09-04-2008, 01:56 PM
[quote samintx][quote Lux Interior]My 4 YO daughter got her first passport in 2007, too!
I guess she didn' t make the list because of the age requirement.
Don't you live in England? a passport because of travel is more common in Europe than the large areas of the US. There are not many USA people, if you checked, I bet have passports. Europe is small and like traveling in and out of the various states here in the USA and a passport is necessary in Europe.
How can this be a fault of Palin?
You don't seem to following. The question here is Gov. Palin's experience with foreign cultures. She has none. She got her first passport in 2007, so she could travel to Kuwait to visit Alaskan national guard members. Whether she actually experienced any Kuwaiti culture or just stayed on US military bases, I don't know. Regardless, her geographical experience seems to be limited to Idaho and Alaska.
Personally, I would prefer leaders who have experienced something other than US culture. Especially the VP, who will be dealing with lots of foreign dignitaries. I think it's part of being a "well-rounded" person.
So, I don't see what your comment has to do with the issue at hand: That the governor has little to no experience with foreign cultures (well, except for being close to Russia).
I live in France. But I am an American. I have had a passport since 1995 and have lived and traveled abroad more than the President of the United States. And that does not make me proud.
I guess she didn' t make the list because of the age requirement.
Don't you live in England? a passport because of travel is more common in Europe than the large areas of the US. There are not many USA people, if you checked, I bet have passports. Europe is small and like traveling in and out of the various states here in the USA and a passport is necessary in Europe.
How can this be a fault of Palin?
You don't seem to following. The question here is Gov. Palin's experience with foreign cultures. She has none. She got her first passport in 2007, so she could travel to Kuwait to visit Alaskan national guard members. Whether she actually experienced any Kuwaiti culture or just stayed on US military bases, I don't know. Regardless, her geographical experience seems to be limited to Idaho and Alaska.
Personally, I would prefer leaders who have experienced something other than US culture. Especially the VP, who will be dealing with lots of foreign dignitaries. I think it's part of being a "well-rounded" person.
So, I don't see what your comment has to do with the issue at hand: That the governor has little to no experience with foreign cultures (well, except for being close to Russia).
I live in France. But I am an American. I have had a passport since 1995 and have lived and traveled abroad more than the President of the United States. And that does not make me proud.
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