Sarah Palin Record vs. Barack Obama

The Republicans believe if you repeat something for long enough (i.e. that Palin has so much more experience than Obama), it will become true.  Let’s take a real look at the political careers of Palin vs. Obama and you can decide.

Alaska population: 683,000 people
Illinois population: 12.9 million people

SARAH PALIN

  • 2006 - Present — Govenor of Alaska (elected November 2006)
  • 1996 - 2002 — Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska
  • 1992 - 1996 — Served on the city council, of Wasilla, Alaska (population 7,025)
  • 1988 – Worked as a Sports reporter for KTUU-TV in Alaska.  Helped with husband’s commercial fishing business.
  • 1987 – B.S. in Journalism from University of Idaho

BARACK OBAMA

  • 2005 - Present — United States Senate
  • 1996 - 2004 — Illinois State Senate
  • 1993 - 1996 — Civil rights attorney with Miner, Barnhill & Gallan. He represented community organizers, discrimination claims, and voting rights cases.
  • 1988 - 1991 – Harvard Law School, and first black president of Harvard Law Review in it’s 104 year history, J.D. degree magna cum laude
  • 1985 - 1988 – Delayed law school and moved to Chicago to take a job as a community organizer as Director of the Developing Communities Project.
  • 1983 — B.A. from Columbia University in New York
Sarah Palin - Wikipedia
Barack Obama  - Official Website
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on September 4, 2008 at 3:17 pm Comments (0)
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Sarah Palin Big on Impression, Short on Truth

Last night’s Republican Convention officially unveiled Sarah Palin to the public.  While we learned that the Governor of Alaska is very poised,  intelligent and impressionable, it mostly showed us that she is quite capable of delivering prepackaged speeches with a litany of zingers aimed at the opponents.

Palin compared her mayor of Alaska experience to Obama’s community organizing. Except that during the time Palin was a mayor of Alaska (1996 - 2002),  Obama was in the State Senate (1996 - 2004). Palin was elected Govenor in November of 2006.

For some reason, the speech writer took great delight in “bending” the truth.  But nevermind that.  Perhaps a commenter called “realtalk” summed it up best on how “comfortable Palin seemed at lying about her record” by saying this:

Sarah Palin lied with a straight face, even knowing that most people are well aware of the truth of her actually having supported the building of the “Bridge to Nowhere”, and about her record of hiring lobbyists to lobby Washington for money. Sarah Palin claims she is against earmarks, BUT THE TRUTH IS, as governor she requested earmarks totalling $750 million dollars from the federal government (the largest amount in this country per-capita request in the nation).

Sadly of all is that Sarah Palin claims that families with children with disabilities will have her as a champion in the White House, BUT the fact is in Alaska those same parents had NO champion in Sarah, who actually CUT by 60% funding to programs which helped children with disabilities in her state.
Sarah Palin also CUT funding to programs which help HOMELESS pregnant teens, have a place to sleep while pregnant.

Hypocritically, of all is that Sarah Palin boldly sites an ethics bill in Alaska, it seems she has forgotten that she herself is RIGHT NOW under investigation for ethics violation.
Sarah Palin is ALREADY participating in the same type of behaviour that we have seen in the White House over the past 8 years, the coverups, and lies to try keep that behaviour, of ethics violation, from the public.

Interesting.

ALSO READ:

Sebelius Accuses Palin Of Deceiving Voters

Attacks, praise stretch truth at GOP convention

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VIDEO: McCain Camp Stumped by Sarah Palin Questions

McCain’s judgment has been called into question after choosing Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his Vice-President. Recently, Palin revealed that her 17 year old daughter Bristol is 5 months pregnant, but plans to marry the father.  (Sarah Palin exclusively endorses abstinence-only education.)

McCain claims he knew about the teen pregnancy all along, but selected Palin anyway because of her excellent qualifications and “long record of reform”.

