I don't see anything in the article saying that the Teacher rebuked the lying candidate to the children.
Or that the candidate was corrected and taught the actual duties of the office she claims she is qualified for.
Why do they have her addressing young school kids anyway?
So the kids go home and tell mommy and daddy what she is going to do as Vice President in the hope that they believe her through the kids?
This is very disturbing.
Brainwashing adults is one thing but to go after 8 year olds is beyond comprehension.
10-22-2008 Palin tells kids the vice president 'runs' Senate
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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Locked for two reasons:
1) Repost
2) Harping on technicalities. (ie. Trolling)
You claim that Bush is running the country into the ground, but he is only the President
The VP is the President of the Senate.
Apparently you choose to have different views on the position of the President of a body.
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Common Courtesy
Or that the candidate was corrected and taught the actual duties of the office she claims she is qualified for.
Why do they have her addressing young school kids anyway?
So the kids go home and tell mommy and daddy what she is going to do as Vice President in the hope that they believe her through the kids?
This is very disturbing.
Brainwashing adults is one thing but to go after 8 year olds is beyond comprehension.
10-22-2008 Palin tells kids the vice president 'runs' Senate
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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Locked for two reasons:
1) Repost
2) Harping on technicalities. (ie. Trolling)
You claim that Bush is running the country into the ground, but he is only the President
The VP is the President of the Senate.
Apparently you choose to have different views on the position of the President of a body.
Senior Anandtech Moderator
Common Courtesy
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