(CNN) – Prominent conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, an early supporter of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, said Friday recent interviews have shown the Alaska governor is "out of her league" and should leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party.
The criticism in Parker's Friday column is the latest in a recent string of negative assessments toward the McCain-Palin candidacy from prominent conservatives.
It was fun while it lasted," Parker writes. "Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who is clearly out of her league."
Palin's interview with Couric drew criticism when the Alaska governor was unable to provide an example of when John McCain had pushed for more regulation of Wall Street during his Senate career. Palin also took heat for defending her foreign policy credentials by suggesting Russian leaders enter Alaska airspace when they come to America. Palin was also criticized last week for appearing not to know what the Bush Doctrine is during an interview with Charlie Gibson.
“If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself," Parker also writes. "If Palin were a man, we’d all be guffawing, just as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his toes. But because she’s a woman — and the first ever on a Republican presidential ticket — we are reluctant to say what is painfully true."
Parker, who praised McCain's "keen judgment" for picking Palin earlier this month and wrote the Alaska governor is a "perfect storm of God, Mom and apple pie," now says Palin should step down from the ticket.
“Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves," Parker writes. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first. Do it for your country."
Parker's comments follow those by prominent conservatives David Brooks, George Will, and David Frum who have all publicly questioned Palin's readiness to be vice president.
"Sarah Palin has many virtues," Brooks wrote in a recent column. "If you wanted someone to destroy a corrupt establishment, she'd be your woman. But the constructive act of governance is another matter. She has not been engaged in national issues, does not have a repertoire of historic patterns and, like President Bush, she seems to compensate for her lack of experience with brashness and excessive decisiveness."
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OMFG.
Palin should take a flying leap.
Be nice. She could just float away on her own HOT AIR!
She should stay in the ticket. It's proven to ge a great help to the Democrats.
Obama/Biden 08/12.
And right she is.
The interview yesterday was the final proof.
What an irresponsible choice of McCain!
Bawhahahaha! Nuff said! See ya at the debate tonight.
AMEN! she should step down and the quicker the better.
FINALLY! Now we get to see a conservative say the thing everyone has thought since the start. Jeez took em long enough. =P
The end is near...
I concur.
Everything is true....except for that last part.
HAHA look at the guy on the far left.....
Whoops!
This just keeps getting better and better.
Of course she's out of her league, but I don't think she should step down. That would just make McCain look even more foolish. Palin should have been asked to be a part of McCain's campaign staff, to get the woman's vote, and no more.
I don't think that McCain will win, but I want him to lose on his on merit, not because Palin steps down.
Obama/Bidne 08
I said it from day one...this is McCain's Tom Eagleton. Barack is pulling away and the only thing that will keep McSame in the game is dropping Palin like a rock and appointing someone with a little credibility to take over if something happens to him,
The larger question is..is this how McCain would run the country? All gamble, no deliberation? If that is a maverick, give me a plow horse.
McCain should step down too but I don't think that will happen, unless he takes "country first" a little more seriously.
LOOKS LIKE THE LIPSTICK IS WEARING OFF!
I don't have any word to follow that. WOW!!!
out of her leage
OMG! They might as well have nominated BETTY CROCKER!
At least some Republicans are willing to call a spade and spade.
It took those established commentators this long to come to this conclusion?
Finally someone speaks the truth. She is NOT qualified to be VP any more than I am. This is not a joke, this is the future of our children...of our country. We cannot afford to make a mistake this time.
Obama/Biden '08
She is definitely worse than Dan Q from Indiana.
Let the smear campaign continue...
October surprise waiting in the wings and Obama will not be able to recover from it.
I am so giddy...can't wait!
It is really uncomfortable to watch her
McCain can only blame himself for not vetting her properly
However, I really want her to stay on the ticket as this is going to go down in history, hopefully never to be repeated, as the most misguided, selfish, arrogant campaign in history.
Vice President Barbie has had her 15 minutes!
Couldn't agree more.
There is no way on Earth she is qualified to be President of this Country.
We told you so! Now the conservatives finally agree...How could McCain put the American people in the country at risk by selecting Palin as VP..shows a huge character flaw in the lack of judgement this man has!
god help us all if this ticket wins
the world wil lbe laughing!
What a sexist article by a sexist woman who doesn't respect the work of a hard working confident woman.
LMAO! Welcome to John McCain's brain America!
Obama/Biden 08 & 12
Hmmm....I would put her up against Dan Quayle any day!
Finally we are hearing someone say what we all think; she's brash and clearly not the kind of leader we all want to see – she's way out of her league!!!!
She should have been asked to give the keynote address, and no more. That would have prepared her to get prepared for the next 4 years, and possibly be on the national ticket. It was a HUGE mistake to put her on the ticket.
She's not ready for prime time, just not ready. Not ready.
Palin shouldn't step down... it's not *HER* fault that she was nominated well before she was up to the challenge... it's McCain's! He should step down!
Palin is a vindictive, pathological liar with a paper-thin resume and no qualification to lead whatsoever.
It's time to end this charade!
WOW! The truth is starting to come out. Me personal wouldn't want this country to fall deeper due to these clowns. The REPUBS are starting to speak.
President Obama/ VP Biden
haha, what a joke on the republican side. Now is the time to start questioning the judgement of John Mccain.
