Palin Is Ready? Please.

Someone, please send Palin back to Alaska where her major concern will be how to spend her treasury surplus generated by selling Alaskan oil at more and more inflated prices. Do it now before we all suffer the embarrassment of watching her torn to pieces in her upcoming debate with Bidon. Palin has no answers in this campaign, and she certainly has no answers for the Oval Office, Next to his own frail age, Palin is McCain's worst liability.

Listen people,

I am a foreigner living in NYC. Before I start I must tell you that English is my second language; you will know it immediately I start speaking. I must also say that English is Palin's second language!

From her interviews, it is obvious that we both learnt English as a second language, the only difference is that I skipped or did not attend the America accent training class and Palin skipped or did not attend the class that teaches how to user nouns, pronouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, etc to construct simple and logical sentences.

They do not teach American civic classes in my country; since that class is taught in the US grade schools, it is very evident that Palin skipped that as well.

Thanks Fareed, for saying candidly what many are not: Sarah Palin just does not have what it takes, she does not have the knowledge base nor does she realize that she does not, except that it is now clear she has become nervous and fragmented in her public exchanges with the press.

John McCain is putting himself first and politics first. He is playing a game and using strategy to win the White House, but he has not a Plan for the People. He is as unpatriotic as it gets. Shame on him.

Zack i agree with you Mccain pick her because he thought that we hillary suporters are idiot dummies that we will follow any damn ass ignorant who can't even answer a simple question you know as more and more American see this lady they will wonder how in the world Alaskans pick her as a governor is she the most qualified person in Alaska? if yes i feel sorry for them. even the 5th grader can understand a question and give clear answers than this lady. very very scary

Independent1980 is correct is saying that feninists should not be included in the list of McCain supporters. However, Independent1980 also said "Sarah Palin sets women's rights back about fifty years."
First of all, Palin supports women receiving abortion if they are in danger of physical death. and this is appropriate. Personally, I find it is acceptable to allow abortion in cases of rape or incest when it is done in less than three days following the criminal act on the woman. Whether Palin finds this acceptable is unknown to me. The Roe vs. Wade ruling in 1973 did not give women the right to protect their physical lives in cases where they were endangered. The ruling gave women the right to "be fruitful" with new life within their wormbs and then, instead of actiing to "multiply and replenish the earth", choose to have the new life destroyed. Women, do you want to have the freedom to kill your child six months after he or she is taken out of your womb? Do you wnat the have the freedom to kill that life six months before he or she is taken out of your womb? What;s the difference? (Barbara Boxer said that life begins when a mother arrives home from the hospital.) Some claim that if the child after birth would should a disability or disease, then abortion is best.
In other words, people who have disabilities are inferior to others, right? One thing you could do is give the baby to a married couple that is childless. There are always more childless couples waiting to adopt then babies to adopt. Or you could request a ruling like the one in 1973 that would allow you to give birth to the child and, if he or she does have a disability that bothers you, kill the baby. If the life is killed in the womb or right after it comes out of the womb, what's the difference? WGAT'S THE DIFFERENCE?

Zack i agree with you Mccain pick her because he thought that we hillary suporters are idiot dummies that we will follow any damn ass ignorant who can't even answer a simple question you know as more and more American see this lady they will wonder how in the world Alaskans pick her as a governor is she the most qualified person in Alaska? if yes i feel sorry for them. even the 5th grader can understand a question and give clear answers than this lady. very very scary

Reading these comments, one can only come to one conclusion. Most citizens of our nation are inflexible regarding their political view of the world. The divisive cancer that grows in our nation will not allow unbiased reasoning of the issues. This article makes a statement based on fact. Most of the contrary comments do not attempt to rebut the conclusion with facts pertinent in the argument. Just as demeaning, many of the positive comments do not recognize the merit of the position, but take glee in the conclusion and then gloat.


I have come to the same conclusion as Mr. Zakaria, and with remorse. In times of trouble, great people have risen in our nation in times of need. Soon we will need greatness.

Palin is the female George W. Bush. He was chosen for his name. She was chosen for her gender. They both lack intellectual curiosity. If, by some terribly predictable act of God, McCain died in office she would be as much of a puppet as Bush is. Cheney and Rove run him. Who knows what lobbyist dirtballs would run her.

