Comments on: An Astonishingly Arrogant VP Selection

The New Republic: McCain's Palin Pick Gives Obama An Opportunity To Take The Edge On National Security

[kevingrze]

Stupid but loud on issues is the Repug style. The last 8 years have been a disaster, a 72 year old confused man along with a gov from Alaska with zero experience will be no different. Scary to think some Americans can''t think and look at history.

[oneworldusa]

McCain chose Palin to take some of Hillary''s voters from Obama in a desparate attempt to save his chances for election. Plus, he needed someone younger to take over in the event he can''t complete that one term.

Palin has been a very effective Alaska governor, I''ve heard and read for months, but during a news interview a few months ago she said she wasn''t interested in being Vice President because she was making progress in her state and there was a lot of work that needed to be done. (Funny, Tim Kaine said the same thing, must be the anecdote of the day for VP candidates who want the job but don''t want to act like they want it in case they don''t get it. Actually, former Richmond Police Chief Rodney Monroe ((fake college degree that he didn''t rightfully earn)) said the same thing when he was under consideration for the position in Charlotte.)

McCain would have been much better off from an experience but youth perspective to choose Eric Cantor, but he blew it. Palin is a great governor, but she has no more experience than Obama, so there.

[im4honesty]

Stop worrying, Sarah speaks in ''tongues'' and believes in the healing power of Oral Roberts. She will make a splendid president when Mr. Magoo croaks.

[betty2700629]

that''s just for fun,no real influnce,Oh by the way I have met many mature *** women at--B O O M E R C U P I D .COM/--boomercupid has become more and more popular for meeting mature men and women.

[horse3farm]

Obama is a creep, period. Be very afraid if he is elected. Remember he said in his book when push comes to shove he would have to side with the Muslims. Palin has more guts and knowledge than Obama. Obama makes me sick.

[kaelinda]

It''s easy to see from the posts here that many Republicans didn''t watch the Democrat National Convention. Probably because their minds are already made up and they aren''t interested in facts that might possibly change their minds.

Now I wonder how many Democrats will listen to the Republican National Convention. Or, will listen with an open mind.

Anyone who has made up his mind this early in the season, without watching the debates and hearing each candidate speak for him or herself is simply a closed minded partisan of party politics. PAY ATTENTION, people! This may be the most historic election in the history of the country, and you''re treating it like a 7th grade popularity contest!

[indep2]

To womanvoter:

Biden is a Washington insider. He''s been there longer than McCain. If Obama cannot pick a qualified VP who can change the system (read outsider), how do you expect him to change the world? To me it seems like politics as usual.

If you think Obama is not arrogant, why would you think McCain is (by agreeing with this article)?

You said:
"First, let me thank Peter Scoblic for this clear, focused, and eminently correct assessment. I hope it is widely disseminated."

[tawpdawg111]

Blackmail....that is the only rationale I can come up with to put Miss Congeniality in a position where she may have to face off with Vladimir Putin.

[tawpdawg111]

Maybe he was doing her and she blackmailed her way onto the ticket.

[vranger]

PS element.

I notice that you didn''t have much to say on the subject of Obama''s votes (along with the rest of the democratic party Senators) against education and against seniors. You can''t explain away those votes. He made them, its in the public record, and they were heinous in their implications.

[vranger]

No, element, YOUR argument is BS.

Obama has made it clear that HIS mind is already made up on these issues. He favors higher taxes, appeasment of dangerous enemies, socialized medicine, taking the secret ballot away from Unions ... ad nauseum. If elected, he has commited himself to heading down a road that''s going to be very dangerous for our nation security and our economy.

My discusion involved the concept of a VP taking the wheel and holding a course.

The fact that you couldn''t understand that, or more likely just did but just plain wanted to twist my words, put you on a par with what the DNC CONSTANTLY does. ROFL

[paris1969]

firststate wrote: " Refusing an abortion and choosing to deliver a child is only the beginning of the mother''''s job. Would she shortchange the vice-presidency or the child?"
... her husband has taken the greater responsibility for the children ... men can raise children too!

[element51]

vranger....So as long as the person is a republican it doesn''t matter how much experiance they bring to the job. No worries...just consult with the experts and make a decision based on what they tell you. But you people have been screaming your heads off for the last year that Obama doesn''t have the "experiance" to be president. Your whole arguement is nothing but partisian BS. I''m not ready to have a backwoods beauty queen a heartbeat away from the oval office. I also have read in some of the other posts on CBS where you people absolutely deny the truth about Palin''s support of the bridge to nowhere until the feds pulled out. She stated two days ago that she was against it from the beginning. She lied. But you don''t want to be confused with the truth. You people are incredible.

[puldr]

McCain has shown his lack of foresight (same as Bush) in picking Palin as his vp candidate!

[vranger]

On the same day as below, there was a bill to make certain education related tax incentives permanent.

Obama and his democratic party cronies voted that one down too.

McCain voted to continue to provide tax incentives for education.

I guess Obama got his Ivy League degree, but now couldn''t care less if you or your children have a chance to continue your education.

[vranger]

If you don''t believe my earlier statements on Obama and taxes, in 25 January 2007 the Congress voted on an amendment to Internal Revenue code to repeal a 1993 increase in income taxes charged against Social Security benefits. Obama helped to vote this down (along with his democratic party allies).

McCain voted "Yea", in other words, to lighten the tax load on people who must depend on Social Security for their income.

And this is the "nice guy" you Obama supporters want to elect. How are you going to apologize to your parents on Social Security, who are having a hard time making ends meet, that its OK that their taxes are higher because "Obama wants it that way".

[vranger]

I agree with the author''s assesments of the foriegn policy tasks present for the next administration. I shudder to think of what will happen with Mr. Appeasement at the helm. I''ll take Palin over ''let''s be friends with the bad guys'' Obama EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK.

BTW, the author''s analysis of the situations faced by Truman, Johnson, and Ford is nothing but BS. Wheels were in motion for all three and they just went with them, letting the pros on the front lines do their job.

The President doesn''t make decisions in a vacuum. Staffs of very smart people apprise him(/her) of the problems, the ramifications, the potential solutions, and the ramifications of the solutions, and the President get a very good score on the direction to take. He/she really doesn''t have to be an absolute expert on each area (and none ever has been) ... just an attentive listener and good decision maker.

[smurfcrusher]

Very well said, Peter Scoblic.

With her BS Journalism degree, pretty looks and five children, Palin is better suited as a marketing tool - and that is precisely how McCain is using her.

This emphasizes McCain''s lack of judgment.

Contrast her with Barack Obama''s Harvard Law School degree, excellent judgment and intelligence, as well as concern for the average people in this country.

Barack Obama''s years in the Senate and representing 600,000 people is far more relevant to national politics than her term as mayor of 6,000 - or her brief service as Alaska''s governor, elected by a paltry 115,000 people.

People have called her Quayle II. I think this is a fair assessment of how the GOP uses her, but I think she has more intelligence than that.

Still, raising five kids leaves little time for things like understanding politics and the bigger picture. It would be better if McCain didn''t choose a Vice President.

The middle class couldn''t ask for a greater champion than Barack Obama.

[wtw901]

Inexperienced he says--I am an independant and know that Obama has less experience in life and or politics than Palin--she has executive decision making skills 2 years more than Obama''s zero--the media is ga ga over Obama and blind to truth.

[willcaine]

Another redneck creationist. The Republican war on science goes on and on.