No! I don't want her to step down! With her on the ticket, McCain is sure to lose! Plus, I would miss her thoughtful and insightful interviews!
Amen to that ... the pig has run its course
Agreed. It would be the best thing for her part. Put Romney or Huckabee on the ticket – anyone who knows what they're talking about and not being extreme or sensationalist.
WOW...THE TRUTH HAS FINALLY BEEN SPOKEN!!!!!!
Yes, with all due respect, Palin is out of her league. She shoould step down.
Wow! The news just keeps getting better & better for Barack Obama & Joe Biden. Kathleen Parker you just stated what is on everyone's mind. Good for you!
The hawks are circling.
Ah.. the link was just to some little blog site.
Sort of ironic when a tiny blog site says that someone is out-of-their-league.
Kathleen Parker needs to READ what the job of VP actually is. A squid with one brain cell would be over qualified for that job! The major thing you need to do is stay awake in the Senate.
Woohoo.
I know she is not a lot of people's first choice for VP, but I think we should stand by McCain's good judgment in picking her. If we can't stand by McCain to pick a VP, how can we stand by him when he is leading our country?
She was the biggest star in the world...now her star is fading! ROFL...AND THE HITS JUST KEEP COMING.
She is the poster child for why kids should stay in school, listen to the instructors and not have babies in their teens.
Obama/Biden 08
DDOOOHHH!!!
This is a brilliant idea. Thank you Ms. Parker. Now the country will understand exactly how irresponsible Senator McCain's decision to choose her for Veep - and then defend that decision forcefully - was. Whether or not she steps down, however, she cannot save McCain or her party. They are going down...and instead of giving it the American fight, McCain is going down "all in" with the Roveian tactics employed by our President...who no one trusts. Its too bad for both McCain and Palin (sort of; I don't really care). But, mark my words, they will both be widely discredited after this election is over and the man of character – Obama – wins.
Thank God more and more conservatives are willing to see what has been apparent to most of us from the get-go. Sarah Palin may be feisty, telegenic, and a good hockey mom, but she would be a DISASTER for the entire country.
Even neo-con conservatives have figured out that she is a nut in way over her head, McCain's lack of judgment on this and other matters is truly alarming. Its almost like we are in the modern-day equivalent of the decline of the Roman Empire, will McCain/Palin be our Caligula?
Palin should step down. Maybe Judge Judy can step in.
I wish the Party had more intelligent people who weren't afraid of speaking the truth like this.
That would be a consistent inconsistency for McCain
FLIP-FLOP & DROP
Yes she should. McCain has messed up this woman's life and all she was doing was being Mayor of Alaska messing with no one. I feel sorry for her because she really thought she could do this. McCain told Romney that he did not qualify to be president because all he was was a Mayor and a Governor and that did not qualify him to be President. What made McCain think that Palin was qualified for the VP position with his age, a heart beat away from the Presidency. This was bad judgement on McCain's behalf and he has just ruined someone's life.
Well it's about time the base open their eyes. This woman has no clue in regards to running the United States of America.
If anyone post a comment in support of Palin you must be as crazy as she is. The interviews and comments by her over the last 24 hours are real scary she is out of her leagued. John McCain needs to withdraw her fast. In any other situation I would feel sorry for her but because of the importance of job she is applying for she must go this is worse than Dan Quayle for vice president. For a moment I had a flash back of the novel entitled Stepford Wives. John McCain defiantly has to send her back to be reprogrammed because nothing made sense, and this woman is a heartbeat away from a 72 year old person running for president.
McCain is not ready either, and doesn't have time to get there. He doesn't get this country in a way that makes a difference.
This doesn't mean he's a bad man: all evidence points to the contrary. He just isn't be the best choice for President.
Palin is out of her league? That's funny. That's what they say about Barak Obama! (I'm talking about Bill and Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden)
It is a shame that CNN has to show video of them following McCains bus to the debate because you can't believe him when he says he going to the debate.
Palin should step down. She has tainted her name, paraded her family, prostituting them as well as allowing herself to be prostituted. I think everyone feels sorry for her that she doesn' t even know her own limitations.
She can't drop out before she debates Biden. It's going to be the most absurd night of political theater in American History, and I am waiting on the edge of my seat.
Wow, this house of cards is falling quickly. No wonder the 5% of posters on the forum who still back McCain sound so shrill and desparate.
The only question now is by how much Obama wins the White House and how long his coattails will be. Thanks, GOP, for messing this up so thoroughly for us!
hey she is a woman - leave her alone. She will do just fine. A lot better than say, Dan Quayle or Al Gore.
McCain is the Adult in this financial crisis.
Since the Democrats control the House and Senate, why not call for a vote?/
The Democrats are against AMerica and want our country to fail.. Why not vote.
Let's go you idiots.
This is exactly what i have been saying all along, she is dangerously not ready. WAKE UP PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT NATION, OUR COUNTRY IS GOING DOWN THE DITCH. NO PALIN PLEASE, PLEASE PEOPLE. WE PUT PALIN IN POWER, ANYTHING HAPPENS TO MCCAIN WE ARE DONE, PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW...
I couldn't stop laughing when I saw Palin's interview last night, and then I couldn't stop laughing when I saw McCain running around the Capitol Building looking clueless.
I mean, looking at what the Republican party has "de-complished" over the last 8 years, Republicans must be ashamed to admit they are Republicans when out in public!