Amen.

Saying that McCain might die in office is not really a good way to sell your candidate. That's basically saying McCain is the better man for the job, but his health is of a concern.

For everyone trying to show that the Democratic ticket is no better, the occasional slips of the tongue or faux pas that you can cherry pick from Obama and Biden are no where near the category of what Zakaria is pointing to. I don't care what your ideology is, will you just sit down and read those quotes in their entirety? Those aren't slips or faux pas, these are extended rants with hardly a hair of logic to connect one barely complete sentence to the next. This is beyond even George Bush. This isn't something you point and maybe smirk or chuckle at. This is something you just have to stare at in amazement. This is a complete train wreck. It's like she's someone who has never swam before stepping off the deep end thinking, "how hard could it be?" and then immediately just starts thrashing. Palin is so obviously and completely in over her head. If she can't formulate even remotely coherent responses to what are really pretty straightforward questions, how can she be expected to deal with the day in day out responsibilities of presidential office, to say nothing of sudden complex crises. I personally would feel safer in a world where Ahmadinejad had access to nuclear weapons than one in which Sarah Palin had access to nuclear weapons.

And for those who want to brush aside Palin's truly appalling performance and say this election should be about issues, I would say that McCain's pick of Palin as his VP shows that this election was never going to come down to anything so rational or as responsible as issues. He could have picked any number of people who hold the same views as Palin and can also articulate a complete thought, but he chose a pretty, folksy, hockey mom in the hopes of pulling one over on the American people.

"But read Gov. Palin's answers and it does appear that she doesn't have any understanding about the topic under discussion."

Read some of Zak's tripe and you'd likely say the same thing about him.

"But read Gov. Palin's answers and it does appear that she doesn't have any understanding about the topic under discussion."

Read some of Zak's tripe and you might say the same thing.

Bless you for putting it succinctly and clearly. This woman is just woefully unprepared,and that is so scary considering McCain's age and medical history! John McCain displayed a woeful lack of judgement and a frightening impetuosity by picking her. And he needs to be judged on that pick as an example of how he would govern or make decisions. The entire team frightens me! And I was a Republican for 30 years-but now am definitely taking a chance on Obama. I don't want to have a beer with him, or have him be my BFF. I want someone who is smarter, more focused, more knowledgeable, hardworking, and picks good people to be around him. I want to have a President, not 'the guy next door', or a 'maverick'. Maverick seems to be another definition for a person who impulsively and randomly jumps into things without thinking through the consequences-just like his gambling and Vietnam war days indicate as well. By the way, since when did being 'intelligent' become such a bad thing? When did we start to want 'dumb' presidents? Are the American people so shallow and frankly stupid that they feel threatened by someone who has a good education (which they worked for), speaks well, and is thoughtful? Being President isn't a case of the Amazing Race, American Idol, or Survivor-it is serious business, my fellow citizens! Pick the right guy-and in this case, I really think it is Obama!

I was reading what I thought was the transcript to the SNL spoof of the Palin/Couric interview. I thought so b/c Palin's comments were beyond incoherent and dumb. Then...to my absolute horror...I realized that I was reading a transcript of the ACTUAL INTERVIEW.

Bottom line: Palin is dumb as a rock!! Egad! If McCain is elected, there is only the uncertain health of a 72-year-old cancer patient between us and President Palin. It's time to rum screaming.

As someone who up until recently has been undecided the 'choice' of Palin by John McCain has been one that has turned the tide. I think she has presented herself very respectfully and has been the spark plug the McCain campaign was looking for but did they really expect her inexperience (and I'm not talking about as an executive, but her complete lack of exposure to the national stage) not to shine through?

What makes this decision even harder to stomach is the fact that McCain could have covered what have now become glaring inefficiencies with a better choice for VP.

Liberman may have been a 'maverick' choice but at least he would have brought national and international experience, as well as a being pillar of the hope for bipartisan politics. Or with some foresight, McCain could have looked like a genius by picking Romney for his financial expertise in the face of a economic crisis. Instead he chose Palin to sway Hillary voters and sure up conservatives (which he proved this week he still can't deliver).

Playing politics should have never suited a man of your stature...