American

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(CNN) — Barack Obama defended his experience in dealing with natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, and took a swipe at newly minted GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. In an interview on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 Monday night, Obama was asked about whether his experience in the U.S. Senate dealing with weather-related situations compares to Palin’s executive experience running the state of Alaska and as the small town mayor of Wasilla, Alaska. “My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, has I think 50 employees. We've got 2500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year – we have a budget of about three times that just for the month,” Obama responded. Our ability to manage large systems and to execute I think has been made clear over the past couple of years and certainly in terms of the legislation I’ve passed in the past couple of years, post-Katrina.”

Feeling a little insecure, are we?

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jujuman13

Do forgive me if this comes over as being naive, but I am not aware that Mr. Obama has ever been in any position that permits HIM to pass new or for that matter any Legislation.

American

Well I think he means voting or sponsoring, but it's a silly comparison regardless. The fact that he's allowing the comparison with Palin is telling.

American

Buchanan says that McCain's gamble on Palin is paying off big time.

TBone

The debate over rather Palin or Biden are good or bad picks is getting to be old.

Both sides have both said stupid stuff on the experience issue.

It is the pot calling the kettle . . . .

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SouthernDemocrat

Yes, Pat Buchanan, a man who predicted Hillary would be the Democratic Nominee, who never got more than what 15% of the vote in any general election the upteen times he ran thinks this is a good pick. Oddly enough, the general public disagrees with him as some polls are putting Obama 8 or more points ahead.

Pat Buchanan, always guaranteed to have his finger on the pulse of America circa 1972.

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jujuman13

To SouthernDemocrat,
fortunately elections are not decided on blogs.

lincoln

So, Obama basically is saying that running for President is qualifying experience to be the President.

Right, ok.

Imagine this;

Joe Shmo - "Well Mr Human Resource manager, I have a good education. I have 143 days experience in my previous job. I have been involved in an exstinsive job hunting quest for the past 2 years. For that I am fully qualified to be the CEO of your Fortune 500 Corporation. And oh, by the way I took a vaction to Europe last month."

danarhea

Link? Now why didn't you post one? I know why. LOL.

Let's allow Pat Buchanan himself to tell us what he thinks of Sarah Palin.

Here is Pat Buchanan, in his own words (he even mocks Sarah Palin during the segment):

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Curious George

I think this article is poorly named and whomever wrote it poorly described the interaction. Obama was asked if his experience in dealing with "weather-related situations" compares to Sarah Palin's executive experience. Looking at his response, he didn't answer the question. He talked about his experience in managing a national political campaign and passing legislation, but he didn't talk about either his or Palin's experience with natural disasters or "weather-related situations" at all.

I think you're aware that most legislators refer to "passing legislation" when they had a hand in the drafting of the legislation and/or getting it passed. Even Presidents take credit for "passing legislation" even when the only thing they did was sign it after it hit their desk. Obama isn't the only politician to use that term. In fact, I think you'll be hard pressed to find any legislator or head of an exectuive branch that doesn't use it.