Palin Is Ready? Please.

mccain is so hung up on being president he went and got a person who is no where in the park, presidential or vp competent.He only is using her to try and get the people who is hung up on getting a female, that can pull the votes that Hillary had gotten.He has no real interest in her other that that,which may cause his down fall. The only reason palin accepted the vp spot is because she knows mccain is an old man which health probably fail him and she would becouse president,they are two lost canidates

I think Obama is right on the mark. I mean what else can the GOP do but put lipstick on a pig? I think McCain???s VP pick is a desperate attempt to repackage the Republican ???Brand??? in a new maverick mythology, which by all stretches of the imagination is entirely chimerical.

I think it will be difficult for Republicans to make any substantial arguments against affirmative action after this pick. Affirmative action not for individual uplift but as desperate political maneuvering is a cynical betrayal of principals to gain power.

One question - and please answer honestly:
Were Palin a man, would McCain have picked her? Point made.

McCain???s desperate selection just solidifies my original prediction... Obama by a landslide. Not that I have anything against Palin, whoever she is, but, rather, McCain knows he is on the downslide, and had to gamble. I would have more respect for McCain if he selected Tom Ridge (I thought FOR SURE he would have picked him). Yes, McCain would have had a slight problem because Ridge ran as a pro-choice Republican candidate for Governor of PA (which he won). But Ridge would have at least given McCain a chance in PA, a key battleground state. Plus Ridge was the first Secretary of Homeland Security.

This is as good a pick as Harriet Meirs was...

Remember Dan Quayle? He was a punchline but we elected Bush 41 anyway. It was a simpler and safer time.
Palin in those times would be funny and endearing, now she scares the hell out of me. McCain in this election has sold his soul for the White House. When he accuses Obama of putting himself first, is McCain just imputting his own motives to others? Let's all think very carefully about this election

McCains record as a senator reagarding the current national crisis cant be hidden!
Not only did McCain vote for the iraq war he was first in line, a leading advocate to push for articles of war!
McCain record regarding finacial oversight is a dude, he has is no record! 26 years of let supply side garbage,
trickle down deception which has lead to the current meltdown. No wonder is is constantly attacking Senator Obama, Mccain has nothing benevoloent to offer our broken union except attact attach attach- bomb bomb bomb- fear this fear that. Enough of the "Maverick fundementalism!" change we can beleive in- dump Mccain!

AAARRRGH! Selection of a VP candidate is the MOST important decision a presidential candidate makes during the campaign and McCain blew it!! He just wants to get elected. "Country first"...yeah right!

Thank you for standing up and voicing the thoughts of many Americans. Even if I was going to vote for McCain, I wouldn't after his selection of Palin as VP, when she is so woefully unqualified for this position. If McCain were younger and did not have a history of cancer, maybe she could fly ala Dan Quayle; however, this is not the case. Please put country first and vote for Obama/Biden!

Palin is an embarrasment to all Republicans - and more importantly all Americans. I'm sure she fooled the tiny population in Alaska after she was Mayor of a town as big as the bleachers at Fenway - but this is a whole new universe. We need to get real here and make McCain pay for his irresponsible poor judgement.

Any Republican that can still support this ticket is doing anything but putting country first.

Please is right - a great piece by Zakaria

And that was the heavily tutored Sarah Palin. Imagine if she ever had to speak off the cuff!

Right on. In his first important decision, McCain chose a running mate who may get him elected but has nothing to offer re national leadership. So..He put himself first.. Do we really want this person representing us in foreign countries? Norm Crosby made more sense and was a lot funnier. McCain, for all he has accomplished does he look and act robust enough and mentally alert to take on the job? This is a tough job anand he is and is isand

I feel very fortunate that my application for citizenship (thru marriage) to a European country has been approved. The concept of McCain and that vapid nothing Palin in charge at such a delicate time in US history scares the hell out of me. Especially after watching McCain sell his soul to Bush's campaign people (sticking to a rigid line of talking points, becoming as unavailable as possible to reporters, trying to completely distract voters from the issues by using scare tactics, i.e. "Obabma wants your guns!!!") I had respect for John McCain until he became a viable candidate, and changed the way his entire campaign was run. Right now, his campaign is being run the same way the Bush administration is - uninformed, ignorant, incredibly secretive, bullying, and full of lies intended to scare the hell out of their base. Listening to Palin is worse, as the only bit of consistency she has shown is just how much of a bully she is, that she is fond of patronage and cronyism (as mayor, she unabashedly told the assembly in her town that the very people petitioning the assembly were personal friends, and that she favored them), and that she has virtually no understanding of either economics, domestic policy, or foreign policy. How the hell did she get elected Governor, anyway? I ferverently hope they don't win the election, either by popular vote, electoral vote, or another Florida-type "win". I'd hate to give up my military career and move to Europe with my wife and family to avoid the impending McCain-Palin disaster. (Did I mention that I saw several lawn ads in my city yesterday .... with the name PALIN where McCain's usually is ... do these supporters even know that McCain is the PRESIDENTIAL candidate? His name was not on the ad at all......)

Sarah Palin's rambling, non-sensical answer to Katie Couric's question about the bailout sounds like many of my students, who write exam essays containing all the terms which they remember from the semester, but when combined don't come anywhere close to answering the question. Her responses to Couric made George W. Bush seem like Socrates.

Prior to the 1992 election, Molly Ivins wrote about George H. W. Bush (reprinted on page 137 in her book, "Nothin' but Good Times Ahead,") "The fact is that unless someone else writes a speech for him, the president of the United States sounds like a borderline moron." One wonders what Ivins would say about Sarah Pallin's unscripted performances.

Palin proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that she does not have the intellect to hold any national office.

I feel very fortunate that my application for citizenship (thru marriage) to a European country has been approved. The concept of McCain and that vapid nothing Palin in charge at such a delicate time in US history scares the hell out of me. Especially after watching McCain sell his soul to Bush's campaign people (sticking to a rigid line of talking points, becoming as unavailable as possible to reporters, trying to completely distract voters from the issues by using scare tactics, i.e. "Obabma wants your guns!!!") I had respect for John McCain until he became a viable candidate, and changed the way his entire campaign was run. Right now, his campaign is being run the same way the Bush administration is - uninformed, ignorant, incredibly secretive, bullying, and full of lies intended to scare the hell out of their base. Listening to Palin is worse, as the only bit of consistency she has shown is just how much of a bully she is, that she is fond of patronage and cronyism (as mayor, she unabashedly told the assembly in her town that the very people petitioning the assembly were personal friends, and that she favored them), and that she has virtually no understanding of either economics, domestic policy, or foreign policy. How the hell did she get elected Governor, anyway? I ferverently hope they don't win the election, either by popular vote, electoral vote, or another Florida-type "win". I'd hate to give up my military career and move to Europe with my wife and family to avoid the impending McCain-Palin disaster. (Did I mention that I saw several lawn ads in my city yesterday .... with the name PALIN where McCain's usually is ... do these supporters even know that McCain is the PRESIDENTIAL candidate? His name was not on the ad at all......)