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In response to "I'm guessing Sarah Palin was mocking Obama's experience in her speech last night" by ty97

It's not that bizarre. If they can draw O into a debate on who's more qualified, the Dems' Presidential candidate or the Reps' VP candidate...

Posted by Ender (aka Ender) Sep 4 '08, 11:21

...then McCain's already won the battle. While they duke it out over who's more qualified, their #1 or his #2 he can just sit back basking in the assumption that he's more qualified than his opponent.

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they don't really have to get into the debate though, they can just sit on the sidelines and go with "clearly experience isn't nearly as big a deal as - mafic Sep 4, 11:25 5
- That really only works though if McCain/Palin doesn't continue to push experience. -- nm - Ender Sep 4, 11:31 4
  - Does the "executive experience" really, truly resonnate with anyone? - pmb Sep 4, 11:38
  - every time it comes up: "it's not a big deal, they nominated Palin." -- nm - mafic Sep 4, 11:33 2
    - That didn't work out so well when Kerry's swift boat response was "It's not a big deal, they nominated Bush". - Ender Sep 4, 11:39
    - I'm not sure Palin undercuts McCain's experience argument any more than Biden undercuts Obama's argument for change. -- nm - znufrii Sep 4, 11:34
I think this is also a matter of opinion and what one considers "experience" but that's just me -- nm - Gwaahjo Sep 4, 11:23 1
- Sure, but I think the point is that if they get drawn into the debate then who is actually more experienced becomes much less important than... - Ender Sep 4, 11:37
If her were younger, that might resonate better. - ty97 Sep 4, 11:23

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It's not that bizarre. If they can draw O into a debate on who's more qualified, the Dems' Presidential candidate or the Reps' VP candidate...

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