Apparently Joe Biden thinks that between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama, she’s the one that’s ready to be elected.

On Sarah Palin:

“First of all, I don’t know the governor. There’s no reason not to respect her and I believe she’s qualified to be the vice president.”

On Barack Obama:

Stephanopoulos, to Biden: “You were asked: ‘Is [Barack Obama] ready?’ You said, ‘I think he can be ready, but right now I don’t believe he is. The presidency is not something that lends itself to on-the-job training.’”

Biden: “I think I stand by the statement.”

Looks like she’s winning cross-over votes already.

(Note: USWeekly is owned by Obama supporter Jann Wenner)

If there’s no bias, why is 17-year old Bristol Palin’s pregnancy a “scandal” while 16-year old Jamie Lynn Spears’ pregnancy is something to celebrate?

If there’s no bias, why is Sarah Palin called a hypocrite for supporting abstinence-only education in light of her daughter’s pregnancy, but Al Gore is praised for supporting a fight against global warming while increasing his own energy consumption?

If there’s no bias, then why do we hear more about a VP Candidate’s spouse’s two-decade old DUI, but not so much about a Presidential Candidate’s own admitted use of cocaine and marijuana?

If there’s no bias, why are there more media researchers in Alaska trying to dig up dirt on a VP Candidate and her family than there are in Chicago to review actual evidence of a Presidential Candidate’s affiliation with a convicted domestic terrorist?

If there’s no bias, why is the mainstream media questioning McCain’s vetting process (to further their manufactured narrative questioning his judgement) as his VP pick is hounded on personal issues that were known to the campaign, but not questioning Obama on his vetting process after his own vetter had to quit the campaign suddenly over questionable sweetheart deals in the subprime loan mess or the revelation that his VP pick, Biden also has close ties to convicted Obama friend Tony Rezko.

If there’s no bias, why was Dick Cheney’s 5 draft deferments a “campaign issue to be covered by the NY Times“, but Joe Biden’s 5 deferments are a side-story to be covered in a local paper?

If there’s no bias, why was the Democrat VP Candidate in 2004 hailed as a “rising star“, despite only having the experience of a one-term Senator and a lifelong trial lawyer… yet the current Republican VP Candidate, who has more executive experience than either of the men on the top of the current tickets and more years in elected office than the Democrat Presidential Candidate is derided as simply “too young and inexperienced“? (Nevermind the current hype over a guy who’s entire, brief political career has been spent campaigning for the next job rather than accomplishing anything of susbtance…)

If there’s no bias… then I am a fan of Michael Moore.

UPDATE: Let’s not forget why they do it…

“There’s one other base here: the media. Let’s talk a little media bias here. The media, I think, wants Kerry to win. And I think they’re going to portray Kerry and Edwards — I’m talking about the establishment media, not Fox, but — they’re going to portray Kerry and Edwards as being young and dynamic and optimistic and all, there’s going to be this glow about them that some, is going to be worth, collectively, the two of them, that’s going to be worth maybe 15 points.”

Nevertheless, experience is suddenly an issue for them in the campaign as they attack Palin’s experience… which happens to be more executive experience, and more experience on energy and troop command than either of the two guys on the Democrat ticket.

And the MSM is also suddenly concerned about experience in the Presidential race… and in their breathless support of their Democrat candidates they’re trying to paint the Presidential matchup as being between the Republican VP nominee and the Democrat Presidential choice - because they know John McCain has more experience than Obama has years on this earth.

It’s ironic that they’re questioning the McCain/Palin ticket because the V.P. might not be ready to lead this country, while they’re supporting a ticket where the TOP of the ticket is equally, or more, ill-equipped to lead the nation.

But it seems even the Democrat candidates themselves are trying to, subconciously or not, confuse the American public as to who’s actually at the top of their ticket.

Here’s Joe Biden this weekend:

“I will be back, I’ll be back to campaign in earnest,” Biden said, “but today is not the moment for me to campaign. Today is the moment for me as a United States senator running for president to put aside the national politics and focus on what’s happening down there” in the Gulf Coast.

And here was Obama introducing Biden as his running mate:

“So let me introduce to you the next president…

Maybe they figure they’ll catch some folks not paying attention who will vote for the Biden/Obama ticket. Then again, they think their base is made up of idiots, so it might work.

UPDATE: Obama responds to the issue that McCain’s VP choice actually has more executive experience than he does by claiming that his running for President makes him more qualified to be President. Huh?

“Well, you know, my understanding is that, uh, Governor Palin’s town of Wasilly [sic] has, uh, 50 employees, uh, uh, we’ve got 2500, uh, in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe $12 million a year. Uh, uh, we have a budget of about three times that just for the month. Uh, so I think that, uh, our ability to manage large systems, uh, and to, uh, execute, uh, I think has been made clear over the last couple of years. Uh, and certainly, in terms of, uh, the legislation that I’ve passed just dealing with this issue post-Katrina, uh, of how we handle emergency management. The fact that, uh, many of my recommendations were adopted and are being put in place, uh, as we speak indicates to extent to which we can provide the kinds of support and good service that the American people expect.”

As Ed puts it:

By that standard, anyone who ever ran for any public office has executive experience — and that also kills their own experience argument against Palin anyway.

