Barack Obama contends that he is more experienced then Gov. Sarah Palin because he has managed his presidential campaign

Barack Obama contends that he is more experienced in executive matters than Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin because he has managed his presidential campaign for the past 18 months.

I had too re-read this article because I didn't believe it, I thought the spin by the media and the obama campaign was that he had more then enough experience to be President. But Obama has now settled that question for of us. Read below


Speaking on a cable news channel Monday night, the Democratic presidential nominee said he is better prepared to handle a disaster like Hurricane Gustav because of his pursuit of the White House.

“Well, my understanding is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We’ve got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. You know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. So I think that our ability to manage large systems and to execute I think has been made clear over the last couple of years,” Obama said.

John McCain’s spokesman called the suggestion “laughable.”

“For Barack Obama to argue that he’s experienced enough to be president because he’s running for president is desperate circular logic and its laughable. It is a testament to Barack Obama’s inexperience and failing qualifications that he would stoop to passing off his candidacy as comparable to Governor Sarah Palin’s executive experience managing a budget of over $10 billion and more than 24,000 employees,” said spokesman Tucker Bounds.

Republican National Committee Victory 2008 Chairwoman Carly Fiorina also blasted the Democratic campaign.

“I am appalled by the Obama campaign’s attempts to belittle Governor Sarah Palin’s experience. The facts are that Sarah Palin has made more executive decisions as a mayor and governor than Barack Obama has made in his life,” Fiorina said, adding that the Obama camp’s attacks raise the question of sexism.

Thank you Obama for clarifying your experience for us but I don't think you running for president compares to any Governors record running a state or even Governor Palin for record 2yrs listed below But good try.

But here are things Gov. Palin has done in less then 2yrs as Gov.:
1. Palin canceled "Bridge to Nowhere"a contract for the construction of an 11-mile (18-kilometer) gravel road outside Juneau to a mine.
2. She also followed through on a campaign promise to sell the Westwind II jet purchased (on a state government credit account) by the Democrat Murkowski administration. In August 2007, the jet was sold for US$2.1 million.
3. In June 2007, Palin signed into law a US$6.6 billion operating budget—the largest in Alaska's history. At the same time, she used her veto power to make the second-largest cuts of the construction budget in state history. The US$237 million in cuts represented over 300 local projects, and reduced the construction budget to nearly US$1.6 billion.
4. She also helped pass a tax increase on oil company profits.
5. In March 2007, Palin presented the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act (AGIA)
6. In August 2008, Palin signed a bill into law giving the state of Alaska authority to award TransCanada Pipelines US$500 million in seed money and a license to build and operate the US$26-billion pipeline to transport natural gas from the North Slope to the Lower 48 through Canada.
7. In response to high oil and gas prices, she gave Alaskans US$1,200 directly, paid for from the windfall surplus the state is getting because of the high oil prices. As well as suspended the state gas tax for Alaskins.
These are just some I have shown above.