Palin Is Ready? Please.

Castle Rock makes a great point about health care. If we reformed the system, perhaps he could afford his meds.

I think McCain picked Palin because he's throwing the race. Word is he wanted to ask Lieberman or one of his other old friends, but was prevented and forced to pick Palin by shadowy Right-wing Republican decision-makers.

And I think SNL should send Palin a check for such hilarious comedy writing.

If it weren't for Ms. Palin, I would be voting Republican for only the second time in my life ....

"Can we now admit the obvious? Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president."

Can we now admit the obvious? Barack Obama is utterly unqualified to be PRESIDENT!

Just what we need: a foreigner like Zakaria telling us what is patriotic. And to lead the nation: someone raised in an overseas Asian world by an anti-American Marxist; someone mentored for 20 years by a raving racist Afrocentic and a terrorist bomber; someone who has spent his entire scant term in Congress running for President.

Who would you rather have, a VP who has little experience or a President who has NO experience??? I would rather have well-decorated war hero and politician, Middle of the road Republican rather then a guy with catchy slogan and some " great ideas" for change which he will not be able to implement. Obama has a dream, and as ideal as it is, it is just that; a dream! The path to reality is scary and we are in the midst of that reality check right now, I personally don't think that the Clinton economic advisors ( who are now Obama's ) are best to run this country. Let's not forget that Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are the direct result of these same advisors....of but it's all the Republicans fault...right? McCain for change and Palin for a VP in training is better any day then a hot head VP Senator who is full of tall tales and a Presidential Candidiate who needs 4 more years of real experience before he is the one truely qualified for the role that is most important here- the President!

John Puentas writes: P.S. You might want to compare how Obama has been running for President for the past two years and how Palin has been running for Vice-President for the past month.

P.S.S. I wonder if you have the sack to post this with your response.

Respectfully,

Mr. John Puentes
Sun City, CA

What an abject moron - did you not watch any of the McCain vs Obama debate...Obama can drill down on the topics of McCain's supposed expertise foreign policy, further than McCain can - by far...you have no credibility whatsover, go away...

STOP saying Palin is not qualified to be Vice President when the truth is OBAMA running for President is the one unqualified, inexperienced and a TRAITOR for the USA, specially in the Economy, his been saying for over a year on a 24hs basis that the USA economy is a slam ( not a islam!) a slam! and slaming,slaming,slaming the economy and President Bush without a drop of respect to ou President.

So, as the saying goes: YOU TELL LIES CONVINCLY ON A 24HS BASIS...bang,bang on the stone till the stone breaks-up !

And, thats what OBAMA HUSSEIN BARRACK has done! NEGATIVELY talking to USA public and even go to Europe to talk bad about USA, it's economy, it's President, it's Foreign Policy...everything so so Negative talk of the Nation he is wishing to CONTROL !

He,OBAMA, talked so much and so badly...people all over started to LOSE CONFIDENCE, lose trust in USA and all that what USA is, so much so this bastard who call himself a patriot has done to our beloved AMerica.
This Barrack Hussein Obama is a traitor!

After all USA economy was not bad at all, at all...up to a year ago, not bad at all. But he kept slaming it till people LOST CONFIDENCE! LOST TRUST! Not only in AMerica, but all over the world. He, this Obama forgets that now a days Satelite Tv's, Cable TV's are everywhere...so whatever is said in USA right at this second can be known all over the world on in real time. And, this "Mixture-of-something" still wants to be the President of the very Nation he keeps slaming? This is a Joke!


ANd, now...there you go: You tell enough lies enough times and people starts to believe you!
This Traitor should be tried for treason!
He is not a Patriot! He is a monster! and people are believe this monster!
So, God help AMerica and do not allow this man ever to become the President of this most venerable NATION.
He is not a true American. He is a Traitor! He not even BLACK he is not ! He is a certain mixture ...God knows what! half-this, half-that! So, God help USA! do not let this most precious country falls in the hands of such a
Traitor!
Not a Patriot ! Not even ever served in the Military!
He SHALL NEVER BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

All this talk abiut her not being qualified to be VP or to be President, but how do you judge qualifications - what would be GOOD qualifications? Many governors became presidents, and people from both sides of the aisle will argue they (Clinton and Reagan) were great presidents.

So instead of characterizing and attacking her experience, let's start by defining what our criteria and method of evaluation are - and especially what would constitute "good" experience.

Charlie Volkstorf
shymathguy99@aol.com

John - suncityca,
I would not consider myself liberal, but I am really tired of the overuse of phrases like, "the liberal media." Liberal this or liberal that...as if this, in itself , is an effective argument. "Hey, I don't have any real constructive, or even logical, points on a subject, so I'll just throw out "liberal" and that is enough to prove me right." Yes, John, of course Palin is being attacked for her perceived weaknesses because she DOES have many. Should these be ignored? If she didn't and was being unfairly attacked, then I could see your point, but this is not the case. And why is it bias? Let me guess...because it's the "liberal media." I got news for you, the conservative media (and there is plenty) has frequently attacked her too. Why? Because she IS very underqualified, just as this article states. To make the comparison to Obama, as you have done here, is ridiculous. First of all, he is a Senator and has been for a number of years. Obviously, this in itself would garner him far more experience than a governor of Alaska would. Also, did you watch the debate? As the overwhelming majority of news outlets are reporting; Obama more than held his own with McCain on all issues. He looked very comfortable, spoke well, and proved himself very knowledgeable, unlike Palin and her canned response, completely ignorant style. John, you mention "glaring" but you provide nothing to back this claim. Also, so what if Palin has been only running for VP for two months. This is a "glaring reason why the McCain campaign should NOT have picked her. His "experience" should have told him this I would think, but he chose to take the gimmicky route to try and gain the presidency in a time when this country needs no part of gimmicks. This ploy is now backfiring and for good reason, Palin is a bad choice. This article was excellent, and it had nothing to do with "liberal." It simply stated the facts and should be commended. Good job Mr. Zakaria.