tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post5763767223894937909..comments2023-12-29T05:24:43.830-06:00Comments on Kay Brooks: ExperienceKay Brookshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06073075957511329333noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7186797.post-40478434142183298002008-08-31T15:25:00.000-05:002008-08-31T15:25:00.000-05:00I've got to say, to me, that sounds like a huge in...I've got to say, to me, that sounds like a huge insult...to John McCain, Joe Biden, <I>and</I> Barack Obama. Anyone who's going to pretend that McCain's almost thirty years in Congress leave him <I>less</I> prepared for the presidency than some person who's been governor of a scarcely populated state for less time than McCain's been running for president is, I suspect, just being intentionally obtuse.<BR/><BR/>Consider this, hypothetically. McCain-Palin wins the election. On inauguration day, though, the old guy collapses into a permanent coma, right as he puts his hand on the Bible. Within the hour, an international crisis breaks out between Russia and a former Soviet Republic. (Or between any other potential crisis-makers, if you'd prefer.)<BR/><BR/>High drama aside, would you really feel more confident with Sarah Palin talking on the big, red phone, just because she's spent around twenty months running a state with a tiny population? <BR/><BR/>(Or, if we want take this argument about executive experience automatically trumping legislative experience to its logical extreme...would you feel safe, if Sarah Palin called Karl Dean in to talk to Medvedev?)N.S. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00594978546540226304noreply@blogger.com