Update: McCain Selects Gov. Sarah Palin as Running Mate

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by 12thMan

You crack me up, he's spent four years running for President? And by the way, check the record. You'll be surprised who has missed the most Senate votes and meetings.

I said:

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

Those four years of course include the time he spent campaigning for president, as opposed to attending the Senate meetings.

As in, he's been in the U.S. Senate for 4 years, and that term isn't over, but he's spent a lot of time campaigning recently. Not all four years, obviously. But if the issue is inexperience, one year out of four spent on the campaign trail is significant. I don't claim to know what Obama's record of attending senate meetings in the last year is, but I can't imagine it's all that high.

I understand your argument though: Illinois Senate > Whatever experience Palin had. They're both inexperienced -- I'm not disagreeing with you there.