[Hat tip Ezra Klein]
James Fallows spell out what’s wrong with Sarah Palin not knowing what the Bush Doctrine is here. I was going to blog my own thought about it that boiled down to this: doesn’t she read the newspapers? Any decent newspaper, especially in the Op-Ed section, has discussed the Bush Doctrine of preemptive strikes without imminent threat quite a bit since 2002. If Sarah Palin cared at all about what the leader of her party was doing in foreign affairs (like in Iraq), she’d know. But she didn’t.
That reminds me of a bumper sticker I’ve seen a number of times: “If you’re not outraged, you haven’t been paying attention.” That may be right – but the reverse doesn’t seem true: if you haven’t been paying attention, you’re not outraged. The Republican convention and Sarah Palin’s speech were big on outrage, but I don’t think they’ve been paying attention. The embrace of the obviously unqualified Sarah Palin by some in the GOP seems to prove the point, as does Sarah Palin herself.
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LET’S GET REAL! I WANT TO RESPOND TO THE CHARGES SARA PALIN “DON’T GET IT.” SHE HAS NO EXPERIENCE.” THIS IS FALSE AND A SCARE POLICY TOWARD A LOSING ELECTION BY OBAMA.
TOP TO TOP, WHO HAS MORE EXPERIENCE? SEN. MC’CAIN OR OBAMA? SARA PALIN HAS MORE EXPERIENCE AS A GOVERNOR THAN OBAMA HAS IN THE SENATE. SHE AT BEST VOTES HER HEART NOT JUST “PRESENT” ON THE JOB. SHE KNOW WHAT SHE IS TALKING ABOUT. SHE IS NOT FOR THAT BORN ALIVE ACT FOR EXAMPLE AS OBAMA IS. SHE DOSN’T BELIEVE IN KILLING A HUMAN LIFE.
I THINK THE MEDIA SHOULD GRILL OBAMA ON HIS FRIENDS AND SHADY DEALS ALONG THE WAY??? VOTE MC’CAIN/PALIN AND PUT AMERICA FIRST!
ROBERT JONES
Posted 16 Sep 2008 at 10:32 pm ¶