Obama/Biden '08
Obama couldn't dream of a better week, could he? Obama!!!
Funny – how CNN will only print – or air PRO-obama reports – but – seems to look for negative McCain reports.
BUT – on other sites – that report Accurate FACTS – they seems to report on ALL issues.
Guess CNN is on the obama cheer leader team.
Based upon recent CNN Factchecks......
It was CNN whom confirmed that Palin did not withdraw her request for funds for the bridge to nowhere, BUT rather Congress turned her down!
It was CNN whom confirmed that Palin requested for hundreds of millions for earmarks.
It was Palin whom stated that 20% of US drilled oil comes from Alaska, whereas CNN confirmed that it is only 3.5%.
If the economy is so important to the US and the rest of the world....
why didn't McCain choose Romney for his VP??
Will both McCain and Palin quit.
So let it be written, so let it be DONE! AMEN and GOODBYE, Gov. Palin!
Ladies and Gentlemen...
Soon to be the First Female VP of the United States... and likely the First Female POTUS....
Exciting times we live in....
What's funny is she's got more experience than the Dem POTUS Nominee....
Finally a conservative speaking some sense.
After only three (count 'em, THREE) interviews over the course of the past month, even the conservative hacks at William F. Buckley's once-respectable National Review are starting to choke on their vomit.
Nobody reported the largest gathering in Alaska history which took place the other day to demonstrate against Palins nomination for veep. Thousands of women showed up to demonstrate....far larger crowd that the crowd Palin herself got there...no one said a thing....the LARGEST demonstration in Alaskan history...woman against Palin....and no one said a thing.....this is our countrys future you news people are messing with...Palin is dangerous and you arent giving us the real picture...even the Republicans know it...
She can't step down, no one would be dumb enough to jump on this ticket...well...maybe Lieberman..hmm
Wow someone is finally telling the truth from the GOP. “If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself," Parker also writes. THIS IS TOO FUNNY
I love the reporting here... McCain is blamed for mess in Washington, Palin sucks, McCain misstepped...
What about Obama tells the Senate to "call him" if they need his help, Biden keeps making up history and positions, Obama's chief economic adviser is an ex-Fannie Mae CEO...
Of course we won't see those.
WASP!!! WomenAgainstSarahPalin
WOW. I actually AGREE with the fundies on something. This may be a sign of the apocalypse.
At the very least, it's a sign that people with more than two brain cells to rub together, whether conservative or liberal, know that this woman has no place being 2nd in command of the US of A.
Palin should step down. Maybe Judge Judy can step in: at least she has a law degree.
I was thinking the exact same about Obama
Some of us up here north of the 49th Parallel have been speculating for the past month that the naming of Palin was a gimmick and she would be gone before the elections were held. Oh, us Crazy Canucks, what were we thinking..... We can see Alaska from the Rocky Mountains so we are all experts on VP candidates.
Be careful what you wish for, Dems ... McCain could turn to Romney, who is taken to be "credible" on the economy (even though he's a job-killing machine). Keep Sarah on the ticket; it's more fun that way.
WHOA! Somebody called this, they said this would happen and Mitt was standing in the wings to take the lead. Look for Ms. Alaska 2008 to leave the campaign for personal reasons.
Obama/Biden 08!
How many more mistakes can McCain make before he suspends his campaign, indefinitely?
I can see the moon from the backyard. I should be an astronaut!
I am surprised that conservative coomentaors are now saying Sarah Palin is unfit for the job. If Sarah Palin has any decency she should step down immediately.
Ouch.
Let the calls begin. Being for Obama, I hope she doesn't step down because she is a huge drag on the ticket.
Well, now that's huge! I rather not comment...I'm speechless!
Nooooooo keep her on the ticket!!! Out of the millions of possible runnig mates, Palin is the one person that McCain chose to help him run the country. He is stuck with this choice. There are no mulligans or resets here...he chose Palin to advance his political ambition and he will have to live or die by that choice.
Personally, I think his and Palin's political careers are dead in the water after Nov 4th but the people will have the final say on all of this!!!
Does the "Kiss of Death" mean anything? Based on McCain's judgement in picking Palin, getting him off the ticket for the good of the party would also be a great idea.
I keep saying that we should compare Palin's performance to any of the other top contenders for VP. How would Pawlenty or Jindal or Ridge handle any of these appearances? How would they respond to the questions and the situations? I think we'd all agree that her performance has been subpar. So what does that tell you about McCain picking her?!?! It's clear that he did not have the integrity to put 'country first' when he picked his VP. McCain made a risky choice – one in a string of risky and inpulsive moves that are inappropriate for a Presidential candidate.
If she ever gets a chance to be in power she will close the doors for another woman to be the president for many years to come. It will be a disgrace.
It was evident since her first appearance in Ohio, the day she was announced.
Her delivery of the speech wrote for her underlined her misunderstanding of the issues and exposed her as a puppet for anybody willing to observe.
She will not step down, and even if she does, she cannot salvage Mc Cain's campaign and even less his deep lack of judgment.
Someone with more intellegence, mayby BARNEY the purple dinasour.
Well this is the person Sen McCain the maverick wanted so now he's stuck with her...We'll see what happens Nov 4th.
/B CNN is trying soooooooooo hard to help Obama get elected. /B It's actually humorous to see the end of professionalism in journalism.
