How many stamps does Sarah Palin have in her passport?

To all of you people who think that NOT owning a passport is not a big deal: think again. THINK about it.

She is one step away from the President of the United States: the most powerful nation on Earth. We live in a diverse, globalized society and for a person to not have at least SOME international experience/perspective is frightening. It really does matter.

It is perfectly fine for a person to not have a passport - but not someone who is vying for the second office in the nation. Are you kidding me? My husband just got his passport in 2007 and he is 30 and NOT running for office. He was the one who broke the news to me because he was extremely shocked by it.

Not having some significant experience traveling outside of the U.S. is a vivid indication of the scope of her experience. If McCain dies or something happens to him - as has happened to other presidents in this nation's history - then this individual will become President.

We are already falling behind because of the policies of the Bush Administration. (Bush, by the way, is another "non-traveller") We really can't afford someone like her on the ticket.

I am a registered Independent. I can tell you that Obama is a risk (worth taking). His credentials far outweigh hers (besides the traveling):

(Source DailyKos)

1980 - 1984

Obama: B.A. in political science with a specialization in international relations from Columbia University.

985 - 1990

Obama: moved to Chicago; became a community organizer as director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a church-based community organization on Chicago's far South Side. During his three years as the DCP's director, its staff grew from 1 to 13 and its annual budget grew from $70,000 to $400,000, with accomplishments including helping set up a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants' rights organization.

Moved to Boston to attend Harvard Law School. Selected as an editor and then elected president of the Harvard Law Review, a full-time volunteer position functioning as editor-in-chief and supervising the law review's staff of 80 editors.

1991 - 1995

Obama: graduated magna *** laude from Harvard Law School; received contract and advance to write a book ("Dreams from my Father") as well as a fellowship at the University of Chicago Law School. Directed the Illinois Project Vote from April to October 1992, a voter registration drive with a staff of 10 and 700 volunteers that achieved its goal of registering 150,000 of 400,000 unregistered African Americans in the state, leading Crain's Chicago Business to name Obama to its 1993 list of "40 under Forty" powers to be. Appointed as a Lecturer in constitutional law at the University of Chicago. Joined Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a 12-attorney law firm specializing in civil rights litigation and neighborhood economic development. Active in several community organizations, usually as a board member.

1996 - 2000

Obama: promoted to Senior Lecturer in constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School. Elected to the Illinois Senate.

Sponsored more than 800 bills. In 2000, lost a Democratic primary run for the U.S. House of Representatives to four-term incumbent Bobby Rush by a margin of two to one.

2001 - 2004

Obama: reelected in 2002 and became chairman of the Illinois Senate's Health and Human Services Committee.

2005 to present

Obama: Sworn in as the fifth-ever African-American U.S. senator. Worked with Republican Senator Lugar to author and implement a program to locate and dismantle stray Russian WMD's. Designated by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as the party's point man on ethics. Worked with Russ Feingold to pass a major ethics/lobbying reform bill. Cosponsored, with John McCain, the Secure America and Orderly Immigration Act. Called for increased fuel efficiency standards (3 percent every year for 15 years). Assignments on the Senate Committees for Foreign Relations, Veterans' Affairs, and Homeland Security. Chairman of the Senate's subcommittee on European Affairs. As a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, made official trips to Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Central Asia and Africa. Waged a tremendous battle to become the Democratic presidential nominee. Currently manages 2,500 campaign employees and a budget of $40-$50 million/month.

I've seen some weird answers here. Apparently from people who don't realize that the Vice President becomes the President if something happens to the incumbent. Or maybe they don't realize that a President is the Commander in Chief, and responsible for Foreign Policy. How can anybody expect a person who received her first passport a year and a half ago to be in charge of the foreign policy of the most powerful nation in the world? Dealing with NATO, the United Nations, the Russia and Georgia conflict, Israel and the arabs, Iran's nuclear threat, two wars, terrorists from abroad...? McCain has decided to play Russian Roulette, not only with his campaign, but with his country. He is elderly and has obviously lost his mind. But have the Republicans also lost theirs?

Clearly recent history is not the OP's forte. As I recall this same argument was used against Clinton when he was running for office. Let's just say he made up for it along the way......

Seems like a valid question to me. Foreign policy knowledge and/or experience should be a requirement for someone who wants to be the Vice President of the United States.

So you are saying that only members of foreign relation committees' are eligible for office? It is not a requirement for every governor/senator/congressman to frequently travel around the world. There is no rule that a VP candidate has to be a foreign policy expert. It is not a requirement for one person to be an expert on all topics - that is why there is a government of MANY put in place. That said, do you realize how culturally diverse the state of Alaska is and how sensitive to "different groups of people, cultures and diverse opinions" you have to be to be GOVERNOR of a state, or for that matter, mayor of a city? I would bet she is better skilled at getting along with different groups than most of us with a book filled to the brim with passport stamps. Your question makes me wonder if you think everyone that hasn't traveled is ignorant and ethnocentric.

Considering that she got it in 2007 for a trip where she went to Kuwait and German. So two.

her entire state has less than half the populace of the COUNTY I live in, i want to know how she can manage a large population and their needs, i could care less how many stamps she has in her passport.

Palin needs to take her family back to Alaska to take care of her mentally ill child an help her daughter to go through that emotional moment!What kind of mother is she?

Regarding judgment! McCain was reckless. Endangering the country!

She doesn't carry a passport. She's never been out of the US. The trips to see the troops don't count because she travelled with the military.

Pailn is only a strategy for McCain. It is supposed to win the women voters who are disgruntled about the Obama/Clinton battle.

Pailin will have no real role, no real job in his cabinet. They already have a set agenda. Not even McCain has a lot to do.