So, uh, that is an argument for Palin? Heh...good luck with that...

The point is that nobody in the McCain campaign could be honest about her foreign policy experience, which was zip. And again, as I said higher up in this thread, this shortcoming is perfectly fine if you're truthful about it. Instead we repeatedly got the nonsense about Putin, etc.

/Besides, Jim Treacher challenged whether she really said that ...

You can see Russia from Alaska.

Look it up (lat:65.77,lon:-168.99)

You really think Palin said, "I can see Russia from my house"?

Nope, everybody knows that quote was an exaggeration by Tina Fey.

Palin's quote to Gibson was "You can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska."

Pretty similar. Look it up on YouTube if you don't believe me.

The dems don't worry about experience -just ideology and marketing an image - and they succeed, because they do that better. In this democracy the masses are ignorant of what is needed in leadership and few understand economics,most want badly to be lied to(Obama's best trait-they still love him)

Reason loses to faux imaging and clever marketing everytime,I'm afraid. When we stop thinking that the masses vote with their brains, we might start winning again.

Victor Davis Hanson chronicled President Palin's First 100 Days:

Let’s face it: She’s a walking embarrassment. I mean just count ’em up: The mayor of Wasilla thinks Austrians speak some lingo called ‘Austrian.’ Then she tries her hand at Spanish and comes up with some concoction, ‘Cinco de Cuatro.’ Next thing she’ll walk into the window of the Oval Office and expect it to open — oops, she’s already done that. No wonder that when her Teleprompter stalls, she shuts her mouth until it catches up. I’m surprised she managed to get sworn in. And did she think that tasteless ‘Special Olympics’ slur was funny? Or making fun of octogenarian Nancy Reagan’s séances? No wonder Wanda Sykes feels at home.” . . .

Our former beauty queen is a ward hack. Look at her nominations. Can’t Palin find anyone who has paid his taxes — or do they simply ignore that stuff in no-tax Alaska? Does ‘No more lobbyists’ mean ‘More lobbyists than ever’? Her chief performance overseer doesn’t perform too well herself — and, like Daschle, Geithner, and the rest, skips out on her taxes. When Palin brags about fiscal sobriety, it really means record deficits. In Sarahland, not wanting to take over banks and car companies translates into, ‘She already has.’ Highest ethical standards equates to ‘There are none.’ Calling herself the VA president means she’s just told vets to use their own health insurance.” . . . .

“Bush is out, Palin is in — but we keep getting renditions, military tribunals, wiretaps, e-mail intercepts, Predator drone executions over Pakistan, the same in Iraq, and even more of the same in Afghanistan — all retrofitted with new ‘hope and change’ banalities. I mean, who’s putting Mommy Dearest up to this — Wolfie, Perlie, Cheney?”

The vapidity of President Obama far exceeds the one example cited above, where he believes that we're a union of 57 States. He's a gaffe machine that never turns off.

You must have a very low threshold for entertainment then. This sure looks like Governor Palin making decisions to me:

During her inaugural address on December 4, 2006, Governor Palin pledged responsible spending.[22] On January 17, 2007, she sent a revised budget to the president of the Alaska Senate that would restrict capital spending and rescinded the $185M state share of the bridge funding.

In August 2007, Alaska's Department of Transportation stated that it was "leaning" toward alternative ferry options, citing bridge costs and the reluctance of Governor Palin to pay the state's match to the appropriated federal funds. A month later, in September 2007, Palin formally canceled the project.

Here's a hint: relying on facts and evidence will lead most people to a different conclusion than what you get when you rely on liberal agitprop. Governor Palin takes office and 6 weeks later cuts funding for the bridge and then 9 months later formally brings the project to an end. She could have directed the Federal funding towards that bridge, but she didn't.

No, you get out in public. Spark comments. Draw hatred. Every word written against you improves your standing with the "unsophisticated" and makes you stronger. And your enemies, they can't stop, they can't say something nice and take away your power over them.

Perhaps Sarah Palin hasn't a chance to win the Presidency but as for gravitas, we'll see. We'll see how many candidates invite her rallies next year to draw the crowd.

You guys still really think that because of one slip-of-the-tongue, Obama really thought there were 57 states?

You really think Palin said, "I can see Russia from my house"?