Sarah Palin’s “executive experience” round-up.

Sarah Palin has more executive experience than the Democratic ticket. Yet what does that experience tell us? If we can believe the Alaska papers, it shows a Bush-like tendency to regard political loyalty as the most important qualification in a subordinate and a belief that the best route to leadership is not experience or intelligence but “guts” or “heart.” A round-up of our post-Palin-pick posts.

• Palin asks all the city’s top managers to resign as a test of loyalty to her, imposes gag order on city department heads
• Firings include elimination of position of city historian and sacking of museum staff.
• Can tell how loyal someone is by looking in her heart
• Executive experience might vary in quality and relevance depending on the size of the electorate for whom you’re providing executive service
• These are more important things to know and say about her than her past as beauty queen

UPDATED 9/2 to add:

• You too can vet Palin!
• A secessionist for VP
• Oy, with the concern trolling
• More secessionism (“Mark Kleiman can vet” edition)

UPDATED 9/3 TO ADD

• Long letter from a Wasillan
• Why should a historian care?