It is interesting, though, that everytime the Democrats refer to Palin’s executive experience, (aside from forgetting that the highly experienced John McCain is running against Obama at the top of the ticket) they point to her experience as a Mayor of a small town and completely ignore the fact that she’s been governor of a state for several years. And the motive is obvious.

Michael Moore’s take on Hurricane Gustav’s impending devastation of parts of Louisiana, possibly including New Orleans?

“It is proof that there is a God in heaven.”

As heartless as this sentiment is, don’t hold your breath for Kanye West, Kweisi Mfume, Louis Farra-con and the rest of the ignorant race-baiting liberals to claim that “Michael Moore hates black people”…

But it’s Michael Moore, you say. He is a fringe element. It’s not like a mainstream Democrat said something like that…

Okay, then try this one on for size. Here is none other than former DNC Chairman (it doesn’t get any more mainstream than that) Don Fowler:

Fowler: “The hurricane’s going to hit New Orleans about the time they start. [Chuckle] The timing is — at least it appears now that it’ll be there Monday. That just demonstrates that God’s on our side. [Laughter] … Everything’s cool.”

It’s the same storyline from the Democrats. Americans in need, and they see nothing but political advantage. It’s pathetic.

As Allah rightly puts it:

This is [the Democrats’] philosophy on Iraq too, of course. Defeat actually helps America, because defeat puts Democrats in power and only by having Democrats in power can America “progress.” Bear this in mind the next time Sen. Hopenchange affects indignation in wondering what McCain could possibly mean with his insinuations about putting country first. This is what he means.

You know who else thinks it’s divine intervention when Hurricanes strike the U.S.?

A purported al-Qaeda newscast that promises weekly updates made its online debut with a report read by a masked man that included video of Hurricane Katrina — subtitled “divine punishment” — and a message from the leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq.

Here’s her bio on wikipedia.

This was a smart pick on a number of levels. It shows the McCain camp has been listening to conservatives. Palin is a strong conservative candidate. She’s a reformer who even took on some in her own party and cleaned up governement in Alaska. She’s a member of the NRA and pro-life. She supports drilling in ANWR and she’s a tax reformer.

It exploits the opportunity created by Democrats in their snubbing of Hillary Clinton. A side benefit might be that while she’s a great public speaker and will hold her own in the debates, you’ll see a big contrast between her and bitter Biden. If he attacks too hard, it could cost him points with female voters.

She’s also a Washington outsider. If people are looking for hope and change from the status quo of Washington, D.C., she brings more credibility than either of the insiders on the Democrat ticket.

It also takes some of the hype off of the Messiah’s campaign in that this election will be historic if either side wins now. The timing of the announcement is great, too. Coverage of the pick is overshadowing the MSM’s lovefest for Obama in some respects. (Though they’re trying hard not to let “news” get in the way of their salivation over The One.)

It also brings youth to the ticket. Of course, CNN is already claiming she’s too inexperienced… which is wildly amusing considering the “experience” of their candidate of choice. But consider this… of the 4 principles on the two main party tickets, she’s the only one with executive experience.

Good job, McCain campaign.

UPDATE: So let’s think about this. While the Democrat Convention seemed to focus so much on women’s rights and breaking glass ceilings… which party has a woman on the ticket? HotAir has a good roundup of the benefits of the Palin choice.

UPDATE 2: Once again showing that they’re long on talk and catchy slogans and short on substance when it comes to treating women with equality, the next Democrat talking point, as promoted by CNN, is that by running for V.P., Palin’s neglecting her son, Trig, who was born with Down’s Syndrome. Of course, if she were a Democrat, they’d be praising her “progressiveness” and running supporting stories of how her disabled son serves as an inspiration for her political career. Sorry, sweetie.

Another shining example of the differences in this election… class versus no-class.

It’s interesting to see the Obama camp respond so aggressively, thus keeping the ad in front of the American public even longer.

So why would the campaign fight so hard to keep the American people from seeing it? Because it’s true…

[William Ayers] and Obama live in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood and served together on the board of the Woods Fund, a Chicago-based charity that develops community groups to help the poor. Obama left the board in December 2002.

Obama also was the first chairman of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, a school reform group of which Ayers was a founder. Ayers also held a meet-the-candidate event at his home for Obama when Obama first ran for office in the mid-1990s.

Obama’s response?

“With all our problems, why is John McCain talking about the 60s, trying to link Barack Obama to radical Bill Ayers. McCain knows Obama denounced Ayers’ crimes, committed when Obama was just 8 years old.”

Maybe because it’s relevant to the character and judgement of a man trying to become the President of the United States that his friends have declared war on the United States and have engaged in bombings of government buildings on our homeland.

But Obama claims he “denounced” the “crimes”. Great, so after acknowledging Ayers’ undisputed terrorist acts, Obama continued to work with him on various boards and was such a close friend he launched his political career from Ayers’ living room. I mean, it’s not like Ayers committed these terrorist acts after Obama had worked with him, thereby giving Obama a pass on having known what Ayers was all about. Obama knowingly befriended him and worked closely with him well after Ayers’ terrorist acts had been committed and were well known to the public.

If you want to put some context around this issue, imagine what would happen if John McCain had befriended, served on several boards with, and launched his political career from the living room of… Timothy McVeigh.

It’s the kind of change we don’t need.