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10-26-09 07:08 PM |
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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
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Could it be because, unlike the current President - she isn't yet another Lawyer turned politician?
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That... or she could just be an idiot. Given that this isn't one of the only majorly stupid things she's said (let alone done), I'm going with the latter. I mean seriously, not even Brown v. The Board of Education? One of the more recent and most famous Supreme Court issues that is addressed in every school across the United States from junior high as far on as mandatory history in college? I don't expect her to know every single one. But she wasn't even able to come up with a name or basic summary of one, which is disturbing given her ambitions to become vice president (and possibly president).
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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
Obama has his Law Degree from Harvard. I would say that to earn that he had to study a bit of law.....
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Agreed, but see above.
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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
As a governor, do you think you would have time to follow all the various legal proceedings going on, or in the past?
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Not all, just some. At least some of the mandatory ones needed for a high school education.
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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
Did it occur to you that Mrs. Palin's education may not have been focused on social history, which is where such topics come up?
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Yep, as far as a college education is concerned. But we're talking national cirriculum level stuff. Schools have been required for something like 40 years have been required to teach about Brown and the Board of Education, let alone Marbury v. Madison, or for that matter Roe v. Wade.
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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
Is it possible that in the day to day duties of a governor, a specific understanding of needs of the people would outweigh the need to know what the latest item is on Court TV?
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Well to begin with, this was an interview that she was supposed to have been prepared for to begin with- not at all related to the "day to day duties of a governor".
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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
It's ok to dislike the person, or their politics. But judge them because they don't know something you do? That opens you up to alot of judgements - because we all have things we don't know.
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You're ignoring, however, the other things she said- like her statement about Russia, God elects presidents- not the people, and my personal favorite: the vice president is in charge of the Senate. Among other things. The very simple matter of it is she's not intelligent enough to succeed at her own game. She can woo a crowd with a nice speech, but she lacks the intelligence and rational thought process to become what is the very substance of a great leader.
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That's why its important for any governmental leader to have good advisors - people who ROUND out their knowledge base.
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Which would be a bar-none for her. At least McCain would have been in charge if they'd won. If he died though... then god have mercy on us all...
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Originally Posted by CaptainHaplo
Unfortunately, the current president has surrounded himself with communists, socialists and other activists instead of a varied group that can offer him ideas from a broad spectrum.
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:haha:
Before I go any further, what knowledge do you have on Socialism and Communism? Because from the looks of it, you don't understand one of the most basic things between the two SEPARATE ideologies: Communists are not Socialists, and vice versa.
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