However, whenever pressed for more details on those qualifications, the response usually involves McCain’s aides redirecting the focus to Barack Obama.

Here, CNN’s Campbell Brown talks to McCain campaign spokesman Tucker Bounds. By the end of the interview, even she is visibly frustrated as she gets the run around.

Campbell Brown: There is a feeling out there that you are not holding your VP pick to your own standard, the standard you defined. So, explain to us why you think Govenor Palin is ready to be Commander in Chief.

For some reason, the aide can’t quite manage to answer the question.

WATCH VIDEO HERE

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VIDEO: Obama Denver Speech - August 28th

Thursday night, Barack Obama delivered his 44-minute nominating acceptance speech to a crowd of 84,000 people packed into Invesco Field in Denver Colorado. This marks the final lap of his bid to become the nation’s president.

“Tonight, I say to the American people, to Democrats and Republicans and Independents across this great land - enough! This moment - this election - is our chance to keep, in the 21st century, the American promise alive.  … We are here because we love this country too much to let the next four years look like the last eight. On November 4th, we must stand up and say: “Eight is enough.”

FULL 45 MINUTE VIDEO BELOW

FULL SPEECH TEXT HERE

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on August 29, 2008 at 12:30 am Comments (1)
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Obama Wins Nomination, Looks to Fall

By the end of yesterday, Obama moved well beyond the goal line of attaining 2,118 delegates for the Democratic nomination. Obama has now amassed 2,154 delegates. Clinton has 1,919.5 at this time.

A slew of new delegate endorsements came out in support of Obama after the polls closed last night where he lost in South Dakota (but still gained more delegates) and won in Montana. Obama also gained an endorsement from former President Jimmy Carter.

Obama makes history as the first African-American to clinch the democratic nomination. He now looks to the future contest against John McCain in the fall.

Hillary Clinton delivered a speech with a bit of praise for how Obama has run the race, but devoid of any congratulations to him for winning the contest. She vowed that she would not concede the race, even though Obama was already way past the finish line.

One Huffington Post writer said in an article titled “Clinton in Denial of Obama Nomination. Why?”:

Clinton astonishingly refused to acknowledge that Obama, the first African American nominee, came from behind to win a majority of primaries and caucuses, a majority of delegates, and a majority of votes.

Clinton is in denial indeed, but there is new talk of her aggressively vying for the VP spot under Obama.

In the meantime, Obama will accept his nomination on the 45th anniversary of the Martin Luther King, Jr. “I Have a Dream” Speech. That day will mark a fitting beginning for a Presidential candidate to lead an America that is as diverse and multi-faceted as ever.

ALSO READ: Obama and Hillary’s Full June 3rd Speeches

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on June 4, 2008 at 8:52 am Comments (0)
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State By State Wins for Obama & Clinton

Days since the first presidential nominating contest in Iowa: 152

Total popular vote for Clinton and Obama in Democratic contests where delegates were awarded, except for caucuses in Iowa, Nevada, Washington, Maine and Texas where no popular vote was released: 35.1 million.

Obama has had 33 wins:

Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Democrats Abroad, District of Columbia, Georgia, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont, Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Clinton has had 22* wins:

American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida (*Obama did not campaign), Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan (*Obama not on ballot), Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia.

Primaries Obama has won: 18

Primaries Clinton has won: 19

Caucuses Obama has won: 14

Caucuses Clinton has won: 3

See more figures here.

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Polling Firm to Stop Asking Clinton Questions

Hillary Clinton has pledged to continue her fight for the White House, but more and more people are expressing their opinion that the race is over. Now, we can add a national polling firm to that group.

National polling firm Rasmussen Reports announced on Friday that it will stop polling people about the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton because her opponent, Barack Obama, will win the Democratic nomination.

The company’s vice president of finance and operations, Michael Boniello, distributed an e-mail with the following statement:

However, while Senator Clinton has remained close and competitive in every meaningful measure, she is a close second and the race is over. It has become clear that Barack Obama will be the Democratic nominee.

