[Vision2020] Gov. Palin Foreign Policy Experience

[Jeff Harkins]

Neither does the President.  Remember Donovan, the President 
proposes, the Congress disposes.

I have been unable to document Obama's genius.  Perhaps you could 
lead me to his peer-reviewed writings on the Constitution and 
international law.

As to Palin, she does seem to have an impressive record in dealing 
with corruption in her state.  That suggests to me an ability to get 
things done.  Taking on a status quo and prevailing - that is significant.

I agree with you that leadership is important, but leadership has 
many dimensions.  IMHO, Obama has yet to reveal himself.  If press 
reports are accurate, Obama voted present some 163 times as a state 
legislator.  His record as a Senator is equally dismal. Again, if 
press reports are accurate, he has spent the majority of his time as 
a senator running to be a presidential candidate - most of his 
efforts prior to the primary season were all on our nickel.  Many of 
his past affiliations are disturbing - Ayers, Wright, etc. And so on and so on.

It is shaping up to be an interesting race - and McCain/Palin seem to 
be holding their own. And from the vitriolic and unfounded assertions 
being tossed around right here in our own river city, I can safely 
predict that by the time the rhetoric ends and the votes begin, there 
will be virtually no stone unturned.  We will all have a pretty good 
idea about all four candidates. Exciting huh!

See ya on the stump DJ.

At 10:44 PM 8/30/2008, you wrote:
>Palin has zero foreign policy experience. She has no authority as a 
>governor to conduct international treaties or regulate international commerce.
>
>Obama is not much more experienced than Palin. But Obama is a 
>genius, has a JD degree from Harvard, and degree from Columbia. He 
>is an expert on the constitution, international law, and has been 
>able to do something that no other person has, politically defeat 
>the Clintons in an election. Other countries love Obama, they have 
>never even heard of Palin. Obama commands crowds ten times the size 
>of the town Palin governed. How long someone has sat in a chair or 
>held a position is not the skill set needed to be President. 
>Leadership is the most important aspect of a President, and Obama 
>has that in spades.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>Donovan
>
>--- On Sat, 8/30/08, Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com> wrote:
>From: Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com>
>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Gov. Palin Foreign Policy Experience
>To: "Chasuk" <chasuk at gmail.com>
>Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
>Date: Saturday, August 30, 2008, 10:29 PM
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>
>Thanks!  You have such a way with words and such respect for your
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>neighbors.  Perhaps you have spent entirely too much time in Warcraft.
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>My mistake on your European heritage.  From a correspondence a year
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>or so ago, I had been led to believe that you transmigrated from
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>Europe to US.  You have made several references to how much you
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>prefer Europe to the US.  It does make me wonder, if you love the UK
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>so much, why are you here?
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>At 08:28 PM 8/30/2008, you wrote:
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> >On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 20:09, Jeff Harkins <jeffh at moscow.com> wrote:
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> >
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> > > Obviously better training than you, and common sense just comes as
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>part of
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> > > our kit - but then you are European, huh!
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> >
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> >I'm European?  Since when?  I'd better get my passport changed.
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> >
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> > > To my Canadian friends, the author of the original message does not
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> > > represent the views of most Americans.  We have absolute respect for
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>your
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> > > sovereignty, for your peaceful demeanor and for the opportunity to
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>trade
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> > > with you.
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> >
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> >I have great respect and affection for Canadians, I just don't have
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> >any respect for your idiocy.
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> >
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> >Chas
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