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Old 10-23-2008, 10:14 AM   #1
Undertoad
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Experience is nice. But once one has significant experience, then more experience provides nothing but baggage.
Sometimes I judge people's posts by how hard they have to twist and turn to support their narrative.

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Any doubt that these people are in McCain's campaign were eliminated when McCain's VP choices were rejected...
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...to put Sarah Palin on the ticket.
Well she is inexperienced, that's for sure. But now that we understand that experience is overrated...!
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Old 10-23-2008, 03:58 PM   #2
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Well she is inexperienced, that's for sure. But now that we understand that experience is overrated...!
So you twist what I say? Or did you only read what was posted in black and white. McCain, Obama, and Biden all come with significant experience. Additional experience does nothing to make them more experienced. Notice how this paragraph and the previous post are completely different from what UT summarized.

Both posts say experience is necessary - despite how UT perverted it in his summary.

Palin comes with literally zero experience. She could not even campaign on her own until she was trained how to respond to well rehearsed keywords. Respond to keywords because she has neither experience nor sufficient knowledge. Being a front man (a spokesman) does not make a leader. Being a front line soldier also does not make a leader.

A leader must be able to provide two essential functions - attitude and knowledge. Essential in those functions is to define a strategic objective. Strategic objective has always been a point of dispute between UT and me. UT has demonstrated difficulty grasping the difference between tactical objectives and strategic objectives. In order for a leader to provide those two essential functions, a leader must be able to cut through the fluff. To achieve the 'irrefutable fact' (as Greene of ITT used to say). To be able to define that strategic objective.

Palin is so foolish as to believe Alaska was on the front line with the USSR. More foolish nonsense that only a naive spokesperson might recite. The front line obviously was NYC, LA, and Washington. She demonstrates no talent for grasping irrefutable facts. Obama, McCain, and Biden have demonstrated that ability repeatedly, in part, because all have more than enough experience.
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