Published 10/30/2008
by Domenico Montanaro
at First Read
From NBC/NJ’s Matthew Berger ERIE, Pa. -- Palin painted her running mate Thursday as the more experienced candidate, who could balance both economic and foreign affairs, and said Obama was incapable of handling the multitude of challenges the next president will face.
“I think in this campaign a lot of Americans are realizing that a man can be admired in many ways, and he can show great promise, and yet still not be ready for the most important and demanding job in the world,” Palin said after meeting with the campaign’s national security advisors. “Rousing speeches can fill a stadium, but perhaps cannot keep this country safe though.”
Palin used her first extensive comments on national security to raise the threat of a Democratic White House and Congress, saying they would cut 25 percent of defense spending.
“Let's not retreat from wars that are almost won,” Palin said at Penn State University-Erie. “And let's not gut the defense budget, in a time of multiple conflicts and obvious ...
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