What would make Obama more qualified to be president than Palin?

Question

What has Obama accomplished politically that exceeds the accomplishments of Gov Palin?

Answer 1

Obama has done absolutely nothing remotely qualifying him for presidency. He hardly set his foot in the Senate before he started his campaign. Experience as a lawyer and a state legislator is not enough to run our country and what little he did with them. Gov. Palin is the one that is really qualified.

Answer 2

He is intelligent and has bat sense.



Palin is a extremist, and does not have the "right stuff" to be president. Just because she lives in Alaska and killed a moose and and some wolves, doesn't mean she can run the country.



You know it, and didn't have to ask this question.



My question is who really cares about Palin? The race is between Obama and McCain. It will be decided on that basis. People are not going to make a presidential decision based upon the vice president.



People just need to drop the Palin "side show" and get serious. Had Palin been a deer hunter from Georgia, she would not even be in the news.

Answer 3

The fact that she is governor of Alaska and he is a Senator. The fact that Obama and Biden have more experience in foreign policy, and experience for that matter, than McCain and Palin. I was pro Bush in his first go at president. When he won, I was happy. The next time around I was pro Bush again. For the simple fact that Kerry was nothing in every sense of the word. I should have been for Nadar. And since John "W' McCain votes with Bush 90% of the time, I think that me, a former pro Bush guy, would have some knowledge in this area. Obama is the smart choice. He has no celebrity friends. Republicans are just made because RICH famous people are not showing up to support them. His supporters have nothing to do with his policies. Which make a lot more sense then McCains. Since his policies are Bushs policies. The only reasons not to vote Obama? He's black and he might swear into office with his hand on the Karan. Freedom of religion anybody. If you are using anyone of those reasons as your excuse not to vote for him then you are un-American. So voting for the American President would make you dumb. The people who are deciding like this need not vote. And yea, Kanye West is one of those people. The only reason he is voting, and nobody could argue this, is because Obama is black. Again, voters like this need not register.

Thats like joining the Marines because you like the uniforms.

Answer 4

He is intelligent and is willing to listen to a variety of ideas. He has shown how he can put together a team of people and keep them working together smoothly. He has experience at the state and national level and knows something about foreign countries. Having lived abroad as a youngster he is more aware of his own culture and the cultures of others.



He also has a far better education (which I know repubs look down on but actually education can be a good thing) and KNOWS the constitution.



Obama has already run a campaign well, has been in the public (national) eye for a few years, has worked in the senate with other dems and republicans. His views are not so religious that they will unduly influence his policy.



Obama is orders of magnitude better than Palin and much better than McCain to run the country. McCain chose his vp based only on getting elected, nothing to do with the good of the country. Obama chose someone not on electability but who could work with him, give him good advice when asked, and who does know enough to take over if it becomes necessary.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Perhaps the fact the Obama know what the heck the "Bush Doctrine" is.

Or may be because he knows the Constitution and she probably can't even spell the word.

How about the fact that Obama's wife, children, father, mother, education, race, ethnicity, religion, faith, and patriotism has been challenged, insulted, and dragged through the mud for 19 months and through it all he has shown great courage, character, honor, integrity and grace under fire.

Palin has been under scrutiny for 2 weeks and has cried "sexism" every time someone asks her a question she can't answer.

Is she really who you want representing us to foreign leader and the world stage, she could not even describe the geological relationship of Alaska to Russia. (back to the Beauty pageants...)



Hey yahoo, how about adding Obama and Palin to the spell checker ;-) OK not Palin (she won't be around long enough)

Answer 7

"Qualified to be president" is hard to define. Palin has more actual governing experience, and the voting public has historically preferred governors to senators in presidential elections. But we have had some fine presidents who had little or no actual executive experience, and some poor ones that did. But to answer your question, I think back to Clinton's "three am phone call" ads. Who would I rather have making crucial decisions when an emergency arises at three in the morning? That's the criteria I will use when voting this November. But what's REALLY fun about this is that McCain has now got Obama running against Palin, not him.

