Sep 02 2008
She’s a Governor, Not a Mayor
Talking on Anderson Cooper 360 the other night, Obama said the following:
“My understanding is that Gov. Palin’s town, Wassilla, has I think 50 employees. We’ve got 2500 in this campaign. I think their budget is maybe 12 million dollars a year – we have a budget of about three times that just for the month,” (http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/01/obama-defends-natural-disaster-experience/).
Except Sarah Palin is a governor, not a mayor. So let’s run those numbers again:
Obama’s monthly budget is closer to $22 million. The budget of Alaska, about $1 billion a month. Total number of employees on Obama’s team? 2500. Total number of Alaska state employees? 15 thousand.
(http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/whose-budget-is-bigger/?ref=opinion)
You might want to reframe that argument, Senator.
Personally, I would suggest that Obama stop comparing himself to the other team’s sidekick; it makes him look petty. Leave Palin to Biden and stay focused on McCain.
