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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 08:31 PM
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As for Palin's alleged "Executive experience", how does that make her qualified?
Edited on Sat Sep-06-08 09:13 PM by Jade Fox
Never mind that Palin's executive experience is greatly exaggerated (she hired some sort of manager who did most of the daily work running the city when she was Mayor of Wassilla), when I hear the word 'Executive' I think of someone running a business. That kind of experience seems barely relevant to the office of Vice President.

Frankly, work as a community organizer seems a lot more relevant to someone seeking political office.
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CrispyQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 08:36 PM
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1. The executive experience boosh brought to office really paid off, didn't it?
;)
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 08:58 PM
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5. Didn't think of that.....
Of course, Bush's executive experience was probably limited to 3 martini business lunches.
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n2doc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 08:38 PM
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2. Because its like, you know, Executive!
Even a dummy knows that. Just like everyone knows that Brawndo is what plants crave!
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spindrifter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 08:42 PM
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3. She had to hire a city manager--
that, or face a recall.
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DinahMoeHum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 08:44 PM
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4. "Executive experience - you mean, like, Carly Fiorina ????
who nearly ran Hewlett-Packard into the ground with her incompetence??

:rofl::rofl:
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aint_no_life_nowhere Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 09:01 PM
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6. As VP, she can sell jet airplanes in case the airline industry goes completely under
That seems to be her one executive claim to fame.
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 09:16 PM
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9. Yeah, sell them at a loss and then lie about it. n/t
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pnwmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 09:11 PM
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7. It makes her only somewhat less qualified
than the shrub when he took office.
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kestrel91316 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 09:12 PM
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8. You mean the "executive experience" involved in hiring a city manager
to run Wasilla so she wouldn't be recalled for incompetence??????
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 09:38 PM
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10. She's a failed executive.....
We should use that as a counter argument, siting her forced hiring of a city manager.
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 09:40 PM
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11. Does McCain have any "executive experience"?
Republicans keep saying that Obama has no "executive experience".

Well, what "executive experience" has John McCain had, exactly? None, right?
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 10:08 PM
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13. good point
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safeinOhio Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Sep-06-08 09:46 PM
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12. I don't think she has ever been president of any thing
Obama was PRESIDENT of the Harvard Law Review. I haven't seen this mentioned yet.
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