Palin vs. Biden

Palin is a joke, she believes that bordering Russia gave her "foreign policy" experience. She claimed that humans roamed the Earth alongside dinosaurs. She supported the bridge to nowhere but claims that she stopped it herself. She only had roughly a 20% attendance rating in Alaskan government functions. She claimed that the war in Iraq is god's plan. Regardless of the fact that she denies this later, the video is on youtube of her saying it. She didn't know what the "Bush Doctrine" was when she was interviewed about it. In a recent meeting between Palin & McCain and the Prime Minister of Israel, the NYSun documented that she said to him "The Israeli flag is the only flag in my office." Can we say fundamentalist? She has threatened to secede from the union. She tried to ban "offensive" books from the public library during her term as mayor of Wasilla. She rejected a proposal to classify polar bears and beluga whales as "endangered species",most likely due to the fact if it passed she couldn't drill for oil. Palin did slash "pork spending" by 50% in Alaska during her tenure, however she requested over $550 million in federal assistance her first year. Her borrowing has been 5 times higher than the nation's average.

At least she isn't telling stories about being "shot at" in Iraq the way Biden is. The truth, he later admitted was that a "projectile" landed outside a building he was staying at. He also claimed that terrorists forced his helicopter to land in Afghanistan when in fact it was bad weather. Sarah may have stammered in a few interviews, but she can't compare to Biden's gaffes or his lies at this point. The difference is that the media only covers her gaffes while giving Biden a free pass. http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/30/unlike-clinton-biden-gets-pass-saying-shot-iraq/

Excellent point and one that's been totally overlooked by everyone on the right looking to attack Biden. Palin herself brought up the fact that Biden has been giving speeches since she's been in the second grade and he's appeared on Meet the Press alone close to 50 times, if I'm not mistaken. He's never, EVER refused an interview that I'm aware of and I'm sure many of these have taken place after a long flight from the other side of the world. A gaffe or a misspoken word or phrase is one thing; not knowing of a single Supreme Court case other than Roe V Wade is total incompetence. Annie

I don't care how much she messes up. I'm delighted with Sarah Palin. Her selection as McCain's VP nomination shows how bad his judgment really is. He knew next to nothing about her, never met her and put her on his ticket to appeal to women. As if women would vote for any woman no matter what. This race needs a little comedy. Bring on the debate.

You make us sound so mean philjas! I don't think your rating is going to go down for expressing your opinion. Personally, I don't put much stock in the gaffes thing. There's a big difference between misspeaking when you've been campaigning, giving interviews and are tired...and being inexperienced and uninformed. Sarah Palin is not vice presidential material and she's being used by the McCain campaign. She's the token female and I actually feel sorry for her.

Governor Palin has not served US in a large scale scenario. Biden has already been an ambassador of US in so many ways and have served the whole US nation for several years. Yes, it is unfair to even compare their credentials when each one of them have different history of leadership in geographical aspect.

Sorry, but I love her! It's great to see a down home person that knows what it is to be in the trenches but some experience and fresh ideas to back a person of more experience. And Bidon? Does no one remember how he downed Obama until he got selected to run with him? And if she is promoting God's plan, I am all for it.

Palin has been shielded so much even in the last weeks that they might as well put her under glass. I read somewhere that she has given something like three interviews and Biden has givn over 50. You're right the percentage is what counts and her's is not good.

Or you could look at it that he has way more experience and should be more comfortable in the hot seat, more knowledgeable, etc. So should make far fewer mistake. But I have read of recent mistakes he has made that are ridiculous, regarding basic 20th century history of our nation, and he calls himself a historian. So there are at least two ways to look at that, yours definitely being a correct way to see it. I gave you a plus (+) rating, to help balance you in case someone rates you down!

First of all I will tell you your rating will not drop with my response because I am not one of those people who rate discussions based upon opinions. And honestly people who put themselves into a position to defend a politician are doing such a waste of their time. Instead IMO it should be left to speak of facts, not how they looked or did not look or moved their hands during speeches, but more of what they said on the topics. Because when the questions are reversed to the opposing side nothing is left to debate...I have found this out on here. And I never listen to the polls....if anyone has ever paid attention to stats and percentages usually they are biased in some way. So you cannot go by that alone as a fact. If it's something you yourself saw that is different, but not everyone is watching the debates and interviews they are going by what the news replays and says what happened. I am looking forward to the debate as well. I am more worried about the stupid things they do than the stupid things they have said.

True and did you have to see how many interviews and speeches he has given? I'm sure that if he has given 100 speeches and she has given 3 then he is doing great compared to her.

First, let me be clear up front that I am not a Palin fan. I have a lot of reasons for it that have nothing to do with this discussion. One of them is NOT that she is not intelligent. I believe that she is intelligent, she is shrewd, and she is being badly mishandled by the McCain campaign. By trying to give her 'spin' answers to use in interviews, they've confused her natural instincts and her natural answers. If I were her, I'd seriously sit them down and say, "You know what? Tell me what I absolutely should NOT say, and then trust me to say the right thing and be able to defend what I say." I believe that she is under-informed on any issue or topic that was not important in her life before she stepped onto a national stage, and unlike most people, I don't think that's a BAD thing. I think by trying to tell people that 'she knows as much as everyone else and she is fully prepared', they have set her up to look stupid. If I were answering some of those questions in her place, here's the spin I'd be taking - "You know what? I'm NOT as experienced, and I haven't been steeped in these things because they were not issues that affected my day-to-day governing. When I stepped into the governor's seat, I had no experience being a governor, but I hit the ground running because I am a quick study and have a good grasp of common, ordinary sense. Senator McCain didn't choose me for my vast knowledge of national and international policy. He chose me because I have proven good instincts, I have shown that I can act, I'm not afraid to buck the established party. Can I explain to you the historical line of incidents that led to the situation we are now faced with in Palestine? No. Do I know who to call and say 'explain this to me before I speak with the Palestinian leaders so that I know who I am speaking with'? Absolutely. A good leader isn't the one who has all the facts at his fingertips. A good leader knows who she can call to get the facts when she needs them." Frankly, I believe that left to her own devices, that's pretty darn close to how she'd be answering some of these questions rather than the utterly ludicrous answers she's been giving because she's trying to incorporate as many talking points into her answers as possible.

i don't really know about this..but whatever it is, i hope that the new president and vice president of USA will won't disturb any other country crisis. Just strengthen your country..