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Originally Posted by vienna
Actually, I think far more people know Palin actually didn't make the remark and do know it is a joke. If I am perpetuating anything, I am perpetuating a joke; kind of like any one who takes Palin seriously... 
Biden: elected 6 times to the Senate (15th longest serving at time of resignation); member and Chaiman of the Foreign Relations Committee; Chairman of the Judiciary Committee --- yeah, a real moron to have achieved all that...
McCain: naval aviator (lots of non-leaders there); requested a combat assignment (could have had a cushy desk job); former POW who refused to be released early if his fellow POWs weren't also released (by doing so, also refused to profit from his status as the son of a 4 -star admiral; 2 terms in the House, elected 4 times to the Senate; Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee; Chairman of the Senate Indian Affairs Committee; Chairman of International Republican Institute...
Yeah, too bad he had no leadership experience and abilities...
Tempermental? Yeah, he is that; but no President can ever just "push the button". Referring back to Nixon and Watergate, as Nixon deteriorated, he at one point gave indications he might seek to "push the button"; Secretary of State Kissinger used his authority to order that any military orders issued by the President had to be run thriough his office for co-approval. The levels of checks and re-checks make it very highly unlikely any one is going to wake up in the morning and unilaterally start WW3...
Maybe we need tempermental; I recall the great effect JFK unleasing the cold wrath of his Attorney-General brother Bobby on the representatives of the USSR during the Cuban Missle Crisis. There are times when "Quiet Diplomacy" is not the best solution... |
Vienna, ignoring the moderator troll i addressed above this post for a minute.
Legislative experience is not the same thing as executive experience. It is a completely different type of job.
Of the four candidates in the 2008 election only two of them had any executive experience at all. That was McCain and Palin. And neither of them had really much of that unless you put much stock the leadership skills required to be governor of Alaska or Aircraft Commander as preparation for POTUS.