Because Palin hasn't clue one about her 'proposed' job. Sheesh Mac, what the hell were you thinking?
Palin tells kids the vice president 'runs' Senate
October 22, 2008 9:11 AM EDT
WASHINGTON - Asked by a third-grader what a vice president does, Republican candidate Sarah Palin responded that the vice president is the president's "team mate" but also "runs the Senate" and "can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes."
While aimed at a typical 8-year-old, Palin's explanations oversimplify the Constitution's definition of the duties of the vice president and don't match the office's traditional role in Senate activities.
The vice president's main duty is to replace the president if the president dies, resigns, is removed from office or can no longer carry out his or her duties for other reasons. The Constitution names the vice president as the president of the Senate but allows the vice president to cast a vote only to break a tie.
The vice president, as a member of the executive branch of the government, has no official role in developing legislation or determining how it is presented to or debated by the Senate, which is part of the legislative branch. In all meaningful ways, the leader of the majority party runs the Senate.
Traditionally, the vice president appears in the Senate for ceremonial events and in case of a tie vote. Although the vice president can preside over the Senate, vice presidents have left that day-to-day chore to senators themselves. In the past, each president has determined the role of the vice president in an administration.
The subject of the vice president's duties came up as Palin sat for an interview with KUSA-TV in Denver, which has a feature called "Question from the Third Grade." The interviewer asked, "Brandon Garcia wants to know, 'What does the vice president do?'"
"That's a great question, Brandon, and a vice president has a really great job, because not only are they there to support the president's agenda, they're like the team member, the team mate to that president," Palin said.
"But also, they're in charge of the United States Senate, so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes that will make life better for Brandon and his family and his classroom. And it's a great job and I look forward to having that job," she said.
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What do you know about it ? She's a genius wayyy over our heads. She's even gonna name her next offspring "Zamboni"...boy that's brillant.
NEW YORK - Does U.S. vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin consider herself intellectual? You betcha!
Although she didn't name a single newspaper or magazine when CBS News anchor Katie Couric asked where she got her information, Palin told People magazine she has always been a "voracious reader."
She mentioned reading - anything from biographies to historical works - as one of her favourite things, along with her children and sports.
Besides author Lawrence Wright's terrorism history, "The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11," Palin says she's been reading a lot of briefing papers.
She says: "And you have to be up on not only current events, but you have to understand the foundation of the issues that you're working on."
She says she appreciates a lot of information, as she grew up in a family of school teachers.
Also, Palin says if she and husband Todd had had a sixth child, they have already picked a name for a boy joining siblings Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig.
"I always wanted a son named Zamboni," she said.
Zamboni boy. Maybe a future president someday. I love it. Guaranteed a job at the rink anyways. Almost.
Wooa ! True dat is. She can run my office totally. I hereby officially give her my power of attorney. I wiil be her Zamboni boy and give her a hot flood any time she wants one. But I digress. eh ?
Don't tell me ya wouldn't jump Julia! You betcher ass Snip would! Me too!
But back ta topic... Tina Fey. She's hot. She's smart. Witty. Funny. Smart. Hot. Witty. And really, really hot! With glasses. Uke would never ask Tina ta take her glasses off.
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Don't tell me ya wouldn't jump Julia! You betcher ass Snip would! Me too!
But back ta topic... Tina Fey. She's hot. She's smart. Witty. Funny. Smart. Hot. Witty. And really, really hot! With glasses. Uke would never ask Tina ta take her glasses off.
If she was with me, those glasses would serve as protection...
