A writer at the nation’s most famous conservative publication is calling for Sarah Palin to withdraw from the race:
Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.
No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I’ve also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted…
…Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first.
Do it for your country.
This would be like the Nation calling for Biden to drop out. Ouch!
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Now these GOP’ers know what we’ve felt like having to listen to GW Bush for the past 7 years……
“This would be like the Nation calling for Biden to drop out. OUCH!”
That comment is more insightful than you might think. After watching Biden in action (the human gaffe machine), I would not be at all surprised if the Nation calls for Biden to drop out.
@jbenson2
I suggest you hold your breath until that happens. A plastic bag will help.
I edited Zack’s post, bolding the last paragraph.
And JBenson, whatever world it is you’re living in good luck. Joe Biden has made a lot of gaffes in this campaign (and not just in this campaign) but what separates him from Sarah Palin is an actual understanding of how Government works, an in depth knowledge of foreign affairs and the ability to string a sentence together.
Sarah Palin is lacking in all three categories. Sean
Biden makes gaffes and an extremely partisan Republican theorizes that the Nation wants Biden to drop out.
Yet, jbenson2, in 2004, was an avid supporter of the human gaffe machine George W. Bush.
Sean said: “what separates him from Sarah Palin is an actual understanding of how Government works, an in depth knowledge of foreign affairs
Oh, I see. You mean like Joe Biden’s big “foreign affairs” proposal just two years ago to divide Iraq into 3 sections? Of course, this would have caused many more problems. Sunnis, Shiites, and Kurds in the “wrong” area would be pressured out whether socially or by force, regardless of how long they had lived somewhere. The Shiite portion of Iraq would be deeply tied to Iran. Independent Kurdistan would cause an absolute split between the US and Turkey.
Beyond all this, dividing oil rights would be an absolute hell that would almost certainly lead to future war.
But good ole slow Joe “Plugs” Biden thought it was a great “foreign affairs” solution.
For your information, I am one of Biden’s biggest supporters for the VP slot. Please keep him running. He needs more press coverage. The current 3 reporters in the Biden 150 seat airplane are just not cutting it. This is just another wonderful example of Obama’s decision skills.
jbenson2 wrote: “You mean like Joe Biden’s big “foreign affairs” proposal just two years ago to divide Iraq into 3 sections?”
This was actually an astute ovservation. If I’m not mistaken, it was made pre-surge. Within Iraq, the Sunnis Shiites and Kurds have been fighting, jostling and basically at each others throats for centuries. Longer than there has been an Iraq. The ethnic cleansing and division of Iraq into three sections had largely taken place already. While the surge was a smart change in tactics from how the war was originally run, it could not have been successful without the previous amount of ethnic cleansing. The surge also required tens of thousands of additional American troops, hundreds of billions of addition dollars spent (as opposed to bringing all troops home or even a gradual troop reduction).
Centuries of animosity! And the U.S., with its depleted armed forces, is going to make these adversaries happy in a few years time? When America leaves Iraq, the Sunni-Shiite-Kurd battles will resume. Tito kept a lid on Yugoslavia for fifty years, and think of what happened when he died. Same in Iraq.
The best course for peace is to support the Kurds directly and let the other groups work it out. There could very likely be a Iraq civil war between Shiite and Sunni; but that war needn’t consume the American military or economy. We desparately need the time to rebuild our military and restore its readiness for defending America. We shouldn’t continue to squander our military in an unwinnable war started on whim.
biden’s plan has actually come to pass…. Except that it happened organically, and with massive loss of life.
lojasmo - wrong.
Iraq has not been divided into 3 separate states. As these excerpts from earlier this week indicate, Iraq is heading toward a true democracy.
“Iraqi political leaders reached an agreement on Monday that resolved a stalemate over the fate of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk and will allow local elections to go ahead, the deputy speaker of Parliament said.”
“On Tuesday Iraq’s parliament passed a law setting guidelines for provincial elections.”
“Iraq’s government regard local elections as essential to developing democracy and promoting national reconciliation, key goals that will help stabilize the country.”
And to show how the press is ignoring the gaffe machine Biden, consider today’s news:
MILWAUKEE - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden met with Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili on Friday but didn’t let reporters in as the pair posed for photographers at the beginning of the session.
And guess what? No howling of protests by the press. They just said OK, no big deal.
Jbenson you dissembling slob;
Iraq has been broken into virtual sectarian regions. Shia, Suni, and Kurds are not living in harmony there. This is EXACTLY what was predicted in 2002 by myself and plenty of others on the left.
“Iraq has not been divided into 3 separate states.”
De facto they most certainly have.
Harsh. conservative woman who doesn’t want to be identified as a “hairy” feminist says out loud what we all know: Palin won’t cut it.