Posted on 09/03/2008 8:08:42 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Mounting a ferocious defense of his embattled running mate, John McCain said he is buying a TV ad arguing that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has more experience than the Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama.
In an effort to rev up conservatives, a campaign statement issued a list of critical media mentions that it called smears of Palin, who speaks in primetime at the convention on Wednesday night.
The campaign announced: The McCain campaign will launch a television ad directly comparing Gov. Palins executive experience as a governor who oversees 24,000 state employees, 14 statewide cabinet agencies and a $ 10 billion budget to Barack Obamas experience as a one-term junior senator from Illinois.
The ad is what the campaign calls a forward-leaning effort to counter the shameless smears that have prevailed during Gov. Palins introduction to the American voter.
Senior adviser Steve Schmidt gave Politico a statement saying the campaign will have no more comment about the vetting process, which was the subject of more critical coverage in Wednesday mornings papers:
Gov. Sarah Palin is an exceptional governor with a record of accomplishment that exceeds, by far, the governing accomplishments of Sen. Obama. Her selection came after a six-month long rigorous vetting process where her extraordinary credentials and exceptionalism became clear. This vetting controversy is a faux media scandal designed to destroy the first female Republican nominee for vice president of the United States who has never been a part of the old boys' network that has come to dominate the news establishment in this country. Sen. McCain picked his governing partner after a long and thorough search. Gov. Palin looks forward to addressing the nation and laying out the fundamental choice this election represents for the American people.
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Great! It’s time for the McCain campaign to take the gloves off.
Enough talk, let’s get it on the air.
I will give McCain this: he doesn’t pull his punches.
actuallly, she is more qualified than any of the senators running.
Historically our SUCCESSFUL presidents come from the pool of Governors and NOT Senators.
Don't we first need a debate on whether we want a Republican who will win the war or a democrat who will "end" the war, preferably without any mention of what the alternative is if they choose not to win the war?
But Obama was a community organizer and has run his own campaign for President.
You are patently absurd.
Obama has zero executive experience. Zero. Nil. Nada. The empty set.
Just what experiece does Obama have? Community Organizer? Plus he could not pour piss out of a boot with the directions on the heel.
You must have forgotten your sarc tag......Palin has A LOT more relevant experience than OBAMA....PLUS....she’s actually got ACCOMPLISHMENTS besides “running a campaign.”
One man's "patently absurd" is another man's "absolutely brilliant".
Steve Schmidt better get off his fat ass and earn his keep. Play time has been over for a month.
When was the last time the democrats elected a president that wasn’t from the South other than JFK w/his dad’s money? I consider Harry Truman a Southerner, as my father’s family is from that part of Missouri and it’s about as Dixie as Alabama in many ways. So FDR in 1944 is it, right? Why do they keep beating their heads against that wall? Adlai Stevenson, Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, Fritz Mondale, Mike Dukakis, John Kerry and now Barack Obama. Al Gore is (nominally) from the South but was up against a Texan.
Those were Dem governors. Try Reagan.
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