Since when did Barack Obama consider experience a political desideratum? His entire campaign has been nothing but a carefully contrived, Hollywood-fashioned spectacle to dissemble his complete lack of accomplishments and experience. How rich that he, of all people, is now questioning the credentials of Governor (and former mayor) Sarah Palin.
Rep. Heather Wilson said it pretty well today:
"She's a chief executive of a state. She's a governor, former mayor of a city in Alaska. She's been a businesswoman. She helped her husband run the family fishing business. She's a mom of five and she's a reformer. She's not a Washington insider. She's been a reformist governor and very strongly supported in Alaska."
"You know, Governor Palin has more executive experience than Senator Obama, Senator Biden, and Senator Schumer combined because those guys have never run anything. So I find that quite amusing."
"I was very disappointed with Senator Obama's choice of a running-mate. He chose somebody else who's a Washington insider from the East Coast who knows nothing about the west and Senator McCain surely does. I'm also very pleased that he's chosen as his vice president, the chief executive of the oil producing state in America, strong energy credentials and the energy issue is very important to Americans."
Here's a short McCain-Palin promotional video, made before the announcement today, that features Gov. Palin firing an assault rife with Alaska National Guard members. No doubt it will provoke the scorn of the anti-gun lobby...and the joy of Second Amendment enthusiasts:
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