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  • Posted By: Mr.Gomez @ 09/28/2008 4:26:38 PM

    I'll take one Sarah Palin over ten cf our current congressional leaders any day of the week.
    What's the matter, is it too scary for you to consider a fearless non-Washington un-brainwashed
    un-deviled possibly having a voice in our system? Stay scared. Cause between her and McCain,
    there's going to be a lot of people out of their cushy Washington jobs. And I'm okay with that.

    • Posted By: blackcoffee @ 09/28/2008 5:04:30 PM

      I think the GOP has tried brainwashing her, but when they looked inside her head there was only an old sock, and they said "we just can't work with this" and left her to it.

  • Posted By: Pere Ubu @ 09/28/2008 5:03:24 PM

    Gibberish or glossolalia?

    Gibberish is disconcerting enough. Glossolalia should frighten us all.

  • Posted By: Ligeiaamber @ 09/28/2008 5:00:41 PM

    I'm sure Fareed Zakaria has been called many things, but "liberal" isn't one of them. Maybe you should check the credentials of the author before you disparage him.

  • Posted By: Ron Paul For Pope @ 09/28/2008 4:54:10 PM

    Sarah Palin might have been good as a presidential candidate in 2012 or later. She could have had time to study.

    McCain could have energized the base by picking Huckabee, who's a far more experienced governor and a far better interviewee than Palin.

    McCain was irresponsible for putting up an obvious lightweight before she was ready, and putting down a heavyweight that could have helped him win.

    The Republican party will pay for it.

  • Posted By: rbrsol @ 09/28/2008 4:46:44 PM

    Wow, the liberal press is ripping her apart. At the same time giving Biden a free pass on all his gaffes. This is a good recipe for a big backfire.
    Palin can do nothing but look good at the debate while Biden is overly expected to look good.
    Hope they dont let him speak to much

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 4:52:39 PM

      The conservative press is also ripping her apart. Go a few postings down, and I list people who are to the right who are very concerned.

  • Posted By: Munki @ 09/28/2008 4:29:48 PM

    She definitely is qualified to join Fey as comedian.
    I recommend Alaska TV covering domestic and international news...
    It will give her a leading edge than being Alaska Governor...
    Thank you for giving us laughter during poor economy and financial crisis...
    We needed to get recharged for tough days...
    Please NOT in white house... YouTube, TV tube...

  • Posted By: grannygroover @ 09/28/2008 4:16:40 PM

    As ready for VP as BO is for Pres

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 4:45:56 PM

      Hey granny, why don't you look down a few postings and see what I said. If you can answer my comments, then certainly I will entertain further discussion with you.

    • Posted By: Bequette @ 09/28/2008 4:25:10 PM

      The difference between Barack and Sarah, is that Barack has the necessary knowledge. Sarah does not.

  • Posted By: gurugordon @ 09/28/2008 4:45:53 PM

    The really sad thing is that Fey didn't even need to doctor the lines - she just repeated Sarah almost word-for-word.

  • Posted By: Richard_40 @ 09/28/2008 4:43:45 PM

    Put aside Sarah Palins lies and dishonesty to the American people, This woman couldn't run the PTA. She is out of touch with society and the bunker mentality they have her under proves it. Even people in her own party are questioning her ability to be Vice President. What do people see in this woman? She gives a speech, Gives three interviews, (Two of them which were absolutely dreadful) And now Republicans say she is ready for VP. Come on.

  • Posted By: kenspitz @ 09/28/2008 4:39:13 PM

    The more I get to see and understand McCain, I get a very strong feeling that he has no deep thinking skills. There are many like him who appear to be successful and ride on a kind of "erratic behavior" most of their life. Their success has always been in standing up against something or the other....but never achieving anything other than criticism of everything around themselves.

  • Posted By: caspar56 @ 09/28/2008 4:37:01 PM

    The reason Palin is not ready is 1. she tax the oil companys and our gas prices went sky high. 2. Palin recived the money for the bridge to no where and that is why Alaska is doing so good, she gave the money to a person after she built a sports complex on half his land, also put in heated sidewalks ,on the tax payers money,

  • Posted By: Prat_24 @ 09/28/2008 4:36:28 PM

    Ahh! Finalyy the unvarnished truth!! Thanks Fareed for telling it like it is.

