Obama vs. Palin not...

Sometimes if your listening to Political Talk Radio, Democratic or Republican slanted, you'll hear a caller compare President Barack Obama and Alaska Govenor Sarah Palin. Almost always if the caller is Republican they will make the point that Palin has more executive experience than Obama. Their reasoning being: she was the mayor of Wasila, Alaska and is now Governor of Alaska. They say that Obama was a community organizer and state legislature and a one year junior Senator of Illinois. Usually the talking head radio guy agrees, and millions of their listeners take this as fact, never mentioning Obama's complete resume.

I believe once or twice I've heard a person slip by the radio host's phone screener and tell the whole truth. After doing his undergrad at Colombia University and being elected President of the Harvard Law Review, Obama graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard Law School. Yes he did become a Community Organizer, doing good in the hood is a not bad thing. From there, Constitutional Law Professor at University of Chicago (one of the most conservative law schools in America), a State Senator, and finally, Senator for the State of Illinois. This while writing two bestselling books.
Now, in my opinion, that's an almost perfect resume. It takes so much character and discipline not to take the money coming out of Law School. Becoming a community organizer says the most about who Barack Obama is. Some people don't understand how much money he left on table. Barack and Michelle are wealthy now, due to book sales of his two bestsellers. But this is only recently- the last 3 or 4 years. If they had choose to, they probably could have been pretty wealthy two or three years out of school.

On the other side, we have Sarah Palin, who seems to have set a pattern, 'pattern' being the key word here. Sarah's pattern of short stints at schools and jobs should be troubling to voters. Palin went to six colleges before she got her Journalism Degree. She was a Beauty Pageant contestant, a sports reporter for the local news in Alaska, then I believe she ran for Mayor of Wasila and won-a Alaska city of 7000 people tops. She was bright enough though, to know that she could leverage her looks, (something that's done everyday). In doing so, we find her as the Governor of Alaska -you can't be mad at her, becoming Governor of a state isn't easy. Now though, I think she'll go into the world of professional republican celebrity, get rich making silly speeches, and writing red meat books for conservatives. She'll still say dumb things from time to time. But her holding office days -are over.

I don't think the Republicans would trot her out against President Obama in 2012 anyway, Barack wishes they would though. I predict right now in 2009 that Obama will unfortunately be going against Tim Pawlenty from Minnesota, or maybe Mitt Romney, or both. If they run a ticket of Pawlenty and Romney or Romney and Pawlenty, it's going to be tough, Pawlenty just seems so 'sane' to be Republican.



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