Palin Is Ready? Please.

McCain made his bed, so to speak, and now he must "lie" on it.

On the Saturday Night Live skit, Tina Fey seemed to me to be going too far in her rambling answer to the question about the $700 billion bailout--until I read the transcript of the actual Couric interview and saw that Fey was simply repeating most of what Palin actually said! Good grief! This woman cannot be allowed anywhere near the White House--her presidency would be the final chapter of the Comedy of Errors begun by the disastrous W. presidency. Americans could never show their faces in the international arena again, and the entire country would be left to wander all over the place, like one of Sarah Palin's answers.

My Dear Fareed Zakaria,

Why do you hate America? (sarcasm)

Well said! How do we get the Republicans and Independents in the swing states to read the article.. comprehend it and then act on it.. by putting the country.. not the party ideology first... Just as Hank and George W. are trying to bail ouit Wall Street even if the very idea of baiul out goes against what conservstism stands for.. These are turning points in America and we need a VP (possibly President #45) who understands the gravity of the situation beyond cue cards....

Dear President Bush:


Too %*$%*&?@?!#! BAD...

President Bush Quote:

"If it were possible to let every irresponsible firm on Wall Street fail without affecting your family, I would do it," Bush said in his weekly radio address. "But that is not possible. The failure of the financial system would mean financial hardship for many of you."


Too %@$%*&?#?! BAD...

LET THEM ALL FAIL ANYWAY. DAMN THE TORPEDOES AND THE FEAR-MONGERING RHETORIC.

IF YOU DON'T CLEAN THIS MESS UP NOW, IT WILL SIMPLY RETURN IN A YEAR OR TWO OR FIVE.

NOW IS THE TIME TO KICK THEIR BUTTS ONCE AND FOR ALL.

DEMAND THAT ALL OF THE FIRMS IN QUESTION FIRE EVERY LAST PREVIOUS EXECUTIVE AND START OVER.

IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD, IRRESPONSIBLE AND SOCIALISTIC THAT YOU WOULD EVEN CONSIDER THIS HUGE BAILOUT.

HISTORY WILL JUDGE YOU VERY HARSHLY, INDEED, IF THIS ACTUALLY GOES THROUGH.

AND YES, I FOR ONE AM HAPPY TO DEAL WITH THE RESULTING CREDIT-SHORTAGE, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, RECESSION, DEPRESSION, OR ETC.

AT LEAST WE CAN HAVE THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING THAT JUSTICE AND FAIRNESS HAVE FINALLY BEEN SERVED, REGARDLESS OF THE CONSEQUENCES.



Thank you for initiating and supporting a Plan that is more like a Parent disciplining a Spoiled Child than it is like a Captive paying a Ransom Demand!!

THE BAILOUT SHOULD BE ZERO DOLLARS AND A HUGE AMOUNT OF TOUGH NEW OVERSIGHTS AND REGULATIONS.


An outraged citizen,

Marty Stouffer
Colorado

970-925-3033

P.S. Speaking of Embarrassments. Your "Warning Speech" last week about this Financial Crisis looked so much like your 2003 "Warning Speech" regarding the misbegotten War in Iraq that it was absolutely embarrassing... So, speaking of Firings, you should also fire your Speech Writers.

Mr. Zakaria,

Bravo!!! An excellent, objective, and comprehensive analysis of the breadth of issues that expose the true the extent to which one loves country, and puts country first. Thanks. Gashu

Mr. Zakaria I enjoy your CNN show as well. You are very fair in regards to Palin. I wonder what shinanicans McCain is going to be pulling this coming week in time for the VP debate. My guess is that the Repulicans will replace her with Mitt Romney at the last minute and say she has "family" issues to deal with and it will be Biden and Romney. So Biden prepare for this one. If McCain does do this it will show his lack of judgement again. If Palin does show, my guess is that she will come out swinging with garbage that does not pertain to any issues because Rove will have coached her that way. And Biden should spare no sympathy for her. He should let her have it.

I'm from the Philippines and, trust me, we love Americans! We think greatly of them. We even often allow ourselves to be duped by them. We think America is best country in the world. We often wished we've had election debates and great Presidents like the US. Even (both) George Bushes are better than our last two presidents. But, boy, if you dimwits elect McCain and the chick, damn, you'll have sunk way too low.

John McCain selected Sarah Palin for her pretty face and coiffure to draw women votes, and for her NRA support to solidify the support of rednecks. Add to that the lipstick on the pitbull, and her VP qualifications chart will be complete and ready for the waste basket.

But McCain is a stiff character, and he never really wanted a partner in leadership. But he had to take a VP, and he had chosen one that will meekly serve him and do errands without ever be allowed to play any political role. If McCain is elected, Sara Palin will be just a decorative vice president.

That's normal in republican sub-species like George Bush and John McCain. George Bush told his cabinet: "I don't have to explain to you how I think. I am the president. You explain to me how you think."
John McCain would likely tell his cabinet: "I don't care how you think. I am the president; I have decades of service in congress, I am a war veteran, and my opinions are not negotiable. And if you feel uncomfortable with my views you don't belong on this table." That is certainly worse that Joseph Stalin who never started any meeting with his views, but who was standing up and walking around the cabinet table listening to one by one opinions of his ministers. And when all the ministers had finished, he told them whose opinion was
the best, and the one to be adapted and acted upon. McCain as president will mean one opinion -his-
in his government. In George Bush tenure, there was also one opinion - Richard Cheney- that mattered.

We know by now that former Secretary of State Collin Powell couldn't even call president Bush for consultation on serious foreign policy issues. He had to call Mrs. Rice to set an appointment for a phone call with the president! Given Powell's career, prestige, and marginalization to the lowest status on the Bush cabinet, and given Palin's laughing stock credentials, I don't see how Sarah Palin's VP position can be anything more than a cosmetic one. Her limited knowledge, and her apparent wide ignorance on national and international issues -as her public interviews have revealed - are therefore irrelevant. Nikos Retsos, retired academic

The smart thing for the McCain campaign to do is ask Tina Fey to "play" Sarah Palin in the debate-- she would have a much easier time holding her own with Biden that way, and most of America probably wouldn't know. What are the odds they cancel it rather than make her go through with it?

Sarah Palin should do a lot more interviews. Then we can all see just how unqualified she is for any national office.
But, then again, we all saw how bad a choice George W. was from day one, and he was elected and re-elected.
The American people have a habit of making the worst possible choice. McCain is a shoo-in.

If Sarah Palin keeps doing interviews we will see just how bad a choice she is for any national ticket.
But, then again, we saw just how bad George W, was from day one, and he was elected and re-elected.
The American people have a habit of making the worst possible choices. McCain will be a shoo-in.

Mrs. Palin, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.