Even the media can’t save Obama now

Don’t get me wrong they won’t quit trying but at this point I doubt even the likes of DNCTV (MSNBC), NBC, CNN, ABC, etc can’t save Obama from himself anymore.  Obama hasn’t figured out how to react to the news that McCain picked Gov. Sarah Palin as his VP.  He has had his media surrogates running around questioning her experience which we have already detailed as laughable.  Actually of the four presidential and vice presidential candidates it is quite possible that Governor Palin is the MOST qualified of the four.  She is leaps and bounds more qualified than any of the top four candidates the democratic party put forth in the primaries this year.  She is likely ahead of most of the republican field as well.

Back to the media.  They are running around trying to make up news, with help of the loony left blogosphere, questioning the paternity of Palin’s youngest child.  Trying to invent news that Palin has hurt her standing with conservatives because of pregnancy of Palin’s oldest daughter.  Nothing could be further from the truth.  Conservatives look at how the Palin family has handled this and look at Bristol Palin and the father taking responsibility for their actions and making very real grown up decisions.  To conservatives it looks like very well grounded family, yes there are challenges, yes our children enter into adult decisions too early sometimes.  The difference is that the Palin family has chosen to support their daughter and work very hard to help Bristol and the father through this.

The media for their part simply can’t find anything meaningful, Obama has nothing at all to offer on the subject so the media will try to keep up the drumbeat of experience so let’s look at the "experience" of several former VP’s and VP candidates:

• VP Dick Cheney: Secretary of Defense during Gulf War I, CEO of Haliburton, Member of Congress.  Clearly qualified.
• John Edwards: One term Senator. No executive experience, no foreign policy experience.  Clearly not qualified.
• Joe Lieberman: Four term Senator (currently), great deal of foreign policy experience in the senate.  One could make a case either way for Joe.
• Al Gore: Two term Senator, no foreign policy experience, no executive experience.  Clearly not qualified and an absolute disaster as Clinton’s VP.
• Jack Kemp: Former Housing Secretary, nine term member of congress, while in Congress authored (or co-authored) numerous bills that helped provide the tax relief Americans enjoyed during the 1980’s.  Clearly qualified.
• Dan Qualye: Two term senator, two term congressman.  No specific foreign policy or executive experience.  Even I have a hard time making the case that he was qualified.

So let us detail Sarah Palin’s experience:

1. Governor of Alaska
2. Former Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska
3. Former Chairperson of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
4. Former Member of Wasilla City Council
5. Has a track record of reducing government and reducing taxes

While Governor Palin lacks foreign policy experience she has a great deal of executive experience and that is of much greater value in a Vice President.  Having great executive experience means that you can assemble a team, you can bring the best and brightest to your team on every possible subject or issue.  Governor Palin has done this and done it well, not only is Governor Palin more than qualified for the position of Vice President, she is more qualified than most of the people to either run for or occupy the office of Vice President over the last twenty years.

So while the media questions Governor Palin’s experience, Americans begin to see that the democratic ticket doesn’t have the experience to lead a small town let alone a country.