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CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Obama defends natural disaster experience « - Blogs from CNN.com
(CNN)— Barack Obama defended his experience in dealing with natural disasters, such as Hurricane Katrina, and took a swipe at newly minted GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. In an interview on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 Monday night, Obama was asked about whether his experience in the ...
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Barack Obama On His Natural Disaster Of A Campaign
Anorak News — ... their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year – we have a budget of about three times that just for the month,” Obama responded. Isn’t good management about efficieny not bulk? Our ability to manage large systems and to execute I think has been made clear over the past couple of years and certainly in terms of the legislation I’ve passed in the past couple of years, post-Katrina.” Says one commetnator: Obama thinks running a campaign is keen [sic] ...

Barack Obama Proclaims he has More Experience than Republican VP Candidate Sarah Palin
Scared Monkeys — ... Today Obama defended his nearly non-existent executive experience by stating that he was more experienced that Republican VP candidate and Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin. That might actually mean something if Obama were actually running against Palin. Maybe someone in the Obama camp may want to tell Barack that he is running for President against John McCain, not Palin. I really must say the Obama campaign talking points have really been lame lately. ...

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