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  • Posted By: ridewind @ 09/28/2008 2:01:39 AM

    So Margaret Thatcher must have been the most ill-qualified Prime Minister of all time! Since she has a 'thin' resume too when she ran for it.
    The Dem's have played this 'experience' card way too much. Because if you really want someone with a proper and longest resume for the job of President then it will never be Obama or Mccain or Biden or Palin. And certainly not even those political reporters who have not once neegotiated any deals before.

    For a moment , think about why Regan or Jimmy Carter did make a good President. Just plain luck? No it is because someone in the highest office believe in the good old American values. Think about what the great Henry Ford said, " I need not be expert in accounting, sales or engineering. I just get the best people to work for me. I made decisions."

    Sure Palin may not have the best resume. But frankly, I just do not see Obama represent the right values. Throughout the Dem campaign , the chameleon tactics he used and even when he is nominated , he did not unify his own party at all and just wishing other key democrats to do this unifying job for him? What kind of President is needed? One who just debate for the sake. Frankly what has he really be responsible before this 2 years campaign. He has waged the most expensive most tedious campaign of times and yet left his own party highly divided.

    It is OK that one does not support Palin but to argue based on experience alone is getting the election priorities plain wrong.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 4:00:24 AM

      There are two arguments that I see you are saying. One is values, and the other is experience.-

      I would seriously wonder,with your arguments with the events currently happening in the world whether or not Thatcher would qualify, or anyone else would meet the experience standard that you are presenting, Values cannot be argued either one way or the other, because, like a person who is pregnant, every person has a different set of values, with no two people matching exactly.

      I think the point that Zakaria is trying to make, and several prominent people on the right side of the spectrum, that Palin is not ready to become POTUS this moment. Its like when a person raises to the level of their incompetency and they don't move from there on the job. It becomes scary at least to me that at a moment notice she could be POTUS and sound the way she did with the Couric interview.

      I think the more Palin is vetted by the public and press, the experience factor will keep biting her. If Obama did what she did, I would say he is out of his league too. However, after watching the debate, and reading the transcript of the debate, I would not say that Obama has reached his level of incompetency. You cannot compare a Harvard constitutional lawyer and graduate to someone who graduates from the Abe Lincoln school of law which is an accredited college too. I think there is that much difference between the her and him.

  • Posted By: nofiratu @ 09/28/2008 3:54:36 AM

    This election is about FAR bigger things than some bimbo from Alaska...

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9IFrhDRZnE

  • Posted By: PS Alaska @ 09/28/2008 3:28:17 AM

    As an Alaskan, I am glad that people have become aware of our Governor's lack of depth on many issues. While she has been Governor for less than two years she has racked up enough ethicical lapses to make her fit in quite well in Washington. We do not have a good record of picking honest politicians here (see Ted Stevens, Don Young, Frank Murkowski) and the rest of the country is getting a feel for how bad we have done. I find it funny when, I here how Governor Palin has cleeaned up Alaska. The feds have had to do that. As I said to my wife when her proposed nomination was announced, I still say today, "what was John McCain thinking? I thought he was better than this pick.

  • Posted By: SimonSez @ 09/28/2008 2:32:26 AM

    marksgershenson - you are annoying with your copy-paste skills. Very childish and unprofessional.

    • Posted By: RichardBrodie @ 09/28/2008 3:12:42 AM

      I thoroughly agree with you, Simon. And in addition to the annoyance factor, the sheer volume of repetitive text this guy adds to the blog makes a significant contribution to the increasingly long delay time between submitting a comment and returning to a fully refreshed screen. It's too ba he cannot see how offensive this practice of his is.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 2:36:01 AM

      I don't enjoy having to repeat myself by typing everything out everytime. That is why copy and paste works beautifully. I was taught to work smart, not hard. There, I did not copy and paste my remarks to you.

      • Posted By: SimonSez @ 09/28/2008 2:49:30 AM

        Well, just imagine if EVERYONE starts doing that - showing off their copy/paste skills. Defeats the purpose of a forum. Effectively it's same as going to a news website, and it drowns out others' opinions (which I think is what you really were trying to do - just a hunch).

        • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 3:09:26 AM

          Nah, look at my comments below with our Biden discusssion and you will see that I have many original thoughts under your postings too...I may provoke, buy never to hurt, only to expand conversation in a meaningful way. And when I do discuss Joe Biden, see my remarks below, you will understand where I come from too. When a person posts reasonably, I do too, and I love to entertain and expand my growth. I have learned many perspectives on issues. For the first time in my life, I have become involved with politics and trying to understand what and why positions are taken. :-) Now if you can convince my family of this, you will win a double gold star. Thanks :-)

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 2:40:07 AM

      And btw, there are some beautiful writings and quotations that are cited all the time by copy and pasting. At least I will cite my sources of information which help people make their own call to whatever I post. I find it funny that I have not copied and pasted anything to you. Perhaps I should because Simon says I did so...LOL. :-)

  • Posted By: RJ876 @ 09/28/2008 3:07:49 AM

    Finally, finally, someone had to yell that that emperor had no clothes. Thank you Zakaria. You are the only one in the mainstream media to have a pair.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 3:12:35 AM

      Here are some people on the right side of the spectrum who also agrees with Zakaria....

      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.

  • Posted By: SimonSez @ 09/28/2008 2:06:20 AM

    Biden's doosies:
    - http://news.spreadit.org/biden-wheelchairchuck-graham-biden-stand-up-video/

    ???Chuck, stand up, let the people see you.???

    This is the best VP Obama can pick? Even he admitted that Hillary would have been better.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 2:13:11 AM

      I say Biden is giving Hillary the highest form of compliment. So what if he said that?

      • Posted By: SimonSez @ 09/28/2008 2:18:55 AM

        Yeah - right. You don't think Biden was after Hillary's supporters? Plus, admitting you are not the best qualified VP candidate is the ultimate gesture that you lack the cahones to be one. Why don't he just step down for the good of the party if he is not the best VP candidate?

        • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 2:28:50 AM

          Regardless if he is the best or not will not make many people change their vote. Most elections are based on the primary candidate, not their VP choice. I think it is quite ironic that he would have made that remark. However, his remark in the context of his remark alone I don't think will change people's minds about who to vote for this election. Too many bigger issues are involved besides Biden sounding like a jerk, which is part of his history.

          • Posted By: SimonSez @ 09/28/2008 2:42:46 AM

            So it's OK for a bona-fide jerk to back up an inexperienced executive for the most powerful position? Just about everything on Iraq, he was on the opposite side of Obama. I don't see how an entrenched politician fits his "change" image. Obama's words deeply contrasted his actions - and that is worrisome b/c no one will know what his exact intentions are.

            • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 3:00:29 AM

              See Biden is a double edge sword. His heart like my daughter is always trying to say the right things, but for some very odd reason, ends up saying off the wall commeents. Its not for lack of intelligence either.

              Its like this example that happened to me today, I said to my daughter, the literal meaning of sarcasm is tearing flesh. My daughter, who will be transferring as a Junior to one of the prominent UC schools thought I was off the wall, and gave me a laundry list definition of what she learned in her philosophy class.

              My daughter as smart as she is sounded like what Biden does and did not listen to what I said, and instead rattled off the definitions of the word without hearing what I said. She thought I was the biggest jerk because of not listening, because she was thinking a mile ahead of our discussion.

              I think Biden has the same problem. His head is a mile ahead of the pack, and when he becomes ADD like my daughter, will come up with an answer that is not relevant to the discussion. I am not trying to make excuses for him or my daughter. Rather that many people who are smart have this issue. I can also be guilty too. Must be hereditary....LOL

  • Posted By: speaktruthtopwr @ 09/28/2008 2:52:03 AM

    Thank you thank you Mr Zakaria for speaking the truth about this insulting absurdity of a 'candidate'... I squirm in my seat out of embarrasement for her every time she opens her mouth and the gibberish flows out... I pray God will put her out of her misery and save us all from this 'twilight zone' of current political madness.

