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Originally Posted by Bond
Well, here is how I see it. Palin was not the most qualified vice-presidential candidate ever, but I'm not so sure if Joe Biden was either. To be honest, I would be saddened if either ever attained the office of the Presidency. Palin received so much more flak because she is an average person, perhaps even a simpleton (which doesn't necessarily need to carry a negative connotation). What do elitists who write for The New Yorker and other such publications fear the most? The likable Republican. Hard to beat in an election. That being said, I like a lot of the elitists at The New Yorker, but it is important to look at the issue both ways.
Biden ranked near the bottom of his class when he studied at Delaware for his BA. He also attended a third-rate law school that any serious student should be able to gain admission to... he's not a mental giant by any stretch of the imagination. Neither is Palin, as I said, but one did receive quite the more negative coverage.
Clinton would have been a far more experienced and qualified choice over Biden, but she likely wasn't nominated because of Obama's ego and / or fear of her internally challenging him for the 2012 nomination. I actually wouldn't be surprised if Hillary replaces Joe for the 2012 run, provided she does not challenge him for the nomination.
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Joe Biden has been in office since 1973. The only person who was compareable to him in experience was John Mccain. And guess what? John Mccain has a good 10+ years less experience in washington.
And you talk about which college he went to... which college did John Mccain go to? Where did he rank in his class? Last time I checked it wasn't Ivy league, and there wasn't even a dozen students who did worse then him in his class. (While Biden did better then only 15 dozen people in his class that was a good 200 students smaller then Mccains)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mc..._and_education
We can go off subject about Biden all day, and his experience or qualifications. But he's easily a step ahead of Mccain, Palin, Clinton, or Barrack Obama himself on paper. What he lacks in education, he can make up for with experience. But the fact is, none of that matters.
The real difference between Joe Biden and Sarah Palin, is Joe Biden knows how to answer easy political questions and Sarah Palin doesn't. If you go back and look at old threads when Sarah Palin was picked, and see my reaction to it.. you can see that I clearly wanted to give her a chance. In fact, I went as far to bash the media's first reaction to her, and said they were picking on her because she's a woman. (go ahead and search it, it's in the record books)
But then I heard her speak for herself, and I realized that her even being considered for national office was a huge mistake. If she was really qualified for the job, and really smart, and was media savy, then she'd be as legitamate of a canadate as anyone else (see Barrack Obama). But she proved quickly that she clearly lacks the knowlege to carry such a job.
If Barrack Obama had an interview with Katie Couric that went the same way or would have treated the presidential debate as a joke like she did, he would have been harassed just as much. If John Mccain did, he would too. If Biden did, he would to. But they didn't, and she did. The problem isn't the media and how "fair" their coverage is, the problem is Sarah Palin.