What a short memory Americans have. They eviscerate Gov. Palin for lacking experience while forgetting that four of the last five presidents were governors with no national or foreign experience; and they went straight to the White House, never stopping at the vice-presidency.

Talk about not worrying about being only a heartbeat away from the presidency.

That’s hypocricy, not learning from mistakes.

People have also forgotten that Franklin Roosevelt was a former governor, and Kennedy was only a junior U.S. Senator. Only Eisenhower had real leadership experience under tremendous pressure as Allied Commander during World War II.

What is the difference with Palin? She is a woman with pro-life, Christian values who wasn’t steeped in the Eastern tradition of elitism, or raised in the ilk of liberalism.

Does she have her faults and foibles? She does, but she is not working nearly as hard as Barack Obama is to hide them. It’s very odd that people find that a good trait in Obama.

Mark Wood, Poland