Well...lets see:
a) Today, a senior Republicans (Senator Chuck Hagel of Nebraska) says it a “stretch” to say Palin is qualified to be President (or even VP, by extension, I would imagine!)
b) Ross Douthat agrees at the Atlantic:
Now that we've seen the entirety of the Palin-Gibson tete-a-tete, I concur with Rich Lowry and Rod Dreher. The most that can be said in her defense is that she kept her cool and avoided any brutal gaffes; other than that, she seemed about an inch deep on every issue outside her comfort zone. Yes, the questions were tougher than the ones that a Tim Kaine or Tim Pawlenty probably would have been handed, but they were all questions that a vice-presidential nominee needs to be able to answer. And there's no way to look at her performance as anything save supporting evidence for the non-hysterical critique of her candidacy - that it's just too much, too soon - and a splash of cold water for those of us with high hopes for her future on the national stage.
c) And Richard Cohen writes in the WaPo:
McCain has turned ugly. His dishonesty would be unacceptable in any politician, but McCain has always set his own bar higher than most. He has contempt for most of his colleagues for that very reason: They lie. He tells the truth. He internalizes the code of the McCains -- his grandfather, his father: both admirals of the shining sea. He serves his country differently, that's all -- but just as honorably. No more, though.d) Even David Brooks who writes in the NYT but is anything but a liberal, made the argument this week that Palin is not a good choice......
His opportunistic and irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin as his political heir -- the person in whose hands he would leave the country -- is a form of personal treason, a betrayal of all he once stood for. Palin, no matter what her other attributes, is shockingly unprepared to become president. McCain knows that. He means to win, which is all right; he means to win at all costs, which is not...
e) Comment in response to David Brooks article (previously sent..see below)
Ms. Palin’s “brashness and excessive decisiveness” may be her attempt to mask her lack of experience. But more frightening, that brash defensiveness may also be an attempt to mask a basic lack of knowledge about what the larger world actually is and how it works.
f) Palin Reality Check... on NBC, the sister website of MSNBC which took Olbermann off from covering the election, apparently because of his " Obama bias" aka shift to the political left. And (MS)NBC is not some obscure "liberal" website or a "liberal channel", like the Republicans would have you believe.
2) Of course, op-eds at the so-called liberal sites (NYT) and bloggers have been all over Palin not being ready to be VP:
a) Thomas L. Friedman: Making America Stupid
b) Frank Rich: The Palin-Whatshisname Ticket
c) Maureen Dowd: Bering Straight Talk
d) Bob Herbert: She's Not Ready
e) Paul Krugman: Blizzard of Lies
f) And lastly, here is what Arianna Huffington herself has to say about why Palin is a perfect choice for the necons:
As predicted, the fact that she didn't know anything wasn't a bug, it was a feature. She's perfect for the neocons: likeable on the outside, a blank slate on the inside. To borrow from an old cliché, if Sarah Palin didn't exist, the neocons would have had to invent her.
In fact, this is how one former White House aide describes her: "She's bright and she's a blank page. She's going places and it's worth going there with her."
Of course, the place her neocon mentors hope she's going is the White House. Given their dismal track record, they're smart enough to figure that the American public wouldn't be too keen on letting them in the front door again, so they are trying to sneak in hidden behind Palin's skirt. The Trojan Moose approaches.
In fact, this is how one former White House aide describes her: "She's bright and she's a blank page. She's going places and it's worth going there with her."
Of course, the place her neocon mentors hope she's going is the White House. Given their dismal track record, they're smart enough to figure that the American public wouldn't be too keen on letting them in the front door again, so they are trying to sneak in hidden behind Palin's skirt. The Trojan Moose approaches.
So, there...what do you think my answer is!
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