{"id":255,"date":"2008-09-01T10:41:19","date_gmt":"2008-09-01T14:41:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=255"},"modified":"2008-09-01T12:23:59","modified_gmt":"2008-09-01T16:23:59","slug":"debunking-two-myths-about-sarah-palin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/01\/debunking-two-myths-about-sarah-palin\/","title":{"rendered":"Debunking Two Myths About Sarah Palin&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lets start with the experience thing. Personally, I&#8217;m not particularly swayed by the experience argument, it seems to me part of the reason we&#8217;re in the mess we&#8217;re in is because of experienced career politicians who are wedded to the old way of doing things. Frankly I&#8217;d rather take my chances with a &#8220;rookie&#8221; than continue with old guard.<\/p>\n<p>That said Jeff Emanuel has a good, if slightly tongue in cheek, comparison of Palin&#8217;s qualifications versus Obama&#8217;s over at <a title=\"Read &quot;Tale of the Tape: Sarah Palin vs. Barack Obama&quot; at redstate.com.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.redstate.com\/diaries\/redstate\/2008\/aug\/30\/tale-of-the-tape-sarah-palin-vs-barack-obam\/\" target=\"_blank\">RedState<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Second &#8220;Troopergate&#8221; there&#8217;s a lot of rumor and innuendo flying around but so far MataHarley at <a title=\"Read &quot;Palin\u2019s Trooper\u2019Gate: Beating MSM distortions to the truth&quot; at floppingaces.com.\" href=\"http:\/\/www.floppingaces.net\/2008\/08\/29\/palins-troopergate-beating-msm-distortions-to-the-truth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flopping Aces<\/a> is the only one I&#8217;ve seen do a thorough examination of the facts.<\/p>\n<p>Personally, I don&#8217;t see any there there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lets start with the experience thing. Personally, I&#8217;m not particularly swayed by the experience argument, it seems to me part of the reason we&#8217;re in the mess we&#8217;re in is because of experienced career politicians who are wedded to the old way of doing things. Frankly I&#8217;d rather take my chances with a &#8220;rookie&#8221; than [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[47,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-255","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-politics","7":"tag-2008-elections","8":"tag-sarah-palin","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-47","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1173,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/22\/sarah-palin-conservative-of-the-year\/","url_meta":{"origin":255,"position":0},"title":"Sarah Palin: Conservative of the Year","author":"Jeff","date":"December 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Human Events has named former Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Alaska Governor Sarah Plain \"Conservative of the Year. You can read Ann Coulter's article about it here and Human Events Political Editor John Gizz's interview with Gov. Palin here.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Politics&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Politics","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/politics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1118,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/12\/16\/mccain-dodges-the-palin-question\/","url_meta":{"origin":255,"position":1},"title":"McCain Dodges the Palin Question","author":"Jeff","date":"December 16, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Josh Painter over at RedState points out this exchange between George Stephanopoulos and Sen. John McCain on last Sunday's This Week: Today on ABC\u2019s This Week, when asked by host George Stephanopoulos whether he would support Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin if she runs for president, Sen. 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Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Breaking News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Breaking News","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/breaking-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":914,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/11\/01\/sarah-palin-i-havent-always-just-toed-the-line\/","url_meta":{"origin":255,"position":4},"title":"Sarah Palin: &#8216;I Haven&#8217;t Always Just Toed the Line&#8217;","author":"Jeff","date":"November 1, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Whatever reservations I have about Sarah Palin's qualifications are largely muted by the fact that I like her. Palin has endured a torrent of abuse from the left and from some erstwhile republican elitists and through it all, she has remained cheerful, positive and optimistic. 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