Vice President Selection

@bobmnu (8157)
United States
August 30, 2008 1:29am CST
It seems that many people are suddenly concerned that Senator McCain has selected someone who is not ready to be president. I have a little test for you. 1 Who is the last VP that was selected because they were ready and qualified to be preisdent? 2 Who was the last VP to be elected President? 3 Which VP were elected to the Presidency with out first filling out a term for a former preisdent? Once you have answered these questions why should we suddenly be concerned who Senator McCain or Senator Obama selected for the VP?
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@spalladino (17891)
• United States
30 Aug 08
Once you have answered these questions why should we suddenly be concerned who Senator McCain or Senator Obama selected for the VP? I don't know the answers to your other questions and, as my time here is limited today and my concerns are not about the electability of the V.P. for President, I will just say this. If our president was assassinated or unable to lead and the V.P. had to step in (and I've lived through this twice in my lifetime) which V.P. candidate would be better prepared to deal with everything that our nation could be facing at that time? Since we have no idea what the situation would be, at home and abroad, we need to consider the worst case possibility, just as one would when planning their response to the worst case scenario in a weather event. I'm still trying to keep an open mind about Palin but I do have concerns about her ability to respond to domestic and international crisis on her own. While she and Obama may have similar levels of experience, her experience, knowledge of the complexities of international relations and famaliarity with world leaders does not come close to that of Joe Biden. Obama has him as an advisor but who would Palin have if she found herself sitting in the Oval Office with hostilities increasing among allies and foes in hot spots around the world? This is the worst case scenario I am concerned about. Not our economy. Our enemies are different now and they are many.
@N4life (851)
• United States
1 Sep 08
I fear McCain may not want advisors, just a lot of "yes men" or woman in this case.
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
1 Sep 08
Will Senator Obama look to a man who has said Senator Obama lacks the experience to be President. Or would he turn to his other Advisers - Rev Wright, William Ayers, Bernadette Dorn, Howard Dean, or maybe the Weather Men? We don't know who his advisers are. As soon as they say anything that the public might find offencive he lets them go.
@bobmnu (8157)
• United States
1 Sep 08
N4life Senator Obama seems not to want advisers. The people who were with him all his life are slowly being let go or the Senator is disassociating him self with them. It seems that he want people to poll every 10 minutes and then he comes up with a different position to match the polling data. When it changes so does his position.
@N4life (851)
• United States
30 Aug 08
Your third question is the answer. Many fear McCain would not finish out his first term considering his age. If people do not want this woman to be president they may not vote for McCain because of this reason.
@N4life (851)
• United States
2 Sep 08
Yes
@Smith2028 (797)
• United States
30 Aug 08
You make an excellent point (if people research it). Palin was, is, and will always be the right choice for McCain.
@Destiny007 (5805)
• United States
30 Aug 08
Palin is more qualified to be PRESIDENT then Obama is. VP is a no brainer.