Parker on Palin: "My Cringe Reflex is Exhausted.."

http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/200...-palin-vice-presidential-candidate-column.htm

Syndicated conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, after initially supporting vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, calls for her to step down.

[action=garamet]waits for someone to say "That's just one opinion, and anyway she's not a real conservative, she's just jealous 'cause Sarah's hawter..."[/action]

HA! They can't do that, garamet. One of Parker's favorite phrases is calling feminists "the hirsute, birkenstock wearing sisterhood." She'd fit right in with the crowd here.

Good piece.

Naw, they would have to read it first.


Not gonna happen.

ummmm... never mind...

One person's opinion and she's entitled to it.

Next!

I read it - it took maybe 30 seconds. That's the problem here. There's a point that she's trying to make but doesn't back it up with any examples.

She cringes but why?

That's all it is apparently. Not even that, really. If there were an opinion with something to back it up, we could discuss it.

If you weren't cringing during that interview, you probably had the sound off.

I almost felt sorry for Palin...

Come on, Bock. You aren't dumb. If you've seen the interview with Couric (which I have), you shouldn't be asking this question.

Palin is thoroughly incompetent. Even comparing her to Biden as "another example", as this columnist does, is disingenious. Biden's hickups might be bad, but Sarah simply does not know what the fuck she's talking about. A VP candidate for the Republican party who does not know the meaning of the "Bush Doctrine"? Who can't examplify even core statements?

Selecting Sarah Palin was a opportunistic move by McCain. I don't think anyone can dispute that. Selecting Biden might've been the same for Obama, but the difference is that Biden might actually be able to help Obama a little. After all, the conservatives are right on one point. Obama isn't a very experienced politician.

Bottom line is that both these candidates are right-wingers. The difference is I believe the Democratic ticket to be more competent and holding more potential.

Which one? I probably saw the most of the Hannity one. She seemed very confident and thoughtful during that one.

There never was a formalized, official "Bush Doctrine" (like a "Monroe Doctrine") that you could look up or reference. Most folks had ever even heard of it before the Palin interview. I know I never heard the term used.

What Bulldog said.

With Joe Biden running around saying Hillary would've been a better running mate and asking wheelchair-bound people to stand up, I'm surprised Ms. Parker is making a big deal out of Palin as she is, especially before even hearing her in a single debate.

Hannity!

I'm sure he kissed her ass just fine.

But I meant a real interview. Specifically; Couric.

Wow...what a train wreck.

This author doesn't do anything to back up her points. It's all opinion with nothing behind it. That's fine but I really, really want that gig. Getting paid to put out a tiny bit of fluff? That's for me!

As for the experience thing. Sure. She may not be 100% ready for the presidency. Then again, she's at least as ready as Obama who just happens to be at the top of the Dem ticket.

Perky Katie Couric?

Couric? OK. Now I KNOW my leg is being pulled!

Ya got me good there!

C'mon.

Barack Obama went on O'Reilly and the Republican machine could hardly find anything from those interviews to use against him. Palin goes on a interview, with a far less hostile host, and manages to fuck it up completely. As I said, she basically dug her own hole - she was the one bringing up the "maverick" comment, and when called on it, she was completely unable to defend.

Anyway, I'll look forward to the debate tonight.

Here's a better, skeptical review of the Couric interview. It's a freebie for you, Bryce. If you were impressed by the one in this topic, you will owe me at least 10 reps for finding this for you.

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Eh.

To me it's not much different than staunch Obama supporter Bryce here saying he wishes Biden would drop out of the race and make way for Clinton.

Everyone is entitled to their opinion, on both sides of the fence. Just because one conservative (or one liberal) dislikes a candidate of their own party doesn't necessarily mean their opinion is the holy gospel.

I'm sure I have to cut my toenails or wash the cat or something tonight...

How can you exhaust a reflex?

I doubt anyone but a partisan would call it a complete loss so I'll just write that much off.

As for O'Reilly, I did see large parts of that and Obama did OK. There were several points he really screwed up on, though, and O'Reilly made some serious hay on the fact that he got in questions that others just aren't going after Obama on. Again, though, I'm a partisan and saw things he messed up on that you wouldn't have thought so.

"Couric: But can you 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?

Palin: I can give you examples of things that John McCain has done, that has shown his foresight, his pragmatism, and his leadership abilities. And that is what America needs today.

Couric: I’m just going to ask you one more time - not to belabor the point. Specific examples in his 26 years of pushing for more regulation.

Palin: I’ll try to find you some and I’ll bring them to you."

Yes. That's it. You notice that even someone who "likes Palin and considers her a good choice for McCain" will give her a low grade, while noting that Couric actually did a decent job. This exchange was terrible.

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Or wash the cat's cut toenails...

And the reviewer also goes on to say this was probably the low point while most everything else was OK.

Interviews don't count? Palin's Couric and Gibson interviews made Stockdale '92 look positively coherent in comparison. And, for that matter, the McCain campaign's blind panic over Palin doesn't count? McCain lying about heading back to Washington so he could duck out on Letterman and do an impomptu interview with Couric to bump Palin from a prime spot in the evening news and try to reschedule tonight's debate and the Vice Presidential debate is the single most desperate campaign maneuver ever seen. McCain's campaign is completely shitting itself in fear over what's going to happen the next time Palin gets caught opening her mouth without a teleprompter.

Bold, possibly crazy prediction of the day: the Vice Presidential debate doesn't happen because Palin has a "family emergency."

Meh. I think Palin did okay with Gibson.

So they want her to step down because she's a bad speaker and doesn't articulate well on the spot. Damn, I sure wish that was the litmus test for FDR. The trainwrecks THAT could avoided!