Answer 8

What would make Obama more qualified to be President than Palin would be executive experience in a constitutional and fiscally responsible manner. For instance, vetoing pork-barrel projects and appointing justices that interpret the law and do not legislate from the bench.



The Governor appoints the secretaries of departments and heads of other cabinet-level agencies, aswell as members of state boards, commissions, and councils. The Governor also appoints justices of the peace,which a majority of the Senate must confirm, and he appointsother judicial officers, which two-thirds of the Senate must confirm.



The governor makes policy recommendations that lawmakers in both the state House and Senate chambers may sponsor and introduce as bills. The governor also appoints the Secretary of State, as well as members of boards and commissions who oversee the heads of state agencies and departments.



The constitutional and statutory duties of the Governor include:

- Signing or vetoing bills passed by the Legislature.

- Serving as commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

- Convening special sessions of the Legislature for specific purposes.

- Delivering a report on the condition of the state to the Legislature at the beginning of each regular session.

- Accounting for all public monies received and paid out and recommending a budget for the next two years.

- Granting reprieves and commutations of punishment and pardons upon the recommendation of the Board of Pardons and Paroles and revoking conditional pardons.

- Declaring special elections to fill vacancies in certain elected offices.

- Appointing qualified people to state offices that carry out the laws and direct the policies of state government. Some of these offices are filled by appointment only. Others are ordinarily elected by the people, but the governor must occasionally appoint individuals to fill vacancies. The governor also appoints people to a wide range of advisory bodies and task forces that assist her with specific issues.



Obama has served in the Illinois State Senate and, most recently, the U.S. Senate.



The legislative process on the Senate floor is governed by a set of standing rules, a body of precedents created by rulings of presiding officers or by votes of the Senate, a variety of established and customary practices, and ad hoc arrangements the Senate makes to meet specific parliamentary and political circumstances. A knowledge of the Senate's formal rules is not sufficient to understand Senate procedure, and Senate practices cannot be understood without knowing the rules to which the practices relate.



The original outline of the Senate is written in the Constitution; you can read this section on the Senate's website at:



http://www.senate.gov/civics/constitution_item/constitution.htm#a1_sec3



Here are the links for Traditions of the Senate, as well as Rules and Procedures of the Senate:



http://www.senate.gov/reference/Sessions/Traditions/index.htm



http://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_index_subjects/Rules_and_Procedure_vrd.htm



Thus, it will be up to the voters to look at the actual record of each person and decide (as you say) who has "accomplished" more.

Answer 9

Obama voted against Bush 100% of the time. McCain voted with Bush 90% of the time. Palin voted...uh, Palin voted...oh, right, they don't let Governors vote at the federal level.

Answer 10

Not so much "accomplishments," more like views and ability to carry out what they say they will. Obama actually does have more experience than Palin, but not much.



Obama '08



Trying to spread this around to the public: McCain has voted against equal pay for women twice. His attack ads against Obama say he will raise taxes but he will NOT, unless you make over 250,000 dollars a year, and not even that much. The ads also say that Obama has "old ideas" and has "liberal buddies." Definition of "liberal": open to new behavior or opinions and willing to discard traditional values. The exact opposite of "old ideas."



Thanks for reading!

Answer 11

experience in the following office..local as community organizer, state as a state senator, and federal as an illinois senator over million voters vs palin, mayor of 9000 and governor of less than the population of chicago(3 million) plus more educated and proven judgement and leadership..admired all over the world.

Answer 12

He's intelligent, has a Harvard law degree, taught Constitutional Law, has a plan for the country, doesn't kill animals, doesn't hate gays and lesbians, doesn't keep guns at home around children....need more?

Answer 13

what would be more qualfied to jsutife plain to be in the race from the start?





there plenty do some research

Answer 14

look up all that he has passed over the years..... why should i have to post it.... Cool Breeze has posted it a million times, about all he has accomplished up until now, so if you haven't read it yet, you must not be really looking for it.....

Answer 15

Good question.



