McCain Spokesman Speaks on Palin

Recently on CNN's "Election Center" anchored by Campbell Brown, McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds discussed why Palin was a good choice for VP. He made misleading comments, stepped on his words, and for the most part just looked foolish. Campbell Brown was not asking difficult questions, but she was asking questions that the country deserves to have answered. Tucker claimed that Sarah Palin had more experience in an executive position than Obama had in the Senate. If you count Palin's time as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, a town of less than 7,000 people, than maybe this claim is true. But in all honesty Sarah Palin has twenty months as Governor, and Barack Obama has almost four years in the United States Senate. Tucker also claimed that Governor Palin is responsible for decisions in deploying and equipping the Alaska National Guard. Once again a very misleading statement. Any federal deployment comes from much higher than Sarah Palin, she does however have control over calling them up for state wide duty such as for a flood.

I think everyone who watches this video will agree that Tucker Bounds looks like a fool, and McCain's campaign should do some further work on how to explain the choice of Palin to the country.

Seth Lovell

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