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Graham Lowers The Bar For Palin: ‘Don’t Think It Matters’ That She Hasn’t Traveled Abroad
Think Progress —
This summer, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and his surrogates spent weeks assaulting Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) for traveling to Iraq just once while a senator. “Sen. Obama has been to Iraq once,” McCain said, “this is about leadership and learning.” “Why is it that Senator Obama wants to sit down with the President of Iran, but hasn’t yet sat down with General Petraeus?” he charged in May.
It seems that new VP pick Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) isn’t receiving the same scrutiny for her thin foreign policy resume. On CNN yesterday, Wolf Blitzer asked Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) about Palin’s foreign policy background, ...
Ted Stevens: He's Worse Than The Ruskies!
Talking Points Memo —
Lindsey Graham: If Palin can handle Ted Stevens, she can handle Russia. Plus, Graham even finds time to accidentally bash Bush's foreign policy chops.
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GOP Flails To Keep 'Experience' Issue Alive
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
Back when the McCain camp was firmly pumping out oppo criticizing Barack Obama's experience, they criticized the Democratic nominee for never having been to Iraq or Afghanistan. And when Obama was poised to go to Iraq and Afghanistan, the McCain camp derided Obama for coming to strategic conclusions in advance of his arrival. And when Obama's trip turned into a smashing success, the McCain camp poked fun at how the trip was too successful. Somehow, America allowed this nonsense to happen.
But now that McCain has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice-president, the "experience" argument has been torn into a million tiny little slivers. And ...
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Palin On Iraq
andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com 8/30/2008 — A reader has found some evidence that she has thought about foreign policy at some point in her 44 years. Drum roll, please:
Alaska Business Monthly: We've lost a lot of Alaska's military members to the war in Iraq. How do you feel about sending ...
Palin Makes Good First Impression: Is Viewed More Favorably than Biden
rasmussenreports.com 8/30/2008 — Sarah Palin has made a good first impression. Before being named as John McCain’s running mate, 67% of voters didn’t know enough about the Alaska governor to have an opinion . After her debut in Dayton and a rush of media coverage, a new Rasmussen ...
Gunslinger
time-blog.com 8/30/2008 — I woke up this morning and realized that the most significant aspect of the Palin pick isn't Palin--we really don't know all that much about her yet--but the process by which she was selected. McCain really doesn't know that much about Palin, either. ...
Fowler Fouls: Hurricane is God's Favor to Democrats
redstate.com 8/30/2008 — Plus, it's totally funny!
On a plane from Denver to Charlotte following the Democrats'
convention, I found myself seated behind former National Chairman
of the Democratic National Committee Don Fowler and Congressman
John Spratt of South ...
Sarah Palin’s Vetting Problem.
mudflats.wordpress.com 8/30/2008 — On my first post that surreal morning when I awoke to the news of Sarah Palin’s unlikely choice as VP candidate, before I had even made a cup of coffee, or rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, I said, “Didn’t McCain hire a fact checker?” Was she ...
Profiles of Palin —
First Read 8/30/2008
“Since long before she became Alaska's youngest -- and first female -- governor 20 months ago, Sarah Louise Heath Palin has been making her mark as an unlikely upstart,” the Washington Post writes. “Yesterday, she did it again, accepting Sen. John ...
McCain’s VP Pick Could De-Fang Biden —
FOXNews.com 8/30/2008
John McCain’s game-changing selection of a first-term female governor from Alaska as his running mate poses a challenge for Barack Obama’s own selection for vice president.
The presence of Gov. Sarah Palin, 44, on the campaign trail ...
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