tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23490549.post750801983329400362..comments2023-10-21T20:04:18.267-04:00Comments on TwoConservatives: Palin was a Mayor AND a community organizerCharleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551264439871137611noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23490549.post-57741215022440674322008-09-07T12:42:00.000-04:002008-09-07T12:42:00.000-04:00Great posts. This is one of the better posts regar...Great posts. This is one of the better posts regarding the "organizing" aspect that the campaign rhetoric has taken.<BR/><BR/>Personally I am not embarrassed at all about the PTA qualification in the context of a record of achievement, especially when you conisder its nature of nuetrality with regard to politics. The issue I find striking is we actually think in America that being in Congress is somehow hard work. Give me a staff of twenty and tell me where I need to be and provide a means to get there and what I need to say in front of the camera or how I need to cast my vote and call it a day frankly.<BR/><BR/>People in small towns all across this nation deal with harder jobs for a lot less money and deal with alot more real issues than those in Congress. Any small business person who runs a business in this nation is more qualified than many of the baffons in Washington from an executive standpoint.<BR/><BR/>After all a disportinate number of Congressman are after all "lawyers", yikes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23490549.post-47129628990917848682008-09-07T10:08:00.000-04:002008-09-07T10:08:00.000-04:00The point isn't that being head of the PTA qualifi...The point isn't that being head of the PTA qualifies one for being President.<BR/><BR/>It's that, if the left wants to argue that community organizing is a qualification for President, even in THAT category Palin is more qualified than Obama.<BR/><BR/>Even in my weekly column, I didn't argue directly about whether Palin was qualified enough. Who knows what really makes one "qualified"?<BR/><BR/>But it is easy to compare Palin and Obama, and see that Palin is certainly more qualified than Obama for the job.<BR/><BR/>And of course, the Obama campaign has focused on Palin because they know it is futile to compare their candidate to John McCain.Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04551264439871137611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23490549.post-90787198987036845372008-09-07T00:40:00.000-04:002008-09-07T00:40:00.000-04:00don't we feel a little silly when we're citing PTA...don't we feel a little silly when we're citing PTA presidencies as a compelling cred for being President of the United States of America? Sure, sure, Obama's resume is pretty flimsy too. But surely this is the first election cycle in the history of the Republic where anyone has felt forced to argue that PTA leadership makes one ready for the White House. Aren't we a little bit embarrassed? Shouldn't we just argue that John McCain is eminently well qualified and very, very healthy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com