To: Alighieri who wrote (413915 ) 9/5/2008 10:20:58 AM From: i-node Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1578633 Hey, after all she's left the country at least once.. This is the most bogus argument you could possibly fabricate. Obama's travel has been almost nonexistent in any official capacity -- so bad, in fact, that McCain had to chide him into finally going to the war zones. Other than his pre-adolescent travel experience, Obama has little he can lay claim to himself. and she lives in Alaska standing guard at our frontiers with russia which also gives her all that experience on military matters....hell she can shoot them ruskies herself hiding in the woods with the mooses (or is it meese?)...what the hell does that national guard general know anyway. This is just your left-wing say anything to bash her mentality. Obviously, ANY state governor has more relevant experience than a Senator when it comes to being president. This is why we haven't traditionally elected Senators; they just don't have the relevant experience, unless they got it somewhere else. Obama has never managed people. He has never created, cut, or lived within a budget. He has never hired or fired employees. He has never been the person who is RESPONSIBLE for what happens. As a community organizer, he was a failure -- yet he was accountable to NO ONE. I can sleep so much better knowing that we have sarah palin with her finger on the button... I certainly can, contrasted with Obama who is weak and has no negotiating experience. Reagan's concept that we would win the Cold War by strength should have taught you that if nothing else. After Carter failed miserably in his efforts to reduce nuclear threats (due to his weakness and lack of understanding of negotiating tactics), Reagan walked in and ended the Cold War within a decade. Because Reagan knew that you control nuclear risk through strength and commitment to the cause of eliminating nuclear proliferation. Obama has shown, time and again, that he lacks any fundamental understanding of these processes. Palin, I don't know -- but I do know that she has more background with hard negotiating than Obama does.