  • Posted By: speaktruthtopwr @ 09/28/2008 2:50:49 AM

    Thank you thank you Mr Zakaria for speaking the truth about this insulting absurdity of a 'candidate'... I squirm in my seat out of embarrasement for her every time she opens her mouth and the gibberish flows out... I pray God will put her out of her misery and save us all from this 'twilight zone' of current political maddness.

  • Posted By: TravelFoxes @ 09/27/2008 4:01:29 PM

    We love Palin.
    We think someone with the right outlook is what is needed to be Vice President.
    I totally agree with her on the economy, unlike you, I do have an earned doctorate and I have taught economics and I perfectly comprehended what Plain said in answer to Katie Couric.






    • Posted By: TravelFoxes @ 09/27/2008 4:05:01 PM

      AND in response to Katie Couric asking Palin what OTHER regulations other than Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac did McCain author/support...well Katie...the basic economic premise is free market. Regulation is costly to administer..and is oppressive on business. So I for am, would be very happy to learn McCain supported no other legislation. Well intentioned legislation is onerous.pensions,

      • Posted By: ShockedAndAwed @ 09/27/2008 4:10:19 PM

        And clearly the lack of regulation has served us well with respect to the financial markets. I think you should put your 'earned' doctorate back in the cereal box from which it came.

        • Posted By: tommers @ 09/28/2008 2:43:34 AM

          And whether you are against or for regulation, it's clear that McCain has been against it and that any attempts to hide this fact are false. Maybe's it's unfair that American voters wouldn't be able to take a long view and say more regulation would have been good in this case, but either way, McCain is being disingenuous if he implies that he's been supportive of the regulations that might have prevented this crisis.
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      • Posted By: yaltafeet @ 09/27/2008 4:43:19 PM

        Yeah, it really is ridiculous to apply laws to corporations to prevent the self-destructive feeding frenzies like the one that's about to cost tax payers 7 billion. FYI, that's not chump change, and you might want to consider that when whining about costly regulations that provide the basic order that keeps the entire US economy from collapsing.

    • Posted By: madisonhack @ 09/27/2008 10:10:28 PM

      You must be mad as a hatter, just like your candidate. Incidentally - how does Palin's view of the Earth's 6000 year history and her belief that dinosaur bones were planted here by the devil to fool us square with your doctoral degree. You didn't take out loans for that education, I hope.

    • Posted By: geisler @ 09/27/2008 7:58:28 PM

      further proof, as if it was necessary, that ideology trumps reason and common sense, especially in matters of religion. if what you are saying is true, a doctorate?! then the rest of us are merely abject morons whose concern for country is as misplaced as our recognition of palin's economic acumen is unnecessary.

    • Posted By: robgarneau @ 09/27/2008 5:10:34 PM

      If you're being honest, and I'll assume you are for the sake of this discussion, it begs the question: what is in the genes of the radical Christian right that you don't see through the phoniness of people like Palin, when it seems so transparent to the rest of us. She joins a long list: Tammy Faye Baker, Jerry Falwell, Ted Haggard, Larry Craig, George W. Bush and all the other self-righteous frauds who claim to be something they are not and whose hypocritical ways are all eventually exposed.

    • Posted By: yaltafeet @ 09/27/2008 4:38:14 PM

      So you are saying that her answers were perfectly normal, lucid and coherent, rather than unrestrained babbling points? I would not be so bold as to wed my sense of intellectual self-respect to that. Any critique of her interview that doesn't involve the word "moron" is pretty generous.

    • Posted By: yaltafeet @ 09/27/2008 4:37:51 PM

      So you are saying that her answers were perfectly normal, lucid and coherent, rather than unrestrained babbling points? I would not be so bold as to wed my sense of intellectual self-respect to that. Any critique of her interview that doesn't involve the word "moron" is pretty generous.

    • Posted By: cappia @ 09/27/2008 4:37:15 PM

      No one believes you. And, if for some reason I am wrong, you should be allowed a complete refund of your tuition.