I pray that she will stay on: Americans should have the opportunity to show they do recognize mediocrity underneath the good looking package. Voters are not stupid after all.
PALIN: POST-TURTLE. Someone put her up the post. She couldn't climb up there by herself. McCAIN-PALIN: LUST FIRST, COUNTRY LAST, RECKLESS JUDGMENT, LIES, SECRECY, CRONYISM.
I just hope that Sarah Palin reads these words and has the courage to heed them. She is a fun and awesome person, but she must know she just can't do this job right now. If she stays in, she may destroy the GOP and maybe the country she claims to love. Please, Sarah, listen to these folks...
This is exactly what McCain would do as President... make terrible decisions! McCain sided with Bush 90% of the time, and voted "Country First" the other 10%. NO WAY, NO HOW, NO MCCAIN!
I used to think that Sarah Palin is Dick Cheney in drag. Only thing is Cheney is smarter. McCain put our nation at great risk with his selection of Palin. This guy is too much of a gambler and too risky for President. Obama is showing he can govern of our country and restore faith in our government.
This still has to do with John McCains judgement. I don't care if she steps out or not.
John McCain's judgement is still to blame!
Um...yeah? They're just NOW figuring this out? Republicans have always been a bit slow; you'd have to fall into a black hole to experience density greater than the mind of a ran-and-file GOP partisan.
Normally there are also some pro-McCain comments here.
On this topic nobody seems to be able to defend McCain
Finally people are seeing what an empty skirt this woman is.
Uh oh. Too funny!
The wheels are really falling off the campaign cart now. Yet another nail in the McLame coffin. This is now happening way too fast. I wonder if either McLame or Caribou Barbie will be left standing by November 4th. I think not.
Just say NO to Bush 44 and Caribou Barbie.
Go Obama/Biden!!!
THE EMPRESS HAS NO PANTSUIT!!!
I nearly fell out of my chair watching the Kouric interview when she said Russian diplomats enter Alaska airspace and that is why she has foreign policy.
Well I live near lots of Air Force bases in San Antonio but I don't consider myself to be a fighter pilot.
$700 billion to bail out wall street how about main street? America do you realize that that $700 billion that you will spend will be use to bail out Chinese banks and other foreign banks bad business and then they will sell these business back to us American. We should not let this to happen because the same mess will come back again in wall street. Wall Street greed, big CEO Payout need to have control over them. This $700 billion just show you that the republicans do not care. Congress please do not let George Bush rush you and us American into this mess. Bush has four months in power and he does not care of whatever mess that $700 billion will make.
Is that package has a plan to bail out main street as well? The economy cannot run good without main street confidence. If main street do not have money that $700 billions is a waste.
so, you media hacks think palin should step down due to lack of experience? well then, i would expect your next diatribe of hate and fear would direct barack hussien obama to step aside for EXACTLY the same reason, otherwise your agenda of hypocrisy is exposed for all the world to see., or will you wait until the DNC's check has cleared before doing so?
Her ship has sailed and she doesn't even have a life vest .If she were a man they would destroy her for the lack of any knowledge . Shes being held to a lower standard and she can't even keep up to that .She's the Queen of Nothing !
I want to hear about the largest gathering in Alaska history to demonstrate against Palin the other day....the largest in their history and no one said a word
Is it just me or does it seem to defeat the purpose of telling Sarah Palin to step down for family reasons when you have just criticized her for being incompetent and say to do it for her country?
I'm sure if she does step down it will be turned into a pity party about how she was bullied by Obama and the media into quitting. The sad thing is, many Americans are dumb enough to fall for that.
Her gender has nothing to do with it. If she were a man people would be screaming about her lack of competence. If she is removed from the ticket, I hope the media focuses not on the pity argument, but on McCain's incredible lack of judgement in picking her. He should not be rewarded by the media or the voters for this obvious terrible political stunt.
Judgement does matter and McCain's is in need of a Wall Street sized bailout at this point.
You finally got it right.
Keep her in Please ?????
She is great for the Dems, theres something new from her every day!
No October surprise we don't want McSame to drop her, she is the best thing to happen to the campaign...... for Obama
WOOOO HOOOOO
Keep lipstick yea
Wow are we suppose to be surprised by this column... She is just stating the obvious that has been there from the beginning...
McCain has proven to have no judgment whatsover and he does not care about the faith of this country either.
Obama/Biden 08
AMEN
She has hit it on the head....step down
Finally, the truth shall set you free. Novv go back to Alaska and hunt mooses.
This is too funny!
I guess all the brave-faced GOP cheerleading in the world couldn't get over the fact that Palin was always "lipstick on a pig", to borrow a phrase. She was a trophy veep to liven up McCain's comatose campaign.
if she quits now it will shatter the chance for republicans. not to say i support her or not, but it would be unwise to come this far and have half of the ticket quit. it would be devastating.
Palin should not have een chosen in the first place.
But, she was chosen and been hidden away from the public and the press. The few questions she has answered show she is uneducated and has no clue as to world politics, or even US politics.
What is her education level?
She, in my opinion, is just another bad choice that John McCain has made this campaign season.
I simply do not trust McCain or Palin to lead this country, or to let them gamble with foreign affairs in any way.
The republicans have butchered the united states, and now McCain and Palin want to finish it off with their bad decisions and their "policy."
