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Originally Posted by MysticCat
So would I be correct in assuming that you did not believe John McCain was qualified either? He had no private sector experience and no executive branch experience. By the criteria you're setting out, it seems that the only person on the ticket who was qualified was Sarah Palin.
I think it's completely legit to take experience into account when deciding who is going to get your vote, although different people will give varying degrees of weight to different types of experience. But when I see an argument like you (or Krauthammer) are making, particularly when the argument fits so well with why you think Obama's policies are flawed and aren't working, the arguments come across more as self-justification than as objective assessment.
BTW, I'd love for you or Krauthammer to find me a president from the last 50 years or so who didn't have an elevated opinion of himself, or a credible presidential candidate for that matter. An elevated opinion of one's self is pretty much required if you're going to run for President.
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But what private sector experience did Palin have, at least that would qualify under HDL's criteria? I know she helped in her husband's commercial fishing business, but I haven't seen anything saying that she took some major responsbility in the business.
I'll also agree that any Presidential candidate is going to have an elevated opinion of himself. It's absolutely a job requirement. If you're going to take the type of criticism you take as President, and if you're going to make major decisions that affect the lives of people all over the country (and all over the world), you have to have that elevated opinion of yourself. If not, you'd be constantly waffling on every potential decision.
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