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Published Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 | 8:04 p.m.
Updated Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008 | 8:06 p.m.
The head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee says Sarah Palin is not experienced enough to be president and says Joe Biden is "much more qualified."
He made comments to Jeff Gillan of NewsONE at 9.
The exact words:
GILLAN: do you think she's qualified to be President?
ENSIGN: well, I do not think that Barack Obama or her are experienced enough to be President of the United States - neither one of them, and Hillary Clinton was much more qualified to be President than Barack Obama was, but that who the nominee is. John McCain is much more qualified than Barack Obama and certainly Joe Biden is much more qualified than Sarah Palin is. I'd rather have the most qualified person at the top of the ticket, not number two.
hey i read the whole thing now i understand damm you obamaanites sure are sneaky
Gee, I wonder why you and your buddy Marc Ambinder both use the Palin name in your headline, and ignore that Ensign said OBAMA wasn't qualified either?
Too hard for you to post "Ensign Says Obama, Palin, not up to Presidency" ?
ken "...you obamaanites sure are sneaky."
You do realize when you insert that extra meaning into someone else's actions that you reveal yourself? Don't you?
So far we know that you are sneaky (I assume that means you hide your real intentions from others) and racist (not voting for Obama specifically because he is black).
Hummm...that doesn't seem very intelligent. But who am I to judge? I'm sure you have your hidden reasons.
Ridgeliner7 .... because you EXPECT a republican to say Obama (D) isn't qualified. You do NOT expect a republican to say Palin (R) isn't qualified.
Does everything have to spelled out for you people?
"Sen. John Ensign says Palin not up to presidency, Biden more qualified."
Sounds like somebody's riding the wave! Surf anyone?
What's qualified mean? Intelligence, temperament, thoughtfulness, the vision thing? After 21 months, who can doubt Obama is not qualified? Has anyone else shown more ability?
This election has shown more brain-damage than a Cat scan.
It is time for all people of good will to decide to look to the future and act with vision and boldness and energy and to remember youthful dreams. It is time to quit driving by looking in the rear view mirror and relying on the experience of old age and the past. Make up your minds and quit this quibbling!
revtomperl "Make up your minds and quit this quibbling!"
Aw, you're no fun at all!
Jon, Do you work for CNN or MSNOBAMA? Irresponsible journalism.
I am glad that Ralston had no problem that Ensign said that Obama is not qualified to be president.
I guess that means Ralston agrees that Obama is not qualified to be president.
History shows that American voters prefer to have a governor rather than a senator in the White House. The administrative, management and leadership experience that a governor has is ALWAYS far superior to the experience of a senator.
Look back on the individuals we've sent to the White House. With the possible exception of JFK, all are governors!
By the way, Governor Palin is the commander-in-chief of the Alaska National Guard that has the ONLY unit on permanent active status. That's because they're the Missle National Guard Unit with the responsiblity for the defense of the ENTIRE lower 48 in the event of an attack. Gov. Palin has a higher security clearance than Obama, McCain or Biden. She is routinely briefed on matters of sensitive national security. The governor won't ever say anything about this, for obvious reasons.
I would say she knows how to keep her mouth shut a lot better than Biden. Pres. Bush recently gave Obama, Biden, McCain & Palin a private and confidential briefing on homeland security. Everyone knew enough to keep it confidential except for Biden. He couldn't wait to get out in front of a crowd and brag about how he knows Obama will be "tested" by the terrorists -- he even "guaranteed" it. This guarantee, coming right after the confidential briefing, is very telling. Biden doesn't know how to keep confidential information confidential.
I think you take Sen Ensign's words out of context. Sarah Pailin is very ready to assume a leadership role. She's already a commander-in-chief!
Oh really... So Palin actually commands the AFG in Iraq? Really?
This is also the same Palin who's abused her office numerous times.
Same Palin who's husband was a part of a secessionist party.
The same Palin who allowed a policy in Wasilla to make rape/incest victims have to pay for their rape kits.
The same Palin who wants to get rid of abortion even in the case of incest and rape.
The same Palin whose daughter was still given a choice on her pregnancy. The same choice she would do her best to take away from us.
The same Palin who couldn't answer easy basic questions to Katy Couric.
Also the same Palin who spreads the wealth around in Alaska with checks from big oil to every person in state.
The same Palin whose foreign policy credential is that she can see Russia from her backyard.
Oh yeah, ready
I saw a pic yesterday of McCain campaigning with Palin and Joe Plumber. And Cindy, of course.
My thought was what a sad sad day for John.
His campaign has come down to this picture, and a bunch of foot soldiers spouting anti-american, racially intolerant slogans about Obama. Historically, this will go down as one of the most lopsided losses in history. reminiscent of McGovern.
Hey kids-- McCain is an old old man--- it is very possible that this wackaloon could be in charge!!!
Can you imagine? This women with the crazy impregnated daughter and goof ball husband and son-- She can't run her own family--but SHE is going to run our country! Obama has a good strong message of real hope. He is going to win by a landslide because - SUCK IT Palin!
We are not voting for who we like best. We are voting for the best policies.
So if you like the way things are going ignore the fact that Palin & McCain both seem clueless about how things work & vote for them
Wow, so he said what everyone with a brain can figure out. With Ralston's spin on the headline, someone might have actually thought they were going to read some real news...(does Jon Ralston even have the slightest bit of credibility at this point?)
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