Another one who doesn’t get it. “Travel the world and read...!?” Say what?
They just don’t get it. America is tired of “educated” people who think they know best and insist that the right schools give them the right to lead.
I agree with him,,AMerica is tired of the eastern supercilious elites. But America needs someone who know the world and knows history and knows who they will be battling.
Wisdom comes with knowledge of the world. Reagan had it and spent time acquiring it. Sarah can.
We don’t need a person who doesn’t have a deep understanding of our country, who we are, how we got here and our enemies within and without.
Hansen is so spot on with this column and he is furious at what is going on with Palin.
I think conservatives politcians should be well travelled if for any other reason that they should know how crappy the rest of the world really is compared to the USA.
Mmm, I'd disagree with you a little on that. America is tired of being led by people who have a lot of formal education but no life experience. But surely we don't mind being led by someone who has a good education if she also has a record of accomplishment and a lot of life experience. Some years spent studying history, political philosophy, and foreign affairs along with ordinary exposure to other cultures and people will put a fine edge on the steel blade that is Sarah Palin.
Palin is being put forward as someone who is to be leader of the world. She needs to be equipped for her task. Do you recall, in the movie "Patton," that Patton gloated over the fact that he had read Rommel's book on armored warfare and was winning a battle because he could anticipate Rommel's tactics? The same principle applies in foreign affairs. If you know history, if you have studied foreign affairs over a period of some years instead of trying to learn it in a few short weeks before a conference, you may be able to deal with your nation's friends and allies better. Look at Obama: no foreign experience at all, so naturally he is making a miserable mess of things abroad.