  • Posted By: jmdona7 @ 09/28/2008 4:36:27 PM

    Illogical reasons...hidden prejudice...gotta' laugh at the attempt to paint blatant racism as anything other than what it is...total ignorance. McCain's choice in Palin was in direct opinion that American voters are stupid...at least that is his position in choosing such an inept running mate. He did not even have the foresight to test the extent of her political knowledge, or her speaking ability (which is basically what a VP is detailed with) which; as if I needed to be...convinces me that the man is incompetent himself. I'm hearing these objections to Obama's election...the comment above talking about Obama hanging with the anti-American crowd...which one would that be...his fellow senators in Washington? his college classmates from the University he graduated Magna *** Laude from? or maybe it's the Law Program Obama served as President for... sometimes you have to ask yourself how adults can possibly be so stupid and then try to assess a person who is by far the superior intellect and try to label him unqualified...it's either mass hysteria or Americans really are as dumb as other countries think they are.

  • Posted By: Prat_24 @ 09/28/2008 4:35:37 PM

    Ahhh! Finally someone speaks the truth and eloquently>

  • Posted By: puertoArmuelles @ 09/28/2008 4:00:20 PM

    How did McCain vote on the invasion of Panama? I think that he was born there. How can an old man direct where young people should live or die for his beliefs.

  • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 4:00:07 PM

    When a campaign is grasping for straws and covering for a vice-president candidate the way McCain's camp is, something is very wrong. You don't have to be right wing or left wing. You can try bashing and trashing Obama all you want as being inexperienced. This article is not Obama, it is about Palin. So to all the Obama bashers in the web blog, why don't you address this which is relevant to Zakaria's article...

    Kathleen Parker, an early supporter of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, said Friday recent interviews have shown the Alaska governor is "out of her league" and should leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party. Parker's comments follow those by prominent conservatives David Brooks, George Will, and David Frum who have all publicly questioned Palin's readiness to be vice president.

    And the above list of conservative commentators are some of the most prominent on the right side of the spectrum. Considering the facts and the commentary of these well respected journalists posting what they did, can you still look someone in eye, knowing that Palin could become POTUS, and say without hesitation, or trepidation that she is ready right now to lead our country after seeing Couric's interview with Palin?

    And don't give the BS that Couric was hard on her. If you saw the debate, Couric's questions were easier than the ones that both McCain and Obama were given. So if you think Couric was hard, what is she going to do when she has her face-off with Biden? Case closed.

  • Posted By: mimichka07 @ 09/28/2008 3:54:16 PM

    McCain just wanted a "media friendly face" to be VP. I know it, the whole country knows it.

  • Posted By: grannygroover @ 09/28/2008 3:12:53 PM

    This is what happens when our politicians don't hire a speech writer! If she is VP she will have to put up with a lot of crooked, old-timers in DC---and wht the H don't we find some more negative items about her?! Hey, WHERE is Biden & Michelle? If she wants to be first lady, she better learn some etiquette so as to be out-and-about.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 3:53:10 PM

      Kathleen Parker, an early supporter of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, said Friday recent interviews have shown the Alaska governor is "out of her league" and should leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party. Parker's comments follow those by prominent conservatives David Brooks, George Will, and David Frum who have all publicly questioned Palin's readiness to be vice president.

      And the above list of conservative commentators are some of the most prominent on the right side of the spectrum. Considering the facts and the commentary of these well respected journalists posting what they did, can you still look someone in eye, knowing that Palin could become POTUS, and say without hesitation, or trepidation that she is ready right now to lead our country after seeing Couric's interview with Palin?

      And don't give the BS that Couric was hard on her. If you saw the debate, Couric's questions were easier than the ones that both McCain and Obama were given. So if you think Couric was hard, what is she going to do when she has her face-off with Biden? Case closed.

