Letters to the editor
Issue date: 9/8/08 Section: Opinion
Objections to Palin's 'lack of experience' are wrong
If you want to hire a new coach for an NFL team, you look for someone with coaching experience. If you can't find someone with NFL experience, you probably look for the next best thing - say, college experience.
If you are looking for a state governor, you look for someone with governing experience. If you are looking for someone to govern the nation, you look for someone with governing experience.
The day Palin became mayor of that small town, let alone her being governor of a state for any length of time, she already was more qualified to govern the nation than the president or the vice president that the Democrats have decided to back.
Instead of going with someone like Bill Richardson, they went for someone with ideas that appealed to them who had no practical experience whatsoever. They got it half right: ideas, but no practical experience.
The argument prevailing in the news is that Palin would be one heartbeat away from the presidency (McCain's mother is alive and in her mid-nineties, incidentally), and we therefore should not trust McCain's pick.
This is the truth. The only reason to object to Palin is because of her beliefs, not her experience or ability. She has the right experience, and she has proven her ability to accomplish what she sets out to.
The only question is whether you agree with her policies. To argue her experience and advocate Obama's experience is at best misinformed.
I am not saying Obama does not have the ability to surround himself with people who fill the gaps in his knowledge to delegate authority and to make the big decisions. I am saying that he has yet to prove that he can.
If this were a job that he were applying for in the private sector, he would almost certainly not even be considered - not because he doesn't have the ability, but because of his work history and the resulting qualifications.
Jeremy Carrell
Maintenance Worker II
Recycling
If you want to hire a new coach for an NFL team, you look for someone with coaching experience. If you can't find someone with NFL experience, you probably look for the next best thing - say, college experience.
If you are looking for a state governor, you look for someone with governing experience. If you are looking for someone to govern the nation, you look for someone with governing experience.
The day Palin became mayor of that small town, let alone her being governor of a state for any length of time, she already was more qualified to govern the nation than the president or the vice president that the Democrats have decided to back.
Instead of going with someone like Bill Richardson, they went for someone with ideas that appealed to them who had no practical experience whatsoever. They got it half right: ideas, but no practical experience.
The argument prevailing in the news is that Palin would be one heartbeat away from the presidency (McCain's mother is alive and in her mid-nineties, incidentally), and we therefore should not trust McCain's pick.
This is the truth. The only reason to object to Palin is because of her beliefs, not her experience or ability. She has the right experience, and she has proven her ability to accomplish what she sets out to.
The only question is whether you agree with her policies. To argue her experience and advocate Obama's experience is at best misinformed.
I am not saying Obama does not have the ability to surround himself with people who fill the gaps in his knowledge to delegate authority and to make the big decisions. I am saying that he has yet to prove that he can.
If this were a job that he were applying for in the private sector, he would almost certainly not even be considered - not because he doesn't have the ability, but because of his work history and the resulting qualifications.
Jeremy Carrell
Maintenance Worker II
Recycling
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