There's too much at stake to elect them.
Oh, no... please don't step down for the good of the country. Let McCain sink with his bad judgments. The more the days go on, the uglier this will look. Palin is certainly attractive and energetic; but believe me there are many more conservative women who would have fit the job.... But, obviously a script was written and she was picked to fit the bill. Only the shoe doesn't quite fit. Sorry, McCain
I'm so glade that someone is taking a stand against this foolness. This women will have us in another war in 6 month. AWAKE UP AMERICA, we have to much to lose.
Watch out McCain and Palin because now your own base is turning their backs on you! Great news for Obama though. And watch out next week when Palin debates Biden. Biden is going to chew her up and spit her out!!!
Go Obama/Biden!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is why we can't elect John McCain
can someone say judgement.
I think there have been too many missteps in the McCain campaign for her to step down at this point. Again I was surprised when he picked her, and since then there have been a number of perceived missteps that bring into question McCain's judgement and his temperament. Like the suspension of his campaign until a deal can be reached on the bailout, that leads to the impression that he can't handle a number of issues at one time. We have enemies out there that are watching, and when I say enemies I mean not only people that are looking to attack militarily but those would take advantage of a situation, or a person that gives the impression that they are overwhelmed or somewhat out of their league. If something were to happen to McCain, then Sarah Palin is it, and we can't afford that situation. She is a beautiful woman, but may not be right for this particular situation.
Never heard of this woman and I completely disagree with her and I know a lot of people who feel the same way as I do. We love her and feel she will really accomplish something for ordinary people. She has an 80% approval rating in her state. Name another politician who can match that.
You sure this is a brilliant idea? You are serious you are not playing another game for her sake?
Scary, scary, SCARY.
What many people don't realize is that the "Bush Doctrine" isn't comprised of one single element. If you listen to the interview with (or was it attack by??) Charlie Gibson, she asks him to clarify which part of the Bush Doctrine he is speaking of. She isn't surprised that there IS a Bush Doctrine, and I think it is a testament of how smart she is that she realizes that it is multifaceted.
She has about as much foreign policy experience as Obama, who tries to count his schooling as experience.
If Sarah is allowed to be the vice president, we will not have learned the lesson of 8 years. That lesson that you don't choose someone because you'd like to have a beer with them. You choose who's best for the country to move forward. John McCain and Sarah Palin are not the best ticket for this country to move forward. It's that simple.
Obama/Biden 08
@Scott L; if the Repubs have an October surprise, guess what the Democrats have a November surprise....can you say, PRESIDENT OBAMA!!! Now, I so giddy too....can't wait!!!
Have to admit I was wondering when someone from the republicans would say something like this.
I really do think if McCain was trying to just get the far-right base of the republican party jazzed up about the ticket, than Palin was an excellent choice. But McCain cannot win the election without independent voters and his choice of Palin in that respect was a poor one.
ouch, that's gonna leave a mark!
So, you are telling me that if Joe Biden was asked for an example of who Barack Obama helped when he was a community organizer, and he could not answer directly, that he should leave the ticket?
Finally. I recommend someone like Olympia Snowe instead. Very moderate and independent Senator from Republican, and woman! Familiar with small businesses.
What ever she do she cannot save the GOP party
Simply put....I agree completely. She should bow out.
This reflects more on ole man McShame's poor judgement rather than Palin's...I actually feel somewhat sorry for her having been placed in this situation but then she said she didn't blink when she was asked....you reap what you sow!!!!!
not until the VP debate. I can't wait, it is going the funniest 90 minutes at McCain expense.
She could claim to be withdrawing to give more time to her 'faith-based' birth control initiative - it worked so well for her daughter after all.
Are you kidding? No way should she step down. Then McCain gets a second chance to pick the right person and there will be the ususal two week high and excitement from a new person, which might carry him over the threshold for all the wrong reasons. It's too late for that – carry on.
I wish she will spare us all this agony of having to hear her speak about what she does not have any clue about.
McCain failed in his judgement. One lie leads to more cover up lies and it goes on.
The McCain campaign is now "BARE FACE LYING EXPRESS"
Palin take the hint go home to your family!! Enough is Enough!!!!!!
OCTOBER SUPRISE COMING RIGHT UP. OK, so who wants to guess the identity of the person Biden will be debating next Thursday? Anyone, anyone? Romney maybe?
LOL
Flee while you still can Palin. We just might forgive you if you stay in Alaska and stay out of the way for long enough.
She is the sole reason McFool suspended his campaign in the first place. The game was to get her out of debating Biden. I know the devil when I see one and John McFool and his campaign has used this woman
Ok step down.... but before you do please explain to us the witchhunting your pastor does; please tell us if you are also contacted when Putin flies cross Atlantic instead of over Siberia and Alaska when he comes to the US; please tell us where oil comes from if you don't believe in dinosaurs and evolution. Thanks. Oh and good luck!
I was just going to say that Palin reminds me of the Carolina Teen Pageant who couldn't answer why some Americans can't find USA on a map
This is what happens when you don't actually know anything about a candidate before throwing your support behind them. Maybe, just once, you republicans could try doing a little something called 'research' before pledging your soul to whatever moron the party pushes in front of you.
Contrary to conservative wisdom, being informed is actually a good thing.