  • Posted By: mccainsupporter @ 09/28/2008 2:19:28 PM

    John McCain is an avid reader and is known for rereading many works of his favorite authors. The favorite author of John McCain is Herman Wouk who has written The Winds of War, War and Remembrance, and the Caine Mutiny. Wouk served as an executive Naval officer aboard a minesweeper during War War II and used that experience in forming the character of Captain Queeg in the Caine Mutiny. Victor Henry the main character in Winds of War and War and Remembrance was a naval officer who became a confidant both to FDR and Harry Truman. FDR and Harry Truman went outside the normal channels of military command and relied on Victor Henry for straight talk advice on how to approach Russia and Germany and Japan prior and during World War II. John McCain sees himself as the Victor Henry character who was a realist in foreign policy and understood the nuances of war and foreign policy better than anyone. John McCain is a realist and more knowledgeable about foreign policy than either Joe Biden or Barack Obama due to his experiences and also just growing up as the son and grandson of Navy admirals. Barack Obama and Joe Biden have no military background between them and do not even have the background to know who to connect with to get straight back channel information. Barack Obama and Joe Biden lack the knowledge to even ask the right questions even if they could line up a current day Pug Henry commander to give them the straight scoop. Herman Wouk wove history into his novels. There is saying that those who do not know history are doomed to repeat history. John McCain knows history and has lived it and will use that knowledge to guide the United States through the tough challenges that we face in the war on terror, radical Islam and a resurgent Russia.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 3:52:18 PM

      Kathleen Parker, an early supporter of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, said Friday recent interviews have shown the Alaska governor is "out of her league" and should leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party. Parker's comments follow those by prominent conservatives David Brooks, George Will, and David Frum who have all publicly questioned Palin's readiness to be vice president.

      And the above list of conservative commentators are some of the most prominent on the right side of the spectrum. Considering the facts and the commentary of these well respected journalists posting what they did, can you still look someone in eye, knowing that Palin could become POTUS, and say without hesitation, or trepidation that she is ready right now to lead our country after seeing Couric's interview with Palin?

      And don't give the BS that Couric was hard on her. If you saw the debate, Couric's questions were easier than the ones that both McCain and Obama were given. So if you think Couric was hard, what is she going to do when she has her face-off with Biden?

      This article is about Palin. Case closed.

  • Posted By: mccainsupporter @ 09/28/2008 2:18:17 PM

    I watched a Sunday news show and noted the general disdain by the ABC Roundtable regarding John McCain statements regarding Governor Sarah Palin foreign policy credentials as a Governor of Alaska. Everyone thought that comment was funny and there was no basis to support it. How does ABC news reconcile that position with Governor Rick Perry of Texas standing up to President George Bush and World Court opposition to the execution of Mexican nationals who did not have an opportunity to see their Mexican consul. Governor Rick Perry and the State of Texas ignored Bush and the World Court and went ahead and executed the Mexican national convicted of capital murder. In so doing the Governor of Texas conducted an amazing foreign policy that contradicted the official foreign policy of the United States. State criminal law statutes trump federal law and international law. States along the Mexican border such as Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and California have had to deal with economic and immigration issues and relations with Mexico on a day to day basis. Those Southern governors do have foreign policy experience. ABC news reporters display their ignorance when they do not recognize the intimacy that exists between states and countries on their border such as Mexico and Russia. The distance to Mexico City from Austin Texas is closer than to Washington DC. On issues ranging from increased trade and international investment, the war on drugs, border security, to immigration, to extradition of fugitives from foreign countries, states are involved in relations with foreign countries. While Washington pontificates and studies issues for decades, states are forced to come up with their own solutions in relations with neighboring countries. Sarah Palin???s experience as Governor of Alaska is relevant foreign policy experience.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 3:51:37 PM

      Kathleen Parker, an early supporter of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, said Friday recent interviews have shown the Alaska governor is "out of her league" and should leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party. Parker's comments follow those by prominent conservatives David Brooks, George Will, and David Frum who have all publicly questioned Palin's readiness to be vice president.

      And the above list of conservative commentators are some of the most prominent on the right side of the spectrum. Considering the facts and the commentary of these well respected journalists posting what they did, can you still look someone in eye, knowing that Palin could become POTUS, and say without hesitation, or trepidation that she is ready right now to lead our country after seeing Couric's interview with Palin?

      And don't give the BS that Couric was hard on her. If you saw the debate, Couric's questions were easier than the ones that both McCain and Obama were given. So if you think Couric was hard, what is she going to do when she has her face-off with Biden? Case closed.

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