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McCain ad: Palin more qualified than Obama
The Politico ^ | September 3, 2008 | Mike Allen

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. Palin’s executive experience as a governor who oversees 24,000 state employees, 14 statewide cabinet agencies and a $ 10 billion budget to Barack Obama’s 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. Palin’s 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 morning’s 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.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008rncconvention; 2008veep; election; electionads; electionpresident; elections; mccain; obama; palin; sarah; sarahpalin
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Hahahaha!
1 posted on 09/03/2008 8:08:43 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Great! It’s time for the McCain campaign to take the gloves off.


2 posted on 09/03/2008 8:10:43 AM PDT by Palladin (Obama campaign desperation: Axelrod's stooges are decompensating.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Enough talk, let’s get it on the air.


3 posted on 09/03/2008 8:11:02 AM PDT by itsthejourney
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I will give McCain this: he doesn’t pull his punches.


4 posted on 09/03/2008 8:11:26 AM PDT by Reaganesque
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I love it when the truth is also devastatingly effective!
5 posted on 09/03/2008 8:11:31 AM PDT by RogerD (Educaiton Profesionul)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

actuallly, she is more qualified than any of the senators running.

Historically our SUCCESSFUL presidents come from the pool of Governors and NOT Senators.


6 posted on 09/03/2008 8:11:34 AM PDT by television is just wrong
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

7 posted on 09/03/2008 8:12:16 AM PDT by library user (What say you, Messiah?)
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To: Palladin
It is fine to take the gloves off, but there should be some veracity in the statements. Obama does not have the experience to be President, but to say that Palin does, or has more than Obama is patently absurd.
8 posted on 09/03/2008 8:13:40 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
From the ad: "It is time to begin the debate about how to win the two wars this country is engaged in..."

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?

9 posted on 09/03/2008 8:14:41 AM PDT by RogerD (Educaiton Profesionul)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

But Obama was a community organizer and has run his own campaign for President.


10 posted on 09/03/2008 8:14:42 AM PDT by frogjerk (Barry Hussein Obama, commuinty organizer, talker and something else he did...)
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To: MBB1984
..to say that Palin does, or has more than Obama is patently absurd.

You are patently absurd.

Obama has zero executive experience. Zero. Nil. Nada. The empty set.

11 posted on 09/03/2008 8:15:47 AM PDT by Petronski (The Vice Presidency is below Sarah Palin's paygrade.)
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To: MBB1984

Just what experiece does Obama have? Community Organizer? Plus he could not pour piss out of a boot with the directions on the heel.


12 posted on 09/03/2008 8:16:23 AM PDT by Piquaboy (22 year veteran of the Army, Air Force and Navy, Pray for all our military .)
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To: television is just wrong
You mean like Jimmuh Carter and Slick Willie Clinton?
13 posted on 09/03/2008 8:16:32 AM PDT by MBB1984
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To: MBB1984

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.”


14 posted on 09/03/2008 8:17:00 AM PDT by goodnesswins (Palin has run a state, town and fishing operation. Obama ain't run nothin' but his mouth.(Steyn)
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To: television is just wrong
Your analysis of history is mystifying. I consider Governor Reagan our most successful president. Period.
15 posted on 09/03/2008 8:17:36 AM PDT by Buffalo Head (Illigitimi non carborundum)
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To: MBB1984
or has more than Obama is patently absurd.

One man's "patently absurd" is another man's "absolutely brilliant".

16 posted on 09/03/2008 8:19:30 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Steve Schmidt better get off his fat ass and earn his keep. Play time has been over for a month.


17 posted on 09/03/2008 8:20:10 AM PDT by Crawdad (I am my brother's keeper. I am not your brother's keeper.)
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To: MBB1984
It is fine to take the gloves off, but there should be some veracity in the statements. Obama does not have the experience to be President, but to say that Palin does, or has more than Obama is patently absurd.

Excuse me, but the Presidency of the United States of America is an EXECUTIVE position. And Sarah Palin has successful executive experience. Barak Obama has NONE.
18 posted on 09/03/2008 8:20:42 AM PDT by rickomatic
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To: television is just wrong

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.


19 posted on 09/03/2008 8:20:45 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Barack Obama: In Error and arrogant -- he's errogant!)
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To: MBB1984
You mean like Jimmuh Carter and Slick Willie Clinton?

Those were Dem governors. Try Reagan.

20 posted on 09/03/2008 8:20:49 AM PDT by 6SJ7
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