Point/Counterpoint: Is she ready?
Sarah Palin does not count herself among the elite. So is she too pedestrian for the vice presidency?
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Character is the foremost criterion for the president of the United States. The experience hoopla, surrounding first Obama and now Palin, has distorted the discussion to obscure the primary issue at hand: the need to elect an individual whose principles will shape policies consistent with our American ideals.
Certainly, political experience both proves leadership abilities and improves them through practice. But while political prowess is an important qualification, it’s an insufficient criterion by which to select the next presidential pair. The executive power...
This reeks of elitism. Guess what? Biden went to the University of Delaware, then Syracuse University College of Law, where he graduated at the bottom of his class. Does that mean he's not qualified to be VP either? Not going to an Ivy League school doesn't mean one is fit to lead? Sheesh, Bush went to Yale, and look at the mess he's gotten us into.
The idea that a black main raised by a single white mother in America can be defined as an elitist betrays a failure of our culture-recognition software and is only possible because white people look at black people with a pretty fundamental lack of perception.
All Tory Party?