Okay. I know it was only a couple of days ago that I wrote that Palin was energetic, but that wasn’t enough. However, recent developments have caused an even further shift into the “must be a token skirt” column.
Sarah Palin, the nominee to be a heartbeat away from the Presidency of the United States, has been kept away from the press for good reason: She don’t know crap ’bout nothin’!!
When she has been allowed to speak to the press, she is usually unable to answer any specific questions. She talks in vague generalities while emphatically stating that she and John McCain are ready to assume the top spots in the country.
For instance, Katie Couric asked Palin in a recent interview about legislative stances on economic issues regarding regulation to “… give me any other concrete examples? Because I know you’ve said Barack Obama is a lot of talk and no action. Can you give me any other examples in his 26 years of John McCain truly taking a stand on this?”
What was Palin’s response? Was it a laundry list of examples? No. Was it a top ten? No. A top three? Nope. Palin’s response was: “I’ll try to find you some and I’ll bring them to you.”
WHAT?!?! A month from an election to make her the Vice President of the United States of America and she can’t list even ONE instance when McCain has taken a stand on economic issues? What have she and McCain been talking about on that thar’ Straight Talk Express?
But, on the other hand, when she does happen to mention specifics, she is usually followed by John McCain or a campaign spokesperson who “clarifies” or outright corrects what she had said. After she told Couric that the U.S. would drop into another Great Depression if the $700 billion government bailout wasn’t passed, John McCain “clarified” their stance by saying: “I don’t think we need to scare people, but I do think we need to tell people the truth,” he said.
Some have defended her by comparing her lack of political insight to Ronald Reagan. He was seen as a Hollywood outsider that lacked the political knowledge to be president. Of course, he showed everyone wrong. However, Palin ain’t no Reagan.
Even Laura Bush was called in to defend her lack of foreign policy experience by saying “I think that she is a very quick study and fortunately John McCain does have that experience.” That’s what we need one heartbeat away from the presidency: A quick study.
The McCain campaign has attempted to bolster her foreign policy appearance by having her meet with foreign dignitaries, though. (Like she needed it? I mean, come on, she can see Russia from one of the Alaskan islands, right? What other foreign policy experience do you need?) The response from the dignitaries has been seemingly unanimous about Palin: Boy, she sure is pretty. Pakistani president Asif Ali Zardari called her “gorgeous” and went as far to indicate that he’d like to hug her. An “official” hug or one that was off the record? But when pressed about her readiness to be the Vice President, those at the U.N. who had met her and would answer were seemingly unanimous too: She’s not ready.
So, why am I scared? Because the Republican campaign (supposedly) looked at her credentials and approved her to go on the short list of potential running mates. Then, John McCain compared her credentials against the others on the short list – including Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Anne Richards, and other tremendously qualified individuals – and said “Yep, she’s the best.” WHAT?!?!?!
I honestly hope that they didn’t pick her because she was an attractive Republican woman governor with the hopes that they could quickly train her to speak on command and regurgitate what they feed her to the press. I sincerely hope that the Reublican party has not stooped so low. Perhaps it’s just a case of “she looked good on paper”.
But, if the polls are correct, it appears that Sarah Palin will soon be returning to Alaska to finish her term as Governor. The polls indicate that Barak Obama and Joe Biden are pulling away and gaining steam. We can only hope that the American people realize the same come November 4th.
Mark