Oh, please. Yes, Cheney wants to fire Obamugabe.
The quotes I’ve read from Cheney aren’t an attack on Palin...he compliments Palin, but says a two-year tenure as a governor isn’t sufficient, in his opinion, to be the VEEP.
How is that out of line? It isn’t.
Yes, Palin had more executive experience than Biden or Obama or McCain...which says she was more experienced than any of them, but still not experienced enough in the opinion of Cheney.
One COULD take Cheney’s comments to be more complimentary of Palin and more critical of the other three candidates.
G.W. Bush had 5+ years of governorship of Texas.
Reagan had 8 years of a governorship of California.
Clinton had 8 years of a governorship of Arkansas.
The modern record is pretty clear: governors with a MORE THAN ONE TERM are best suited to the Presidency. (No, I don’t consider Clinton a great President, but he was a two term President like the others.)
Which of course gives one pause for Romney: he only has had ONE term as a governor. But I also believe Romney’s private sector experience makes him a much better choice than Obamugabe.
But I digress.
We conservatives do not do ourselves a favor when we “rush” candidates into the national spotlight. Let our governors succeed for a couple of terms: Walker, Christie, Haley, Scott, McDonnell, Jindal...then when they’ve built a solid record (like Reagan!!!) then they can take their place in the national debate.
I love Sarah, I’ve given to SarahPAC, and I enthusiastically voted for her in 2008. But she is doing God’s work where she is now, and I think it is absurd for us to attack people who, while they like her (didn’t Dick Cheney say that, too?), also believe she wasn’t as fully prepared as she could have been?
Also, anyone find it amazing that SUDDENLY the Obamugabe ass kissing media now is INTERESTED in what Dick Cheney thinks?? :)
What you said. I love Sarah Palin but let’s face it she also did little to boost her experience creds by quitting the governorship after the election. More power to her but she kind of played into Cheney’s point.
Now I should vote for Gary Johnson and reelect Obama bc Dick Cheney said a more experienced vp is the way to go? Some of the stuff here is delusional.
Dick Cheney could stab a voodoo doll of Reagan on tv for all I care, I am voting for Romney and very much AGAINST Obama.
I guess that Cheney doesn’t like Theodore Roosevelt very much. He was a Progressive Republican who served 2 years as governor.
I wonder how many conservative presidents and vice presidents would have embraced gay marriage.