{"id":5715,"date":"2008-09-02T08:37:29","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T08:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/09\/obama-running-campaign-counts.html"},"modified":"2008-09-02T08:37:29","modified_gmt":"2008-09-02T08:37:29","slug":"obama-running-campaign-counts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/09\/obama-running-campaign-counts.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama: Running campaign counts as executive experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

Talk about resume padding! He compares his experience running a campaign (which, btw should come as a surprise to his campaign manager) with her experience as mayor and totally ignores her experience as governor<\/a> and Cooper lets him get away with it.<\/p>\n

COOPER: And, Senator Obama, my final question — your — some of your Republican critics have said you don’t have the experience to handle a situation like this. They in fact have said that Governor Palin has more executive experience, as mayor of a small town and as governor of a big state of Alaska.
\nWhat’s your response?
\nOBAMA: Well, you know, my understanding is, is that Governor Palin’s town of Wasilla has, I think, 50 employees. We have got 2,500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year.
\nYou know, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month.
\nSo, I think that our ability to manage large systems and to execute, I think, has been made clear over the last couple of years. And, certainly, in terms of the legislation that I passed just dealing with this issue post-Katrina of how we handle emergency management, the fact that many of my recommendations were adopted and are being put in place as we speak, I think, indicates the degree to which we can provide the
\nkinds of support and good service that the American people expect. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Maybe he should practice this response a little more before he plants it with another reporter<\/a>.
\nBTW, Hot Air has the unedited transcript<\/a> if you are interested in how he really sounded when he answered the question. He is quite liberal in his use of “uh.” For someone with a reputation of being articulate, he sure uses a lot of them.
\nUpdate: Here’s the McCain campaign’s response<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“For Barack Obama to argue that he’s experienced enough to be president because he’s running for president is desperate circular logic and it’s 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 dollar dollars, and more than 24,000 employees.” –Tucker Bounds, spokesman John McCain 2008<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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