  • Posted By: RoddyPine @ 09/28/2008 12:49:17 AM

    Please the only readon the fist grader, elitist, no-position, no-value obama is a contender if because of the biggets cover up on history you guys have done on the most inexperience , comunist candiate EVER. This is looking more and more as a tipical third wolrd country corrupted election.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 12:56:51 AM

      Why don't you answer my reply? Why doesn't anyone answer to my argument? Pretty tough cast of characters that I have brought to your attention that are not leftist at all.

      • Posted By: RichardBrodie @ 09/28/2008 1:08:12 AM

        Comment: "I have asked this question a multitude of times"

        Yeah and the first time was one too many.

        Quit spamming this board. This is a discussion board for people who don't appreciate someone who pastes the same unresponsive crap to every comment.

        You are just plain rude, I have reported abuse and I hope they kick you off:

        "This person is spamming the board by pasting the same comment, in his own words 'a multitude of times' in response to nearly every comment. Please remove all but one ocurrence, and ban him from further participation."

        • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 1:23:29 AM

          Dear Mr. Brodie: It is okay to say a reply even if it is a repeat reply to as many people as long as the commentary is relevant to the discussion at hand. Spamming would be if I went to every person on the board and posting my reply to anyone that either agreed or disagreed with my position.

          However sir, my replies have only been to people who have made outrageous allegations, off the wall comments about the reality of what Zakaria has posted. I have not been kicked off of posting at Newsweek for the last six months, nor will I be for expressing an opposite opinion of what a fellow blogger may have said. I have not used foul language, abusive language or any language that would be consider threatening or harming anyone.

          • Posted By: RichardBrodie @ 09/28/2008 2:40:20 AM

            Mr. Gershenson, you can try to justify your boorish behaviour all you want, but the fact is you are being just plain rude, and frankly insufferably arrogant. What it says, when you repeat the identical comment over and over again in a short period of time, is that you think your wisdom is so far superior to everyone else's that it merits being plastered like graffiti all over the place. Plus it interrupts the flow of spontaneous dialogue. You just need to learn some basic internet etiquette.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 12:52:32 AM

      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 debates last night, 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: davem1 @ 09/28/2008 1:57:00 AM

    I disagree that Palin is not qualified to be the Vice President of the United States. She is eminently qualified to live the American Dream. Isn't that the American Dream, that everyone no matter how less educated, or how vacuous in outlook, or how scarce the accomplishments can one day be outstandingly successful. George W. Bush who fulfills all the above criteria has lived the American Dream, and Sarah Palin is the definitely most qualified to follow in his footsteps.

    • Posted By: peterhg @ 09/28/2008 2:38:33 AM

      This seems to imply that there is now something seriously wrong with the American Dream?

    • Posted By: akselx @ 09/28/2008 2:11:14 AM

      Yes, it is the notion of the American Dream that you can rise to the top by your own ability. I think that is Zakariah's point here--not that she shouldn't be able to reach it, but that in this case, in all actuality, she appears clueless about the largest issues. Since we have heard very little from her actually enunciating policy positions as her time is apparantly too important to let her be interviewed in any substantial way, we have to fill in the blanks ourselves.

  • Posted By: feelingu317 @ 09/28/2008 2:38:12 AM

    McCain is stuck in a time trap, has a condescending attitude, spews way too much emotional rhetoric and made a bad choice in his pick of Sarah Palin. He will not be good for this country. I'm definitely voting for Obama.

  • Posted By: Mary E @ 09/27/2008 3:16:23 PM

    Palin is stumbling because she is clueless, plain and simple. She is way out of her league. I was very saddened that McCain chose her as a running mate. Since he is older and has had cancer several times, I
    am very worried for our country. Palin is not ready to lead this country. Add this to her unwillingness to admit her mistakes or come clean with her record in Alaska, makes her a very dangerous pick for VP.

    • Posted By: mylo @ 09/27/2008 10:59:22 PM

      Have you every heard Barack Hussein Obama without his teleprompter?? uh, uh, er, uh, uh, uh oh yea," I have been in 57 states and have one more to go" - Oh yea, lets make him president and maybe his on the job training will teach him there are only 50 states - Lots of intellect there!

