Nader on Palin: My Running-Mate is More Qualified

[marmar]

from The Nation:


Nader on Palin: My Running-Mate is More Qualified
posted by John Nichols on 09/04/2008 @ 08:32am



ST. PAUL -- Ralph Nader would like it to be noted that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, the presumptive Republican nominee for vice president, is not merely less qualified than Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden, who has served 35 years in the Senate and currently chairs the chamber's foreign relations committee.

"Matt Gonzalez has more experience than Sarah Palin," Nader, who is running this year for the presidency as an independent, says of his running-mate, former San Francisco Board of Supervisors President Matt Gonzalez. "San Francisco is a lot bigger than Wasilla."

The veteran consumer activist, who will counter the last night of the Republican National Convention with a "Open the Debates" super-rally in the Twin Cities, is on to something.

Let's use the 2000 Census figures as our baseline.

The population of Wasilla, the city where Palin served as a member of the local council and then as mayor, has a population of 5,469.

The population of San Francisco, the city where Gonzalez served as a a supervisor and then as president of the board, has a population of 776,733. .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/354235

[RufusTFirefly]

1. And water is wet.

Duh! Ralph, by logically arguing why your running mate is more qualified than Sarah Palin, you are ironically adding legitimacy to her insane candidacy. Arguing that someone has more experience than Sarah Palin is setting the bar mighty low.

[Vanje]

2. Its all about you, Ralph

Everytime I hear anything on the news, I think to myself," I wonder how this applies to Nader?", but not really.