Some things just have to be said, so I'm going to say it. Sarah Pailin is dumb! I heard her interview with Couric, and I must say that I was at a loss for words. It is a wonder how this woman is a Governor!
It is clear that McCain has rolled the dice and is betting on American's stupidity and ignorance. Pailin has no business near Washington D.C. Plain and simple.
Maybe she could take Biden with her....Obama/ Clinton
Now wouldn't McCain like that. He could then pick his buddy Lieberman and still get credit for adding a woman to the ticket. Now that would be a Rovian drama.
So NOW her supporters say she is out of her league. She was out of her league the day she hit the national scene, but everyone thought they could hide her during the campaign. Every excuse was made for her and cries of sexism were thrown at anyone the questioned her selection. NOW, her supporters are FORCED to admit that she is grossly unqualfied for VP.
What are the chances that she actually drops out of the race for the good of the party? The answer is NONE.
she shouldn't step down who made this sexist remark! Wait it was a woman who made that remark oh well I guess mcbush can't use that excuse wait she is a Democrat! no no she is a Republican that is saying this! Palin should have never even took the job in the first place she knows the only reason she is on this ticket is because she is attractive, And she is a women other than that she is the worst possible pick! Mccain this is what happens when you don't pick someone with Experience like you stated Oh so many times Obama lacked but he is still winning in the polls
This is true... Sad but true.
“If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself," Parker also writes.
Brilliant. Easily the most intelligent thing to come from a conservative's mouth this election season.
Marcus Allen – lol, so should Palin. I believe she asked "What exactly is that a VP does?"
Case in point.
You know things are getting bad when your own people aren't standing behind you. And the ship keeps sinking...
The entire Sarah Palin sharade begs for a far more important issue:
HOW CAN JOHN MCCAIN BE A STEADY PRESIDENT when, still to this day he acts, following gut instincts rather than reasoning first and acting later??????????
Don't hate on Palin... Obama is not much better.
I'm a Democarate and I'm soo not voting for Obama..
Go McCain and Palin....
This should be a hit against McCain's judgement.
Palin knew this coming herself. Let us remember that Larry Kudlow of CNBC's "Kudlow & Co." asked her in July about the possibility of becoming McCain's ticket mate.
Palin replied: "As for that VP talk all the time, I'll tell you, I still can't answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day?" It seems no one ever got back to her with the answer.
She should stay on the ticket. Her experience is as good as the person topping the democratic ticket, and is as good as some men who became president. Why does a woman always have to more of everything to be considered qualified, ready or whatever. I don't agree with all that Palin stands for, but I'm sick and tired of sexism! Why doesn't Biden step down and let Hillary take his place?????
Let's see – And "NOBAMA's" expertise is – 0. Seems as he referenced running his campaign as experience in leadership. He's a joke!!
I think she may very well quit before the debate with Joe Biden...idk...I mean her expectations are so so low though that the only way to go is up and maybe she will surprise people.
But all I know for certain is if she and Mccain wins, people will be crying within a year of his presidency, at the latest!
geez....someone actually used the words "character" and "obama"
in the same sentence. amazingly stupid...
You can't put lipstick on a pit bull and call it a vice president, and as Ross Perot said, you can't put a boot in the oven and call it a biscuit...hasn't John McCain learned ANYTHING in almost 30 years of political life? Governor Palin is most certainly far out of her league. Koodos for having the guts to say so.
What was McCain thinking????!! It is PAINFULLY obvious that Palin is way out of her league.
OBAMA08
Palin may be out of her league when she is up against Biden, but she matches up with Obama pretty good.
That is why the democrats are worried.
Everyone is comparing Obama to Palin.
Their #1 against our #2 and she stacks up pretty well.
OUCHHHHHH!
Ha,ha,ha!
Not yet! I want to see her debate Biden! Then she can go!
There are things that concern me about her–but I have serious concerns about all of the candidates this election season.
I say let it ride–let the voters decide and to hell with stuck up liberals and literati!!
The voters will stubbornly vote for McCain and Palin, knowing full well they're not fit to lead this country, before they'll elect a black, well educated, brilliant, well received, and did I mention EDUCATED, black man.
It's really a shame.
I'm feel sorry for McCain and the party
this candidate and his running mate remind me of childhood play ground taunts--liar-liar pants on fire hanging from a telephone wire opps snap. her on the ticket would be like having me on the ticket - unsure of what the truth really is. what they think the american woman that stupid no we have common sense
She's right – after seeing Palin's recent interview – I feel as though I was overstepped for the VP position!
She is clearly not qualified and not ready. McCain's judgment on this issue is way off. It is clear he tried to put himself and his candidacy above his country with this pick.
More likely Biden is going to drop first.
I've been amazed how many R's were being good soldiers and lining up to support McCain's choice of Palin, and keeping their own opinions quiet. I think we're going to hear more and more people who have seen enough and just can't keep quiet any longer. There reaches a point where you just can't keep up the party talking point any longer. This was clearly a risky and inpulsive choice by McCain, and we just can't sit by and let him get by with a move that clearly did not put 'country first'. All complaints about Palin need to go directly to McCain – he's the one who didn't vet her and was willing to risk the nation's future for his chance to be President. I'm not going along with taking that risk.
But wait, leading with your gut instinct is just so mavericky.
Isn't that what mavericks do, make one stupid mistake after another?
