Palin Is Ready? Please.

To call Obama a Socialist is to demonstrate ignorance. If you think Sarah is 'just like you" then you believe you are qualified to be President and that you have the talent, education and temprament to act as the CEO of the largest corporation in the history of the world. Wow, I'm impressed.

John McCain is a perfect and embarrassing example of the "Peter Principle," where one rises to their level of incompetency. Apparently he belived Palin's selection was a "coup," maybe a "coup de theatre." As a registered independent in McCain's state of Arizona it was his "coup de grace."

Sen. McCain I really thought that you love your country. I believe that you love yourself and your ambition to becme president more than your country. How can you pick a person who does not know anything about foreign policy and economy. ENOUGH!!!

Not since MIss South Carolina came up with that innane answer that they played for days, have i heard anything more ridiculous. She makes the answer Miss Carolina gave sound like it came from a Rhodes Scholar. i would be ashamed to say I supported her because of the bad reflection it would have on me. I don't want people thinking i'm a brainless airhead, who is too stupid to know how dumb I am. But if that does't bother you, go for it. It's a free country.

It is refreshing that someone of your caliber would get it right and say so. You are the best interviewer I have seen in years and I am 74. McCain really blew it big time! She is so far out of her league it is absolutely pathetic. No way did McCain put country first. Keep up your great honest reporting, putting truth ahead of all else. Anna Crist

For wdn64:

It is STUNNING that you believe what you are saying is "campaigning"...just STUNNING.

But what is even more stunning is that you are sincere...

Many Republicans unwavering support of Palin shows that they'd support anyone as long as they were running for the Republican party. McCain could have went to the local zoo and selected a meerkat as a running mate and the Republicans would still support his choice and pretend like it's fully qualified.

Sarah from what I know of her and what she has said or her views, I don't think she's a good person at all, then again McCain, Obama & Biden aren't very smart either and for voting for the $700 Billion WALL STREET BAILOUT, they should step down from the senate and drop out of the presidental race, due to there lack of leadership ability

Dear Fareed, I have always been very impressed with your very insightful, fair and balanced analysis over the years since you started with Newsweek several years ago. I have also watched some of your CNN interveiws and look forward to more. So a big thank you and keep doing ir right.

About Sarah Palin, are you suer she is that bad? Isn't it too early to judge her? Most VPs and Presidents have little or no experience before they won the election so why is Palin exceptionally poor? I don't get it.

wailun.ng@hotmail.com
Shanghai, China

This is too funny.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27015517#27015517

How can so many citizens be willing to place in such a powerful position a person who cannot demonstrate even a basic understand of how our system works, of the world in which we live or of the processes by which we came to be here?

Before some of the readers here accuse me of being a ???Northeastern Liberal Elitist??? (which I would frankly take as a complement), know that I grew up in rural Tennessee, was raised in the Southern Baptist church and was elated to be a staunch supporter of Ronal Regan when he ran for president.

The Honorable Governor seemed only to be able to name a single Supreme Court decision ??? one which we she wants desperately to overturn, and yet she seems to have not the slightest idea how that decision came to be, who was involved, or anything else about it, or the court.

I believe in freedom of religion. Yes, that also means freedom from religion, should one so choose. Anything else at all is state sponsorship of religion, and that is very clearly prohibited in the Constitution of the United States .. you know, that musty, 221 old document that somehow seems to get in the way of people trying to place their own agenda ahead of the welfare of our nation as a whole.

Had I needed another reason to be horrified of Governor Palin assuming power in this country (McCain may be healthy now but 8 years is a long time), her apparent assertion that she believes that human beings co-existed with dinosaurs is enough. Apparently millions of people also believe this, and they are voters. Come one people .. are you serious?

Unfortunately, I know the answer to that question already. Yes, they are serious. That frightens me far more than she does.

Senator Biden clearly won the debate with his knowledge of both, our nation's economic and foreign policy problems. He answered the questions millions of Americans woryy about, while Gov. Palin chose to cheerlead her way out of her questions and throw in winks and sassyness to make up for her lack of knowledge on both the economy and War in Iraq.

I thought Gwen Ifill was rather conciliatory to Ms. Palin during the debate. Ms. Ifill could have asked the candiates about their views on Evolution, Stem-cell research, Sex Education, as well as abortion, but she chose not to do so. Can you imagine Palin saying how she doesn't believe in Darwin's The Origin of Species, research to hlep cure cancer and other diseases, educating teens about teen pregnancy and STD's, and denying women access to the day-after pill, and termination of an unwanted pregnancy??? The McCain campaign talks about the government not being involved in a universal-type health care initiative because they don't want to interfere with "the doctor-patient relationship", but it's already tainted by corporate HMOs who dictate the quality of care that one receives, and interfering with possible cures for medical diseases, and denying a woman the right to an abortion, even after being raped is an absolute intrusion into a person's life. The government should not have that right. The other Palin and her radical views was slowly shoved into the closet and kept out of view from the American people last Thursday night. ms. Palin is not qualified to be VP on many accounts, not just based on her ignorance about the economy and foreign policy......It's time for Obama & Biden to take over leadership in the White House.

Can't hide from the press and be ready to lead. How can you be effective vp not talking and showing the American people you can finish a thought. McCain will continue to bleed until his run for presidency is dead.