Sylvia - A little refresher course……………… SARAH PALIN’S EXPERIENCE: Don’t dismiss the fact that Sarah Palin is Commander of the Alaska National Guard— consider this. Alaska is the first line of defense in our missile interceptor defense system. The 49th Missile Defense Battalion of the Alaska National Guard is the unit that protects the entire nation from ballistic missile attacks. It’s on permanent active duty, unlike other Guard units. As governor of Alaska , Palin is briefed on highly classified military issues, homeland security, and counter-terrorism. Her exposure to classified material may rival even Biden’s and certainly by far exceeds Obama’s. She’s also the commander in chief of the Alaska State Defense Force (ASDF), a federally recognized militia incorporated into Homeland Security’s counter-terrorism plans. Palin is privy to military and intelligence secrets that are vital to the entire country’s defense. Given Alaska ‘s proximity to Russia, she may also have security clearances we don’t even know about. According to the Washington Post, she first met with McCain in February, but nobody ever found out. This is a woman used to keeping secrets. She can be entrusted with our national security, because she already is. She does not have enough executive experience? A simple analysis of the relative experience levels of Sarah Palin compared to either Democrat candidate puts this to rest. For over the past decade, Sarah Palin has been involved in executive decision making at increasing levels of elected positions of public trust. Obama has no executive experience, Biden has no executive experience. During that time, Palin left off running an actual private business in Alaska, a commercial fishing business, and was elected to her city council and then, in quick order, to be Mayor of her home town. She did so well there that she was ultimately elected to be Governor of the State of Alaska , managing 17,000 personnel and a 9-billion dollar budget. Obama and Biden have absolutely no comparable experience at all, neither of them. As Governor, Sarah has helped devise and push through a project for the largest natural gas line in the history of the US …taking on entrenched politicians (on both sides of the aisle), lobby groups, and large corporations in the process. Her involvement with, and her understanding of, the Energy issue is unmatched by either Democrat candidate. She represents, in fact, and in her own actions, what so many others (including Obama and the entrenched Biden) only talk about, and then go on with business as usual. Obama, in his own actions and positions as a State Senator (voted merely ‘present’ so many time in the State Senate, but voted ‘no’ defending the Born Alive Abortion Protection Act there), in his own actions and positions as a US Senator (spent only 144 days on the job before beginning his campaign for the Presidency, but in those short days was recognized as the Senator with the furthest left record), and particularly in his own willful associations of long standing with hateful, racist individuals like Jeremiah Wright - and with the likes of Bill Ayers, the unrepentant, arrogant, and militantly anti-American political connection where Obama kicked off his own political career, who bombed the US Pentagon, the US Capitol, and NY City Police Headquarters, and then claimed in an interview published on 9/11 that his only regret was that he had not done enough. With such actions and such associations.Obama has proven that his change is precisely the type we do not want or need in Washington.

How about this Star where do you place it? http://mediamatters.org/items/200810040004