I wonder what screwy stunt McSame will pull to try and bail out of this mistake.
I hope the keep her on the ticket.. just shows how out of touch John McCain is. Besides, he's not going to let her quit and make a bigger fool out of him.... he's too old man stubborn for that.
She should have never been chosen in the first place. I find her insulting to intelligent women everywhere. She has made a total fool of herself and has shown McCain has very poor judgment. They both lie without a care about the truth or integrity. She should have been gone long ago but the only good thing now is that people are so terrified of her incompetence that she will help further destroy McCain's campaign and make sure Obama is elected. Obama and Biden are the only real candidates who are prepared to lead.
Since all Alaskins have FOREIGN POLICY EXPEREINCE
just by living there, MCCAIN can pick anyone...
She is getting greater and unfair scrutiny.
Men get away with much worse-
Just read the comments from the male politicians- they are even worse.
She's in good league with past vice presidents, you know the ones. They invented the internet and can't spell potato correctly. Apparently the bar doesn't have to be too high by past measurements. I say she's good enough.
women are attacked much more than men. It was Hillary, and now Palin. A lot of americans cannot digest that a woman would be in high power. Hillary was trashed – and she is so so smart and capable more than O and Mc together. Palin is being attacked bc she is a woman. we had Obama coming with very little experience, Palin does little experience, but Obama got away with that more than she.
I feel it all the time.
Sarah Palin got caught up in the moment when asked to be the vice presidential nominee. Common sense should have prevailed. There is no way, even in her own mind , that she is qualified for the job. For Goddsakes Man, give it up!
Finally someone speaks the obvious truth.
Nice woman, but so blatantly inappropriate for the job.
By accepting this position so over her head she has humiliated herself and her party. Sad.
it's funny how all of a sudden the people that were so ferociously supporting her place on the ticket are now seeing what so many of us saw from the beginning...Palin just isn't prepared for the job of VP. This is not to say she isn't a great Governor and wouldn't someday make a good VP...just not today.
To Scott L
How can you call what a CONSERVATIVE columnist, who was an early supporter of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin says about Palin....
a smear campaign???
So now there is a conspiracy theory that the Democrats somehow have persuaded Parker to smear a fellow Republican?
The GOP base is slowly losing confidence in Palin with every interview..... They cant hide her lack of political knowledge any longer.
I cannot agree more than ever with Kathleen Parker
Thankfully, a Republican who actually sees that Palin is a train wreck waiting to happen. McCain has done the voters of this country a great disservice by choosing her as his running mate. In the (horrible) event that he is elected and doesn't finish his term, the thought of Palin leading the country is too ludicrous to even entertain.
OBAMA/BIDEN '08 and '12
“If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself,"
The same could be said about the rethuglican party in general. They have destroyed the public trust in their attempt to play us all for fools. We are a nation of skeptical cynics who no longer trust the government or the media. Now, we study and research everything to make sure its true. We can't trust them
Someone with common sense!
I cannot wait for the VP debates. Can I say Crash AND Burn?
McCain should join her in steping down as well...
She should, but she won't.
John McCain admittitng that he made a mistake? NEVER!!
If she backs out, McCain's ticket is toast. Interesting how all of a sudden the huge buzz is gone and all that's left is a hangover for the Republicans. Nothing lasts forever folks, especially nothing that represents evil in the world. The Republicans of today are just that.
If he drops her he will only highlight his lack of quality, thorough decision making. She has to stay now. We have 38 days till voting. Just let the chips fall. VOTE!... for Obama.
Mama always said to watch out for dem pitbulls. They will bite ya.... and leave ya fatally wounded ...like my friend bubba wuz. She said they dem pitbulls belong locked up somewhere.....somewhere cold...like Alaska. She also told me not to let dem pitbulls in the White Hause.....they'll just tear up the new plastic on mama's old sofa. Mama wouldn't like that.
Palin had a month to prepare for this interview and she looked like a jay walker from the Tonight show.
This showed her inabilities as well as the ineptness of the McCain campaign to groom her.
The McCain/Palin ticket is starting to look pathetic.
Oh be quiet, Parker! I like Sarah Palin, her family, her record and I want to see what she can do for our country. We are all just humans here, some are just a little more "real" and honest than others and these are the humans I want to see leading our country–McCain and Palin not Obama and Biden who thankfully I could NEVER identify with in a hundred years.
This is a home run for the "good guys". I would respect her decision and I bet it would help McCain – not that I want to see that happen... but she clearly is in WAYYYYY over her head. Maybe Carly Fiorina wasn't so crazy after all.
DEFINITELY she wasn't.
You have got to be kidding...America, wake up and see what is happening to you – McCain/Pailin are counting on your "stupidity" to get elected – show them you are not falling for there ridiculous stunts. How in Heavens name could McCain have picked someone he knew nothing about except she was a woman and that is what he needed to try to sneak into the White House. He nor She is capable of leading anything no less our great country. Please I beg you – don't let him get away with his ploys. Stop him in his tracks and get someone in there who will help us not HURT us.
As an Obama supporter, I say that Sarah should finish what she started and stay on the ticket......HAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!
By the way, when a conservative commentator compares you to Dubya, you know you're screwed. The funny thing is that even if McCain replaces her with someone else, he'll still lose because he's demonstrated how poor his decision-making skills are.
