I defended Palin, but she sounds like a fool

When McCain picked Palin for his running mate I assumed at least she was a reasonable politician, an elected governor who must be at least halfway okay, and that she should not be attacked as incompetent, because I thought people were assuming she was incompetent right away without information and were participating in tokenizing her. I am completely opposed to her politics and to McCain's and would never vote for them, and I don't like the misogynist attacks that Palin gets from all sides, just as Clinton did, but... you know what?

She is not just on the wrong side, she is a total fool.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg6hF0nShQ

How embarrassing.

Quayle was stupid, Bush is a freaking moron, it's not like it's new for a politician to be an idiot. But I am oddly disappointed that this sorry excuse for a public speaker is being held up as an example of a successful woman in politics.

Glad she's screwing up though and that the media are not throwing softballs and are not being intimidated into covering up this kind of thing.

I want to hear the debates! And I think it's bullshit that McCain is suspending his campaign and trying to weasel out of the debate this week - and likely Palin too. Bush calling the candidates to the white house is more bullshit - since when do candidates for office get pressured by the incumbent to participate in a current crisis?

Update. This is even worse:

Watch CBS Videos Online

Ah, reality TV.

I'd really love to hear some Republican responses to this. Where are the conservative bloggers who were so proud of Palin? What do they have to say about this, specifically? Let's hear it.

Comments

[Melissa P.]

McCain has tried to get the women's vote with his choice. But, she is NOTHING like Hillary!
Against abortion, even for rape, not sex education in schools, preach abstinance and her lack of experience with everything is frightening. But, I guess since she is perky and cute we shoud forget all the rest.

[lyssa]

I think their strategy was to just grab the nearest female republican and try to get that baby boomer "I want to see a woman in the white house before I die" swing women's vote, and if anyone was hard on her they would scream bloody sexism.

Unfortunately, she does seem to be a complete fool. This wouldn't have mattered much a few campaigns ago, because nobody used to care what VPs thought...but ah well, times change. It is fun watching the McCain camp squirming over every new and uncomfortable Palin public appearance.

[Madeline F]

The Palin selection was 1. to prove maverickness (woman! Westerner! who knew!) 2. to get the radical right back in his tent (he passed up a dozen Republican women with more experience and more vetting, because every single one was insuffificently anti-choice). It worked pretty well for part 2, giving the radical right an excuse so they could get involved. For part 1, the more we hear about and from Palin the more it seems like McCain is a posturing fool. Probably a net loss, since who else were the radical right going to vote for?

[Virginia]

Hey, New Mexico is right over the border from Mexico. Maybe I'm qualified to run our foreign affairs. AND, I've actually been to Juarez–where I went shopping!