Comments on: Andrew Sullivan sums up Palin - it’s really about McCain http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/02/andrew-sullivan-sums-up-palin-its-really-about-mccain/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:18:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/02/andrew-sullivan-sums-up-palin-its-really-about-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-23983 grumpypilgrim Tue, 02 Sep 2008 23:54:31 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3041#comment-23983 Indeed, it is all about McCain. By choosing a political neophite as his running mate, McCain is declaring that he needs no one to help him lead the country. While most presidential candidates, including Obama, recognize that they have areas of weakness, and they often choose running mates who help offset those weaknesses, McCain has chosen a running mate who brings virtually no experience or other strengths to the table. The message it sends is obvious: McCain is either ignorant of his weaknesses, or he doesn't care how his weaknesses might adversely impact the nation. Indeed, it is all about McCain. By choosing a political neophite as his running mate, McCain is declaring that he needs no one to help him lead the country. While most presidential candidates, including Obama, recognize that they have areas of weakness, and they often choose running mates who help offset those weaknesses, McCain has chosen a running mate who brings virtually no experience or other strengths to the table. The message it sends is obvious: McCain is either ignorant of his weaknesses, or he doesn’t care how his weaknesses might adversely impact the nation.

]]> By: Erich Vieth http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/09/02/andrew-sullivan-sums-up-palin-its-really-about-mccain/comment-page-1/#comment-23975 Erich Vieth Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:55:08 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=3041#comment-23975 Joan Walsh of Salon.com expands on Sullivan's succinct statement: The entire Palin story also raises questions about McCain's judgment. By most accounts, McCain wanted to choose Sen. Joe Lieberman as his running mate. What does it mean that he couldn't stand up to Karl Rove and the Christian right and do that? And then, when he decided he couldn't buck the party masters, what does it mean that he rushed into his Palin pick, having spent almost no time with her, and very little time vetting her? http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2008/09/02/palin_obama/ Joan Walsh of Salon.com expands on Sullivan’s succinct statement:

The entire Palin story also raises questions about McCain’s judgment. By most accounts, McCain wanted to choose Sen. Joe Lieberman as his running mate. What does it mean that he couldn’t stand up to Karl Rove and the Christian right and do that? And then, when he decided he couldn’t buck the party masters, what does it mean that he rushed into his Palin pick, having spent almost no time with her, and very little time vetting her?

http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/election_2008/2008/09/02/palin_obama/

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