McCain can’t repudiate his choice for running mate. He not only risks the wrath of the GOP’s unforgiving base, but he invites others to second-guess his executive decision-making ability. Barack Obama faces the same problem with Biden.
Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first.
Do it for your country.
Capitalizt
I'm going to keep bumping this until Latinlover responds to defend her. ;)
Lebezniatnikov
Ok.
So I didn't think this could possibly be true at first. But apparently it is. The rumor was that Sarah Palin could not name a single Supreme Court case other than Roe v. Wade. It seems that it might not be that bad... but could be pretty close.
quote:
Of concern to McCain's campaign, however, is a remaining and still-undisclosed clip from Palin's interview with Couric last week that has the political world buzzing.
The Palin aide, after first noting how "infuriating" it was for CBS to purportedly leak word about the gaffe, revealed that it came in response to a question about Supreme Court decisions.
After noting Roe vs. Wade, Palin was apparently unable to discuss any major court cases.
There was no verbal fumbling with this particular question as there was with some others, the aide said, but rather silence.
Damn Iam getting more and more excited about the Thursday debate!!!can this bitch even count to ten?:p
St_Andrew
I think she might be underestimated. Apparently she reads all of the media. How great. This is really a great clip.
TranceGiant
Kinda feel sorry for her. In fact only McCain is to blame for actually believing he could pull this one off. Palin is paying the price for this ludcricous gamble. She's being practically sacrificed by Rove and McCain in their last attempt to somehow turn the tide.
josh4
I really hope she breaks down in the debate. Biden just lays into her and she snaps.
Biden: What is she talking about? Its nothing but gibberish!
Palin: *cries* I'm sorry!
Biden: Just admit you're not qualified, you're in over your head, you can't do this.
Palin: It's true! It's true! I'm sorry! *cries*
Lebezniatnikov
quote:
Originally posted by TranceGiant
Kinda feel sorry for her. In fact only McCain is to blame for actually believing he could pull this one off. Palin is paying the price for this ludcricous gamble. She's being practically sacrificed by Rove and McCain in their last attempt to somehow turn the tide.
Oh please. She could have said no. Instead, she has nobody to blame but her own ambition.
quote:
The Sarah Palin pity party Everyone seems to be oozing sympathy for the fumbling vice-presidential nominee. Please. Cry me a freaking river.
By Rebecca Traister
Sept. 30, 2008 | Is this the week that Democrats and Republicans join hands -- to heap pity on poor Sarah Palin?
At the moment, all signs point to yes, as some strange bedfellows reveal that they have been feeling sorry for the vice-presidential candidate ever since she stopped speaking without the help of a teleprompter. Conservative women like Kathleen Parker and Kathryn Jean Lopez are shuddering with sympathy as they realize that the candidate who thrilled them, just weeks ago, is not in shape for the big game. They're not alone. The New Republic's Christopher Orr feels that Palin has been misused by the team that tapped her. In the New York Times, Judith Warner feels for Sarah, too! And over at the Atlantic, Ta-Nehisi Coates empathizes with intelligence and nuance, making clear that he's not expressing pity. Salon's own Glenn Greenwald watched the Katie Couric interview and "actually felt sorry for Sarah Palin." Even Amy Poehler, impersonating Katie Couric on last week's "Saturday Night Live," makes the joke that Palin's cornered-animal ineptitude makes her "increasingly adorable."
I guess I'm one cold dame, because while Palin provokes many unpleasant emotions in me, I just can't seem to summon pity, affection or remorse.
Don't get me wrong, I'm just like all of the rest of you, part of the bipartisan jumble of viewers that keeps one hand poised above the mute button and the other over my eyes during Palin's disastrous interviews. Like everyone else, I can barely take the waves of embarrassment that come with watching someone do something so badly. Roseanne Barr singing the national anthem, Sofia Coppola acting in "The Godfather: Part III," Sarah Palin talking about Russia -- they all create the same level of eyeball-squinching discomfort.
