Thread: Palin's Choice for VP

I live in new mexico which has over twice the population of Alaska and the entire government process is basically a part time affair. the legislature meets for just 60 days ayear and is unpaid and the governor is absent most of the time anyway. I don't think being Governor of a state like this or Alaska gives anyone qualifications to be a possible president. And what was that see said she didn't even know what the V.P did. Good start.

She will be a refreshing force in the White House, unless she gets relegated to counting paper clips, which is what I suspect.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I live in new mexico which has over twice the population of Alaska and the entire government process is basically a part time affair. the legislature meets for just 60 days ayear and is unpaid and the governor is absent most of the time anyway. I don't think being Governor of a state like this or Alaska gives anyone qualifications to be a possible president. And what was that see said she didn't even know what the V.P did. Good start.

And yet...have you looked at what a typical senator congressman does, and how much it (isn't) like being President? For that matter, at least she's run an economy, had some insight into the processes involved, albeit at the state level, and the like. What has the typical congressman or senator done? let's see....oh yeah, investigate baseball, and wax teary eyed over the new senator they hope will be President. Some other stuff, went home turned off the lights before the job was done.
Yeah, I'd take almost any successful state governor over most of them. Even ones you consider to be "part time".
What definition of "full time" do you see Congress fulfilling?
I wax old and cynical as the years pass...


John P.