Gerard Baker compares and contrasts Barack Obama and Sarah Palin. A taste:
Executive experience Obama: Makes executive decisions every day that affect the lives of his campaign staff and a vast crowd of traveling journalists Palin: Makes executive decisions every day that affect the lives of 500,000 people in her state, and that impact crucial issues of national economic interest such as the supply and cost of energy to the United States. Religious influences Obama: Regards people who "cling" to religion and guns as "bitter." Spent 20 years being mentored and led spiritually by a man who proclaimed "God damn America" from his pulpit. Mysteriously, this mentor completely disappeared from public sight about four months ago. Palin: Head of her high school Fellowship of Christian Athletes and for many years a member of the Assemblies of God congregation whose preachers have never been known to accuse the United States of deliberately spreading the AIDS virus. They remain in full public sight and can be seen every Sunday in churches across Alaska. A proud gun owner who has been known to cling only to the carcasses of dead caribou felled by her own aim.
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