I found this over at roblog (I modified it a bit):
We have two leadership teams to choose from, which would you hire?Whenever I hear people say that Palin is more qualified than Obama to lead the country, I just want to scream.
FORMAL EDUCATION [1]
Barack Obama
• Occidental College, 2 years
• Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations
• Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
Joe Biden
• University of Delaware - B.A. in history and B.A. in political science
• Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)MuttleyJohn McCain
• United States Naval AcademyAnastasia BeaverhausenSarah Palin
• Hawaii Pacific University, 1 semester
• North Idaho College, 1 year
• University of Idaho, 1 year
• Matanuska-Susitna College, 1 semester
• University of Idaho, 1.5 years - B.S. in Journalism
EXPERIENCE [2]
Barack Obama
Obama, 47, has been a U.S. Senator for Illinois for the past four years. Prior to that, he was a state senator for eight years, from 1996 to 2004. He also was a civil rights attorney for four years full time, and he practiced law part time during the eight years he was in the state legislature.
Obama also taught law school part-time and wrote a couple of best-selling books. Right after college, Obama spent three years working as a community organizer.
Community organizer: Three years.
Professional/legal experience: Four years full-time and eight years part-time.
Teaching experience: 11 years part-time.
State legislative experience: Eight years.
Federal legislative experience: Four years.
Joe Biden
Biden, 65, was elected to the U.S. Senate representing Delaware at the young age of 29. He was not old enough to hold the office on Election Day, but he turned 30 before it was time to take the oath of office. This means Biden has been a U.S. senator for close to 36 years.
Prior to his service in the Senate, Biden was a member of the New Castle County Council for two years, and he was an attorney in private practice for four years.
Professional/legal experience: Four years.
County government experience: Two years.
Federal legislative experience: 36 years.MuttleyJohn McCain
McCain, 72, has been a U.S. senator from Arizona since 1986, for a total of 22 years. Prior to that, he served in the U.S. Congress for four years, from 1982 to 1986. He also served for 22 years in the U.S. Navy.
Federal legislative experience: 26 years.
Military experience: 22 years.Anastasia BeaverhausenSarah Palin
Palin, 44, was elected governor of Alaska in 2006 and will have served two years by the end of 2008. Prior to that, Palin was the mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, for six years, from 1996 to 2002. She was on the city council for four years before that.
When she was in her 20s, Palin spent about two years as a TV sports reporter from 1987 to 1989. She has also been part-time small business owner with her husband while she held office in Wasilla. The Palins had a commercial fishing operation and a snow machine, watercraft, and all-terrain vehicle business.
Reporter: Two years.
Small business co-owner: Nine years, part-time.
Municipal legislative experience: Four years.
Municipal executive experience: Six years.
State executive experience: Two years.
CONCLUSION
In the business world, you would hire the more educated, knowledgeable and experienced of the two teams. But in the political world, being highly educated and knowledgeable results in right-wing ideologues branding you as an elitist.
[1] Wikipedia Obama, Wikipedia Biden, Wikipedia McCain, Wikipedia Palin
[2] Politifact.com Truth-o-Meter
I keep hearing women say that she's qualified because she's such a great mother. Being the parent of five children, while admirable and something I'm not sure I could do myself, does not qualify you to be the president of the U.S. It means you're fertile and don't use birth control. Ummm, like your daughter. (Meow!)
How many people in your life have a lot of children? Would you consider them presidency-ready because of it?
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Unfortunately, I prefer qualities like efficiency and communication skills and the ability to use logic in my hiring (not that I've ever done any). Someone with five kids who isn't raising them correctly isn't qualified to be president any more than the McCain campaign seems to think that his tenure as a POW qualifies him to be President.
Though it nauseates me to say it, the folks who will vote for McSame and Co. don't care if they got their diplomas from some on-line diploma mill or what they've been doing for a living. All that matters is that they love Jeebus and want to defend marriage and that they hate all the people they're supposed to hate.
The future of our democracy doesn't look too bright to me.
--Alex
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