Has Palin been in "executive" positions longer than Obama? Yes, she has, but when you consider that you're talking about a teensy tiny town (about 5,000 citizens when she was in office) and the 47th state in the Union in terms of population.. well, it really doesn't say much, especially when you consider that she needed a lot of help just to run the town of Wasilla (see the Anne Kilkenny letter here (http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/sarahpalin.asp)). Besides, it all depends on how you spin it, doesn't it? When Obama first stepped forward as a potential candidate, his "inexperience" was regarded as a good thing, since his platform was one of bringing a new point of view to Washington. Palin wants to bring her inexperience along with the same old Republican nonsense and conservative Christian agenda that has no place in government. If she were a man I'd be saying the exact same thing, though it also wouldn't be such a hot issue because no man would have given McCain the boost she has. I think there's more reverse sexism at play here than misogyny, and THAT is where the martyr card comes in, though I think it's her defenders playing it rather than Palin herself.
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Date: 2008-09-13 01:38 am (UTC)Has Palin been in "executive" positions longer than Obama? Yes, she has, but when you consider that you're talking about a teensy tiny town (about 5,000 citizens when she was in office) and the 47th state in the Union in terms of population.. well, it really doesn't say much, especially when you consider that she needed a lot of help just to run the town of Wasilla (see the Anne Kilkenny letter here (http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/sarahpalin.asp)). Besides, it all depends on how you spin it, doesn't it? When Obama first stepped forward as a potential candidate, his "inexperience" was regarded as a good thing, since his platform was one of bringing a new point of view to Washington. Palin wants to bring her inexperience along with the same old Republican nonsense and conservative Christian agenda that has no place in government. If she were a man I'd be saying the exact same thing, though it also wouldn't be such a hot issue because no man would have given McCain the boost she has. I think there's more reverse sexism at play here than misogyny, and THAT is where the martyr card comes in, though I think it's her defenders playing it rather than Palin herself.