Democrat Talking Points

The talking points on Sarah Palin have been passed around and are being regurgitated by all the usual suspects. Here they are with rebuttals:

1. She doesn't have enough experience. Oddly, no one on the Democrat side of the equation worried about experience when they nominated a northern liberal with a thin resume and a good speech. If spending less than two years in the U.S. Senate qualifies Barack Obama to be the leader of the free world, then being mayor of a small town then governor of a small state should balance that out. Especially when the candidate is for the vice president.

Amusingly, Palin hasn't spent her life running for political office the way B.O. has. She's run her own business, likes to hunt and fish, got married, and has raised a family. While Barack Obama was using cocaine, she was a star athlete. And while Obama was performing the nebulous job of "community activist," she was working, first as a journalist and then in the family commercial fishing business.

2. Scandal! Well, not so fast. Flopping Aces has the timeline, which doesn't really add up to executive abuse. Aw, and the libs were just learning to say "Monegan."

3. If you think Hillary supporters will go for her... Two polls out today suggest that women aren't impressed by Palin. Of course, there's also this Zogby poll which states the Palin pick bumped all positive coverage of The One's speech Thursday night off the front page and that the race is a dead heat again. Which means, erm, somebody must like Palin. That and the 7 million bucks McCain has raised since the announcement Friday.

I'm sure there are a number of Hillary supporters churlishly sniffing at the idea that the Republicans--the Republicans!--would think they would be into identity politics. Surely, they will vote for Barack Obama because Hillary told them to!

4. B-b-but the babyyyyy! Women who never worried about juggling careers and families before are now all up in arms that the VPOTUS might have to deal with 2 a.m. feedings. The discussions about her lack of judgment for actually giving birth to a Down Syndrome baby, coupled with jeers that she would have five kids--no right-thinking woman wants 5 kids!!!--just illuminate the feminist hypocrisy when it comes to "choice." Choice is only permissible when the woman holds the proper views on feminist issues. Otherwise she's just a mindless robot for Teh Patriarchy.

The feminists are also up in arms that so much attention is being paid to Palin's looks (VPMILF has shown up on Pandagon more than once). It's tough for them to be forced to defend the enemy (I never had a problem calling out the misogyny directed toward Hillary Clinton and Nancy Pelosi). They might want to get used to it because they'll have plenty of time to practice over the next 4-8 years.

On a side note, Flopping Aces has a couple of terrific posts highlighting Palin's experience versus Obama's (see here and here), including a great video on Barack Obama's legislative accomplishments--er, accomplishment.

This isn't mentioning that Palin is running for vice president and she still has more going for her than Barack Obama. As I pointed out in the comments at CSPT, Palin might become president and you might consider her inexperienced. But you can be 100% assured that an inexperienced person is POTUS if you elect Barack Obama.