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Lessig compares Sarah Palin's experience with that of previous VPs

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Re: Lessig compares Sarah Palin's experience with that of previous VPs

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I'll say the same thing I said when it was Obama vs Hillary. I'd rather have a stupid, inexperienced, incompetent friend than a smart, experienced, highly skilled enemy. I would much prefer to see Palin fail miserably at reducing corruption than see Biden successfully reduce civil liberties (for those unfamiliar with Biden's record, http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080824/tc_cnet/83011357831002... ).

This is exactly what people said about GWB.

Re: Lessig compares Sarah Palin's experience with that of previous VPs

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Lessig should apply his analysis to Obama. He has no executive experience and hasn't even served a full term in the Senate. Palin may be unqualified according to Lessig's standards, but by the same standards, Obama is even more unqualified. This seems wrong and suggests that a Lessig-style analysis is not appropriate. The candidates' fitness should not be judged not by experience, but by their desirability relative t…

You can say that, but it doesn't make it true. Her only experience of substance is being governor of one of the least populous states of the Union for less than two years.

Re: Lessig compares Sarah Palin's experience with that of previous VPs

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post #11

I'll say the same thing I said when it was Obama vs Hillary. I'd rather have a stupid, inexperienced, incompetent friend than a smart, experienced, highly skilled enemy. I would much prefer to see Palin fail miserably at reducing corruption than see Biden successfully reduce civil liberties (for those unfamiliar with Biden's record, http://news.yahoo.com/s/cnet/20080824/tc_cnet/83011357831002... ).

This is exactly what people said about GWB.

Until they found out that he had a higher GPA than Gore, and that Kerry's Navy Officer Qualification Test put him at the 50th percentile in a group with average SATs of 1100 -- 100 points behind Bush.
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