Isn’t That What We’re Supposed To Do, Ya Know, Instead Of Looking To The Federal Government?

By Kleinheider Posted on September 7, 2008 at 11:39 pm

Daniel Larison points out the utter ideological incoherency of conservatives opposing Barack Obama because of his stint as a community organizer:

One of the oldest, and still one of the best, retorts against supporters of the welfare state and centralism has been that private institutions and local communities are often better suited to the work that the central government takes over from them, and they help ensure that power is not concentrated in distant and unaccountable bureaucracies. They create intermediate institutions that can shield the people from the power of the state and provide support from fellow citizens on a local level that frees people from dependence on the state.

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Counting The Days

By Kleinheider Posted on August 31, 2008 at 4:34 pm

Kavon Nikard puts the experience argument against Sarah Palin in a bit of perspective:

Barack Obama was a U.S. Senator for 754 days before he began his full-time run for the Presidency.

Sarah Palin was Governor of Alaska for 603 days before she began her campaign for the Vice-Presidency.

As the head of his Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee, Obama never held a meeting on Afghanistan. As the Governor of Alaska, Gov. Palin is the CiC of the Alaska Nation Guard.

Both of candidates have made trips to the Middle East during their time in office.

So tell me, how exactly Obama’s 151 day advantage make him more qualified to be CiC than Sarah Palin, the person who occupies the #2 spot on the GOP ticket?

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