABILITY to be effective presidents.

Perhaps the people McCain referred to who were "waiting to capture" him were watching his plane fall from the sky, seeing as how he had lately been dropping bombs on them. That tends to get people's attention.

Perhaps that explains why the RNC so much 9/11 footage in the video "tribute" to introduce McCain's speech.