Democrats look for flaws in Sarah Palin

Philippines News.Net
Tuesday 2nd September, 2008

Democratic researchers are frantically trying to find evidence to expose Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's inexperience in American politics.

According to The Times, the Democrats will seek to portray Palin as too inexperienced a candidate to be just a "heart beat away" from the presidency.

They are trying to ascertain if Palin's foreign travel was limited to just one trip to Germany and Kuwait last year.

Tom Daschle, the former Democratic Senate leader and a senior aide to Obama, said: "With absolutely no experience, are we ready, if necessary, to place our future in her hands as commander in chief and our premier negotiator with other world leaders?"

Daschle has also questioned Palin's skepticism about global warming.

Then there is also the fact that she might have abused her office when she fired the Alaskan public safety commissioner, Walter Monegan over his refusal to sack Palin's brother-in-law, a state trooper previously involved in an ugly divorce with Palin's sister.

Those allegations are now the subject of an Alaskan ethics investigation, the results of which will be published on October 31st; five days before the general election.

Palin also recently told an interviewer that she did not fully understand the role of a vice-president.

Meanwhile, Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama has reportedly told his staff and some members of his party to refrain from targeting 17-year-old Bristol Palin, the daughter of Republican vice-presidential contender Sarah Palin, on her reported pregnancy.

He has been telling reporters' families, and especially children, that the subject is off limits in this presidential campaign.

Obama also noted that his own mother was 18 when she gave birth to him.

"People's families are off limits. People's children are especially off limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Goveror Palin's performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president. I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. That shouldn't be a topic in our politics," the Washington Times quoted Obama, as saying.

"We don't go after people's families. Our people are not involved in any way," he said.

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