      • Posted By: tommers @ 09/28/2008 2:37:00 AM

        Yes, I heard him last night and he and John McCain were incredibly knowledgeable, articulate, and well-considered on their differing opinions. Sarah Palin's understanding of international and national issue is compared to either of these candidates who are not afraid to be interviewed and don't spout gibberish when they are interviewed.

  • Posted By: feelingu @ 09/28/2008 2:36:45 AM

    McCain is stuck in a time trap, has a condescending attitude, spews way too much emotional rhetoric and made a bad choice in his pick of Sarah Palin. He will not be good for this country. I'm definitely voting for Obama.

  • Posted By: benvolio @ 09/28/2008 2:14:45 AM

    The amount of trash Zakaria keeps being pelted with for speaking nothing but the truth on Sarah Palin's sheer incompetence is getting unbearable. Gloom will greet the United States should a President McCain become incapacitated in office and the reins be turned over to her. The thought is creepy enough to make you turn to ... ,yes, God.

    • Posted By: Cazador1972 @ 09/28/2008 2:20:25 AM


      That's their attack line; not defending Palin for her knowledge, because she clearly never did her homework, but attacking the messenger. So they reduce Fareed to a "Muslim" who should "go back to his country."

      • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 2:31:29 AM

        Ignore Concerned Canadian. If you buy into his/her bs, he/she wins. CC has posted outrageous remarks forever in Newsweek blogs. CC pops in every now and then to shock people. Once somebody like myself calls him/her out of his/her bs, its over with. Now watch because I said this, CC will post all over the place. I don't want to "jinx my words"

  • Posted By: Sepigoth @ 09/28/2008 2:29:17 AM

    As one commenter on the CBS sight put it.. Palin would be one melanoma away from the Presidency. McCain is old, has had cancer three times, he may claim to be a maverick, but a spring chicken he isn't. The thought of Palin as President should frighten the hell out of you.

  • Posted By: SimonSez @ 09/27/2008 10:09:20 PM

    I'm willing to bet that if Palin had ran in the Dem Primary, she would have beaten the Big Mouth

    • Posted By: Cazador1972 @ 09/27/2008 10:26:06 PM


      I am willing to bet that Palin wouldn't have survived the primaries process for EITHER campaign.

      Let's see how Republicans treat her in 2012 when she runs for the Republican candidacy.

      • Posted By: SimonSez @ 09/27/2008 11:19:27 PM

        Perhaps ... but she would have done a WHOLE lot better than the 2-time loser. Even after 30 years in the Senate, he came in LAST!

        • Posted By: Cazador1972 @ 09/28/2008 2:24:13 AM

          You don't get it, she's not ready! This ain't a high school popularity contest, this is about selecting the best prepared person for the highest office in the land. Palin is FAR from being that person.

  • Posted By: Lamu @ 09/28/2008 1:50:53 AM

    Please do not compare Palin to Obama or former president Clinton. It is true that former president client Clinton did not have foreign policy experience when he first ran for office in 1992, but lets face it, it was clear as hell the man was an intellect to the core. He was out campaigning and was not hiding from the press, he won the american public over and hence was nominated by this party! Fast forward to 2008 Sentor Obama sits on the foreign relations committe in congress, and he has worked on internation policy....again like former president Clinton he has campaigned all over the country, and won his party's nomination,....again he is very well educated and is an intellectual to core.... if you doubt you should have watched the debate last night! Both Clinton and Obama went to ivy league schools, and proved to have excellent leadership skills and the capability to inspire millions of people. In contrast Gov. Palin cannot articulate 2 sentences, she is confused by simple issues, I could have done way better on that Kate Couric interview and i am not qualified to be vp. Gov. Palin lacks the intellect, the broadview of the world and is completely clueless! I too am a republican but I don't just take what I am told, I research and I listen to different view points, I also used to get those ignorant hateful rightwinger emails claiming Obama is a muslim an arab, and a bunch of garbage. Just by research I was able to find out that all that was garbabe being peddled by hate mongers who fail to see that the world is changing fast and with or without them america is about to turn the page and be the leader of the world in the 21st century. Selecting Gov. Palin is an insult to americans, what is the problem for them is republicans like myself will not vote for McCain, he is not the leader this country needs at this time in history. His time has passed him and I hope he looses by a landslide. Americans must make a statement and I believe they will. Most of my republican friends are crossing over to vote for the Obama/Biden ticket. What is at stake for this country is too great for McCain to make a mockery out of the presidency. Yes, he is 72yrs, with a history of cancer and it is likely he may die in office. He made a mockery of the american people, we are not buying the spin because we are not stupid!

