Tuesday, September 23, 2008

How to combat Sarah Palin's Experience

Matt Damon, the premiere expert on the experience it takes to be President, claims Sarah Palin doesn't have the experience to face down Russian President Putin.

The obvious question is, "and Senator Barrack Obama does?" 

But the farce of the experience question is found by asking, "who in Washington predicted the financial crisis, and how did their experience help in their predictions?"

Some politicians may have thought Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac had problems.  But not one politician thought it was a problem big enough to put this issue on the front pages of the newspapers until the crisis already hit.

If you look at Barrack Obama's acceptance speech in Denver, he didn't even reference the financial crisis our economy was in, only that George Bush and John McCain caused the slowing economy.  But what if Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the root cause of the problem?  Who is responsible for these companies?  Shouldn't our elected officials, be held responsible?  And shouldn't Barrack Obama, Joe Biden, and all elected officials be held accountable?  After all, they have the experience.

There is enough blame to go around, but one thing is certain, there isn't one politician, Republican or Democrat that can point to their experience and say they could prevent what Alan Greenspan called the "worst financial crisis in a century."

No, Sarah Palin doesn't have experience.  She hasn't been tainted by the get nothing done Congress.  She hasn't been tainted by the money laundering and the revolving door of corruption that is a part of Washington politics.  

Sarah Palin simply has the experience of bringing common sense to government.  She simply has taken on corrupt government politicians in her own party.  She has only fought to clean up government on every level she has been involved.

Sarah Palin's experience may be different experiences than Barrack Obama, but Washington needs experience based on common sense, not on the politics of blame and corruption.

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