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Leading conservative William F. Buckley founded the National Review half a century ago. It is a conservative magazine all the way. Today one of their columnists has written the painful truth: Palin should drop off the Republican ticket for the good of her party and the good of the country, because she is completely out of her league.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MDZiM...UxZDkwNTE=#more

She's going down!

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In endorsing Barack Obama for president, the Republican-leaning Kansas City Star's editorial board writes: "Despite his age and previous health problems, McCain chose a vice presidential candidate who is so clearly unqualified for high office that the thought of her stepping into the presidency is frightening. That irresponsible decision casts serious doubt on McCain’s judgment at this point in his political career. And over the past eight years, Americans have come to know, all too well, the high price of carelessness and ineptitude in the White House."

The decision in this election is clear because of Palin alone. Her presence on the Republican ticket is a threat to our national security and economic welfare, not to mention a bad reflection on our sanity. Anyone who votes for McCain is a fool.

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General Colin Powell was abundantly clear that Palin is not ready to be President and therefore is not qualified to be VP. He said very explicitly that this selection reflects very poorly on John McCain's judgment.

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The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to make sure Sarah Palin was dressed to the nines. A large chunk of the money was spent at Saks Fifth Avenue in New York, which is pretty damned funny.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14805.html

Oh, and the hypocrite-in-chief has been charging Alaska for her kids’ travel.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_...n_family_travel

Can’t imagine why she’s dragging the McCain campaign down even further.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/t...d_n_136711.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/21/n...n_n_136632.html

Oh, and Palin’s SNL appearance --- that didn’t work out so well. Turns out that most voters weren’t impressed at her grooving to rap. For some reason, it didn’t persuade them that she’s qualified to be Vice President. Go figure.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-kubey...g_b_135894.html

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/20/c...a_n_136274.html

SNL set her up, and she took the bait. Delicious!

Meanwhile, Obama is running circles around McCain.

http://people-press.org/report/462/obamas-lead-widens

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So, let's compare. If elected, after about three years something happens to McCain, and Palin is thrust into the top spot; she will have spent about three years in an apprenticeship for the top job. Obama spent 140 some odd days as a Senator before deciding he was ready for the top spot.

Simple point being either Senator, if elected, will have some sort of learning curve along the way. Whereas, the vice presidential candidates will be able to get their feet wet before assuming the reins. The only time I worry about number 2 on the ticket is if something happened immediately; otherwise, the position is primarily as a state diplomat. (Excluding the very rare tie-breaker vote in the Senate.)

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So, let's compare. If elected, after about three years something happens to McCain, and Palin is thrust into the top spot; she will have spent about three years in an apprenticeship for the top job. Obama spent 140 some odd days as a Senator before deciding he was ready for the top spot.

Simple point being either Senator, if elected, will have some sort of learning curve along the way. Whereas, the vice presidential candidates will be able to get their feet wet before assuming the reins. The only time I worry about number 2 on the ticket is if something happened immediately; otherwise, the position is primarily as a state diplomat. (Excluding the very rare tie-breaker vote in the Senate.)

You keep assuming that time served in office automatically qualifies someone for office, at least if they agree with you. (Of course, you have a completely different set of rules for people who don't agree with you.) That's not how it works. Larry Craig has been in the Senate quite awhile. Do you think he's qualified to be president? How about Al Franken, let's say he wins a Senate seat and serves for fifteen years. Do you think he'll be qualified to be President?

See how things change when you look at them from different angles. You refer to a learning curve, and that's fine, but everyone'e learning curve is different. Most people would never be qualified to be President, no matter how much experience they had.

Now take Palin. There is no evidence that she has the intellectual qualities to be President. She wasn't an especially good student. She thinks some really goofy things, like dinosaurs and humans co-existing. She shows very little intellectual curiosity, which explains why she still doesn't understand what the VP does even after she made a fool out of herself on that question weeks ago. You would think she would have studied a little and at least gotten the answer. A high school student could have done it.

Then there is the question of her temperament. Her answer about the VP's role appears to be an attempt to grab power for herself. She was known as Sarah Barracuda as far back as high school. She thinks far more of herself than is justified, and that's dangerous. And to top that off, she uses her office to go after people she doesn't like, such as her ex-brother-in-law.

She also appears to be ethically challenged. She seems to think getting this nomination entitles her to a life of privilege. So she spends $150,000 on clothes at someone else's expense, including an $800 handbag for her seven-year-old, and it never occurs to her that this isn't the natural state of the world. She has charged personal items to the State of Alaska and is in trouble for that. The only thing more dangerous than a person who grew up with everything and thinks he's entitled to it is someone who grew up with just a little and still thinks she's entitled to everything.

In short, until we have evidence that she is capable of becoming qualified to be President, she has no business being VP, and we would be foolish to put her, and ourselves, in that position.

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Today’s New York Times reports that 59% of likely voters believe Palin is unqualified to be VP. The details are below. Pay special attention to the percentage of Republicans who agree that their party’s own candidate is unqualified.

“While a majority viewed Ms. Palin as unqualified for the vice presidency, roughly three-quarters of voters saw Mr. Obama’s running mate, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware, as qualified for the job. The increase in the number of voters who said Ms. Palin was not prepared was driven almost entirely by Republicans and independents.

“Over all, views of Ms. Palin were apparently shaped more by ideology and party than by gender. Ms. Palin was viewed as unprepared for the job by about 6 in 10 men and women alike. But 8 in 10 Democrats viewed her as unprepared, as well as more than 6 in 10 independents and 3 in 10 Republicans.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/31/us/polit...ref=todayspaper

Also of interest are Senator Biden's numbers. When you realize that 2stupid4words would be among the 25% to deny that Biden is qualified, you get a good perspective on things.

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