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 2:07:53 AM

      I wish I could plagiarize what you said and post it a thousand plus times. Congrats on what I wish I could say as eloquently as what you said with your writing. Great Job! :-)

  • Posted By: EatWildFish @ 09/28/2008 2:07:15 AM

    Will Sarah Palin be quizzed by the media about her relationship with Witch Doctor/Pastor Muthee -- similar to the media interest over Obama/Rev. Wright and McCain/Rev. Hegge??

    Just three months ago Palin was at her Wasilla Assembly of God church gushing about how Pastor Muthee was 'so bold' and 'cool.'

    The Associated Press ran a story Palin/Pastor Muthee on Friday -- it said Muthee is 'revered by evangelicals' and that in May his teachings inspired the slaughter of 300 'suspected witches' in Africa - their throaths were slashed before the bodies were burned. This was in the AP -- not some tabloid!!! Palin needs to explain her devotion to this pastor.

    Will Sarah Palin be quizzed by the media about her relationship with Witch Doctor/Pastor Muthee -- similar to the media interest over Obama/Rev. Wright and McCain/Rev. Hegge??

    Just three months ago Palin was at her Wasilla Assembly of God church gushing about how Pastor Muthee was 'so bold' and 'cool.'

    The Associated Press ran a story Palin/Pastor Muthee on Friday -- it said Muthee is 'revered by evangelicals' and that in May his teachings inspired the slaughter of 300 'suspected witches' in Africa - their throaths were slashed before the bodies were burned. This was in the AP -- not some tabloid!!! Palin needs to explain her devotion to this pastor.

    Our nation does not need a bumbling VooDoo VP that is so closely aligned with witch craft. And we in Alaska do not want her back.

  • Posted By: MKRome @ 09/28/2008 12:28:23 AM

    ... Typical left wing media bias...

    • Posted By: tc125231 @ 09/28/2008 12:36:51 AM

      Huh? Have you been hitting yourself in the head with a hammer?

      • Posted By: jarcher1 @ 09/28/2008 2:03:08 AM

        MMMMMM, I prefer the old fashion form of "self abuse." Much more pleasurable than hitting ones self in the head with a hammer.

    • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 12:34:56 AM

      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?

      So far, and I have asked this question a multitude of times, and nobody has replied. So based on your argument, all of the commentators that expressed their opinion are on the left? Can't have it both ways.

      • Posted By: RichardBrodie @ 09/28/2008 12:47:38 AM

        "So far, and I have asked this question a multitude of times"
        Yeah and the first time was one too many.

        Quite spamming this board. This is a discussion board for people who don't appreciate someone who pastes the same irrelevant, unresponsive crap to every comment.

        You are just plain rude, I have reported abuse and I hope they kick you off.

        • Posted By: marksgershenson @ 09/28/2008 1:00:16 AM

          Rude because other journalists who are on the right wing have agreed with the left wing position? The problem is you cannot come up with a reasonable argument to what I have posted. Too bad. Try again.

    • Posted By: PanosQ @ 09/28/2008 12:34:49 AM

      Preferring quality over mediocrity is "left media bias"?

    • Posted By: davehere @ 09/28/2008 12:31:35 AM

      Sorry, Sparky. He and a multitude of others (including conservative commentators who were thrilled with Palin before) are just calling things as they see them. If you don't see it yourself -- are you a member of the Flat Earth Society?

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