With this in mind, Rasmussen Reports will soon end our daily tracking of the Democratic race and focus exclusively on the general election competition between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama.

The e-mail also stated that the Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday showed Barack Obama attracting 47 percent of the vote, while John McCain earned 44 percent.

SOURCE: ‘Race Is Over’: Polling Firm to Quit Asking Clinton Questions

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on May 10, 2008 at 6:24 pm Comments (0)
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Why Couldn’t Hillary Close the Deal?

OBAMA WINS NORTH CAROLINA by 14%, CLINTON WINS INDIANA BY 2%

With Obama’s big win in North Carolina yesterday, and the closely split results in Indiana, it’s undeniable that Obama has added more fuel to his already inevitable win. He has more delegates, and more of the popular vote.

The real question is, since there is no negative tactic that Hillary Clinton is unwilling to use, no strategy too low to pull out of her grab bag of tricks, why couldn’t she close the deal?

As RJ Eskow wrote in a Huffington Post article:

For weeks Sen. Clinton and her supporters taunted the Obama campaign by asking, “Why can’t he close the deal?” Fair question. If Obama is going to be the nominee, they argued, why can’t he deliver some more decisive wins?

After tonight’s results the question has to be reversed: Why couldn’t she close the deal? Sen. Clinton needed a forceful victory to deliver the message that she, not Sen. Obama, has momentum and vote-getting ability. Yet she lost resoundingly in North Carolina, and as of this writing Indiana hangs in the balance. I’m not prepared to write the Clinton campaign’s obit yet - that’s been done one too many times already, and they may continue to fight for a while. What’s different now is that the outcome has become inevitable.

Read the full article here.

There is another report floating about that strong Clinton supporter and fellow Arkansan General Wes Clark called Hillary last night telling her it’s time to quit. Wes Clark is a former 2004 presidential candidate and later endorsed John Kerry.

NBC News reported around midnight that Clinton had canceled her scheduled network morning appearances for Wednesday morning, contributing to the perception that her campaign was thrown back on its heels by the results.

There may be many people urging Clinton to concede the race today, but little chance she will listen. In the meantime, the race will go on until Clinton decides her desire to win at any cost cannot trump what has already been proven - that she is out of math, momentum and money.

ALSO READ: Obama wins North Carolina, Clinton squeaks by Indiana

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on May 7, 2008 at 8:40 am Comments (2)
Tags: Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Huffington Post, Indiana, North Carolina, Wes Clark

VIDEO: It’s Raining John McCain

First there was “Obama girl”, now there are.. the “McCain girls”. People are certainly excited about politics these days. These three women want John McCain in the White House. Did they convince you?

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on April 8, 2008 at 10:06 am Comments (1)
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Clinton Never Said Obama Can’t Win.. Maybe

MISSPOKE, MISHEARD, MISUNDERSTOOD

It seems the Clinton camp has been telling superdelegates that Obama can’t win. No surprise there. However, her subsequent denial of the statement and then retraction of the denial have people yelling: Liar, liar, sniper fire.

Sources with direct knowledge of a conversation between Senator Clinton and Governor Bill Richardson, prior to the Governor’s endorsement of Obama say she told him flatly,

“He cannot win, Bill. He cannot win.”

Clinton responded to the allegations at a press conference in Burbank, California, “I have consistently made the case that I can win because I believe I can win, and you know sometimes people draw the conclusion I’m saying somebody else can’t win.”

At the end of the conference, when directly asked if she made the comment in a private conversation with Richardson, Hillary Clinton told reporters “That’s a no.”

Clinton aides now insist the Senator misunderstood the question, asserting the candidate believed she was answering whether or not she would discuss a private conversation.

SOURCE: Clinton Denies Telling Richardson Obama Can’t Win

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on April 4, 2008 at 9:45 am Comments (0)
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