tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153889983960671531.post4396103388993462359..comments2023-11-02T10:46:09.064-04:00Comments on Neurotic Democrat: Obama: Wrong Response to PalinNeuroticDemhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11136191516171724844noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153889983960671531.post-20291995223017707512008-09-02T10:02:00.000-04:002008-09-02T10:02:00.000-04:00ND,I think you are right in your comment. News ev...ND,<BR/>I think you are right in your comment. News events and revelations have to a large extent taken over from your concerns in the orginal post. Temperment, judgment, image are all negatives for McCain in this pick. An energized base comes in as a postitive.<BR/><BR/>FWIW, McCain met her once in advance and had an in person interview (she stayed in a local hotel under an assumed name: how celebrity a thing to do).<BR/><BR/>LoyalLoyalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005436506562050460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153889983960671531.post-24297553727769799522008-09-01T20:55:00.000-04:002008-09-01T20:55:00.000-04:00Sixty-two --Again, I think the hypocrisy is the br...Sixty-two --<BR/>Again, I think the hypocrisy is the broader point. The only thing that matters in a VP pick is that they are ready to step in, if god-forbid happens, on day one. How can McCain say that Palin is ready if Obama is not? (I don't buy the "executive experience" thing for a minute -- as the "close to Russia" argument should make clear. Here are two presidents with no "executive experience": Lincoln, who ended slavery and won the civil war; and Kennedy, who saved the globe from nuclear destruction in the Cuban Missile Crisis.) To me, the issue is what it says about McCain.<BR/>Also -- more and more is coming out about how McCain really didn't vet Palin very carefully. Apparently, no one went to the Alaska papers to check the archives (and they are not online). And no one from the McCain camp interviewed the guy who was fired for not firing the Alaska cop. I wonder if this is the tip of the iceberg of unasked questions. By most reports -- I hope more comes out -- McCain only met her once himself before picking her. Again -- this goes to the temperament question. I want a politician to know his or her gut. But after 8-years of this kind of politics, I also want one who is going to do the research, thoroughly, before making the most important decisions.<BR/>Obama, in my book, is much more experienced -- even if only because he has been running for president for 20 months in a 24-7 news cycle; he's been through more than 20 debates; he's been interviewed by every major journalist; he has two best-sellers outlining his views and his biography; he's been in the public eye in a major way for at least twice as long as Palin; we know him in a way we simply could never get to know Palin in the next 10 months.<BR/>But maybe that's just me?NeuroticDemhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136191516171724844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153889983960671531.post-48761290194630261622008-09-01T01:56:00.000-04:002008-09-01T01:56:00.000-04:00When I heard about McCain picking Palin, my first ...When I heard about McCain picking Palin, my first reaction was (after I asked "Who?") that the Republicans' experience argument goes out the window.<BR/><BR/>But I heard an interesting angle from Craig Ferguson (the late-, late-night guy) on Bill Maher's HBO show. He said Republicans will surely argue that although both tickets have a veteran Senator with foreign-policy experience and a relative newcomer, the GOP has them in the right order.<BR/><BR/>What do you think? It sounds like a fairly palatable argument against Democrats saying the pick kills the experience issue.News Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200076801252060217noreply@blogger.com