Owned!
I actually felt kind of bad for McCain-Palin spokesperson Nancy Pfotenhauer. She’s in the unenviable position of having to defend Governor Palin’s total lack of understanding of the role of the vice-president.
In a recent interview, Sarah Palin stated that the role of the vice-president was to be “in charge of the Senate” and craft policy with the Senate. In actuality, a vice-president on presides over the Senate to cast the deciding vote in case of a tie. However, because of the separation of powers, the vice-president is a part of the executive branch, not the legislative branch so, it is not within the normal duties of a vice-president to help craft legislation.
Since the Palin interview aired, the McCain camp and surrogates have tried to spin this but, it is clear — Sarah Palin has no idea what the job she is campaigning for actually involves. I guess she was too busy shopping at Nieman-Marcus to actually take time out to read the part of the Constitution that describes her potential role.
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