McCain Hits Back About Obama and Palin’s Experience

By Jim on September 2nd, 2008

How nice it is to have a candidate that actually smacks the Democrats around. Imagine how Bush’s last few years might have turned out had he used the bully pulpit and gone after the Dems in congress…

“The facts are funny things,” McCain said in an interview with NBC’s Brian Williams.

“She’s been in elected office longer than Sen. Obama. She’s been the chief executive of the state that provides 20 percent of America’s energy; she has balanced budgets; she has had executive experience as governor, as mayor, as a city council member and PTA.

“So she was in elected office when Sen. Obama was still a local community organizer. He’s never had one day of executive experience.”

Palin served two terms on the Wasilla (Alaska) City Council, from 1992-1996. She was elected mayor of Wasilla in 1996 and served two terms there as well, until 2002, when she ran for lieutenant governor and lost.

She chaired the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission for one year, until 2004, and was elected governor of Alaska in 2006.

“I think it’s almost ludicrous to compare her experience in elected office and as a leader of one of the most important states in America — certainly one of the largest — to compare her experience with his. It’s no contest,” McCain said.

McCain said Palin is the best person to be his running mate “in every way.”

“She has experience, she’s been an executive, she knows how to balance budgets, she knows how towns and cities work.”

McCain also said Palin has set an inspiring example of “home, family and service and putting her country first.”