Sarah Palin for President
Can you think of anything more frightening for this country? Recently on Meet The Press, McCain stated unequivocally that he believes Sarah Palin to be qualified for President. Her qualifications? "She has all the right instincts, all the right principles, she was a mayor, she was a governor, she has a great background."
She was mayor of a town of roughly 5,500. Yes, Wasilla is part of the Anchorage metropolitan area, for a total population of about 360,000. Does anyone else wonder if being Mayor of a small town extrapolates well to being President of the United States? She was elected governor in 2006, that means she was basically governor for one year, maybe 18 months. How effective a governor do you think she was while on the campaign trail? And now she has resigned. She didn't even complete a full term as governor. All I've heard is whining about media scrutiny, a.k.a. slander and defamation. I'm sorry, but she is a nobody from nowhere and suddenly she's candidate for Vice President. You think that isn't going to raise eyebrows? You set yourself up as a target then complain when people start taking shots at you. Does that sound like someone who can take the heat of being President?
When asked if he had any regrets about choosing Palin as his running mate, McCain responded, "...with all due respect to those who like to examine the entrails and look backward, the fact is we were three points ahead on September 15 and then the stock market crashed and we went seven points down..."
Ummmm...isn't examining entrails about looking forward? And how do you give respect to someone who you then immediately dismiss and a conjurer or a quack? He talks about the stock market crash like it was a force of nature beyond his control and not a reflection on eight years of Republican economic policy, which maybe, just maybe had an impact on voter confidence in his and her ability to govern well.
I don't get the Sarah Palin obsession. From where I sit it has to be one of two things: a delusional attempt to rescue an ego and save face, or they really do think she would be a great president because she is so clueless, Republican power brokers would have a perfect puppet in the White House. Oh, I'm sorry. Was that a personal attack?