Not really anything Palin is self made. Obama was coddled and trained to be an elected official by the Chicago machine.

Answer 16

they both meet the qualifications that is out line in the U.S Constitution.

Answer 17

He has nothing that qualifies him other than he meets the age requirement. He is still being sued in PA

Answer 18

He already is more qualified.He has dealt with issues on a Federal level, and she hasn't.

Answer 19

He knows what the 'Bush Doctrine' is. Which reminds me.....How can she be about 'change/reform' when she doesn't even know what we've been doing for the last 7 years?

Answer 20

Secretly pissing in the coffee of his teacher would qualify him.



This woman is not just unqualified. She's straight out dangerously

unqualified AND uneducated. If McCain get's elected we better put

him in some kind of cryostasis because if he dies this woman will

be president.

Answer 21

He was nominated for President.

She was not.



Easy one.

Answer 22

He put together a couple of community bake sales...made up flyers and everything.

Answer 23

lipstick and a real plan//// this fool must not be elected////

Answer 24

if he were an american and showed a real birth certificate

Answer 25

This list of accomplishments is a good start:





Obama passed legislation with Republican Senator Jim Talent to give gas stations a tax credit for installing E85 ethanol refueling pumps. The tax credit covers 30 percent of the costs of switching one or more traditional petroleum pumps to E85, which is an 85 percent ethanol/15 percent gasoline blend.



-After a number of inmates on death row were found innocent, Senator Obama worked with law enforcement officials to require the videotaping of interrogations and confessions in all capital cases.



-His first law was passed with Republican Tom Coburn, a measure to rebuild trust in government by allowing every American to go online and see how and where every dime of their tax dollars is spent.



-Obama created the Illinois Earned Income Tax Credit for low-income working families in 2000 and successfully sponsored a measure to make the credit permanent in 2003. The law offered about $105 million in tax relief over three years.



-Obama joined forces with former U.S. Sen. Paul Simon (D-IL) to pass the toughest campaign finance law in Illinois history. The legislation banned the personal use of campaign money by Illinois legislators and banned gifts from lobbyists. Before the law was passed, one organization ranked Illinois worst among 50 states for its campaign finance regulations.



-As a member of the Veterans' Affairs Committee, Senator Obama has fought to help Illinois veterans get the disability pay they were promised, while working to prepare the VA for the return of the thousands of veterans who will need care after Iraq and Afghanistan.



-He traveled to Russia with Republican Dick Lugar to begin a new generation of non-proliferation efforts designed to find and secure deadly weapons around the world.



-Obama has been a leading advocate for protecting the right to vote, helping to reauthorize the Voting Rights Act and leading the opposition against discriminatory barriers to voting.



- In the U.S. Senate, Obama introduced the STOP FRAUD Act to increase penalties for mortgage fraud and provide more protections for low-income homebuyers, well before the current subprime crisis began.



-Obama sponsored legislation to combat predatory payday loans, and he also was credited with lobbied the state to more closely regulate some of the most egregious predatory lending practices.



-Barack Obama introduced the Patriot Employer Act of 2007 to provide a tax credit to companies that maintain or increase the number of full-time workers in America relative to those outside the US; maintain their corporate headquarters in America; pay decent wages; prepare workers for retirement; provide health insurance; and support employees who serve in the military.



-Obama worked to pass a number of laws in Illinois and Washington to improve the health of women. His accomplishments include creating a task force on cervical cancer, providing greater access to breast and cervical cancer screenings, and helping improve prenatal and premature birth services.



-Obama has introduced and helped pass bipartisan legislation to limit the abuse of no-bid federal contracts.



-Obama and Senator Feingold (D-WI) took on both parties and proposed ethics legislation that was described as the "gold standard" for reform. It was because of their leadership that ending subsidized corporate jet travel, mandating disclosure of lobbyists' bundling of contributions, and enacting strong new restrictions of lobbyist-sponsored trips became part of the final ethics bill that was signed into law.

Answer 26

he is intelligent