It will take a Republican to tell the truth before it resonates. Finally. The American people are very concerned about Palin being in the white house and possibly being the president. It is a scary thought, just for politcal gain for McCain.
I have been against Palin since day 1 ..... but now reading this story and others I am actually feeling bad for the girl.
BUT not bad enough to keep voting for Obama
President Palin should stay…among so many other countless reasons, at least so that the government can tell women what to do with their bodies after they have been raped.
We love you Sarah! Good Guys/Bad Guys! Hockey Moms! Pit Bulls Guns and Moose Stew!!! Russia from my balcony…or from an island in Alaska..which one is it?
At last....Thank you conservatives.
OK, maybe the plan is to have her deliberately come across like this so that everyone will think she won the VP debate just by showing up.
OR maybe she is saving her brilliance for the debate so that we could all be shocked and amazed.
In either case, it's a sad day for America. What I've learned from Republicans...Smart=Bad.
I don't want McCain to win, but had he at least picked a competent #2 I'd would have felt like all was not lost. Palin has obliterated my mental peace, not b/c of the Hillary factor but b/c I am probably better suited to be #2 than she is. I've actually been outside of the country more than she has (heck so have my kids), and by her definition I have more foreign policy experience than she does.
I think this was all a trick to get more attention on McCain. Now will the real VP candidate come out. I guess we'll have an October surprise after all.
McCain is really, really loosing his mind!! Would you people please, please believe this now!!! I live in AZ and understand what has happened to this OLD man in the last few years. McCain used this women for OLD time politics–show, show and more shows to grab a bit of stage time. This does not work in a global technological world anymore!!! I truely feel sorry for her and she needs to go back to Alaska and take care of her family. I think she is falling apart and McCain does NOT care about anyone but himself and this is just more proof of his aging mind!!
It goes to show that her 15 minutes of fame is "ova!" Clearly, picking Palin was a gimic to pander women voters. The American woman is very smart! It let's you know how sexist the McCain campaign is. They constantly underestimate women and they think that they are easily fooled by someone who looks like them.
Obama/Biden
Oh my goodness!!!!! Everyone is seeing the truth!!!!! It's amazing!!!!! God this election year is like a reality show on drugs!!!!
Even the conservatives think she should resign McCain's campaign!
Tom
Really...Palin step down....We the people think the
MCCAIN/PALIN is the winning ticket come November 4,2008
Why because we need more the common sense of Gov Palin then
the now political games played...Freign..domestic..financial..etc
and all came down run by those so-called experts...Palin is on the
winning ticket.........YES SHE CAN...with McCain in the White House.
Hahahaha! This is hilarious! What happened to the "Palin Factor"? Now, the Republicans don't want her anymore? If they try to ditch her at some pitiful attempt to save McCain's campaign, I bet they're going to lose even more votes. This is laughable! Who would be crazy enough to be McCain's second pick for VP? If McCain does this... it would really show that he does not have the behavior or judgement of a man who anyone should elect to be President of the United States? The top of the ticket should be strong enough...and he's not.
Look, McCain s campaign is tanking so he 's desparete. Newt goes to him and says this is win win, she can inject some energy and maybe help you out if not she gets through the election carrying a big burden, you and then in 4 years she's ready to roll. I don't like Palin, I think she's not smart, but it does in fact take guts by anyone to stand her heels and take on McCain and the RNCs terrible brand right now.
Sarah Palin is a true winner for the Republican VP slot! This nonsensical article was obviously funded by the opposition who is going to lose this election!
Perhaps it should become a prerequsite for any presidential candidate themselves to have at least served as a governor of a state before being allowed to campaign for the presidency of our great country!
The real lesson here is about Sen. McCain... ROTE above said it all: "All gamble, no deliberation."
How can one's jaw not drop when all she has to say about foreign policy experience is commander-in-chief of the Alaska National Guard, son in Iraq, and Alaska's close to Russia?
The worst part of the Cuuric interview was the substance - I don't expect Gov. Palin to have chapter and verse of Sen. McCain's legislative history at her fingertips - it was the deer-in-the-headlights look, the hesitation, the anxious elevated pitch of her voice.
And more importantly, how can McCain's jaw not drop?
Scott L,
Please let it go. It's over for your guy McCain.
Give me a break, like Joe Biden has done such a steller job as the VP candidate for the other side. Let's see in this week alone, he did not know that tvs were not invented back in 1929, FDR was still the governor of NY in 1929, agreed that Obama's ad against McCain lack of use of a computer was wrong. What a week for the so called stronger VP pick.
What Kathleen says, is unfortunately, true. We absolutely cannot chance the possibility that Palin might have to take over as President. This country, during this time in history, needs the best America has to offer.
And I could not believe that she actually defended her statement on the fact that she claims Foreign policy experience based on the proximity of Alaska with Russia...I just couldn't believe that when I heard it on the interview!
So this does not really surprise me.
She isn't any dumber than the President we have now....lol
If the Repubs have any sense at all, they will replace lovely, silly Sarah before her debate with Biden (which they have failed to cancel, but you can't blame them for trying).
...and take McCain with her...what a pick...
Thismay be the first time I've ever seen a Republican be honest about their candidate's deficiencies rather than just drill home their usual slogans and turn a blind eye to the truth of the matter. The woman is way out of her league and would be disasterous for the country never mind her party!!
Oh my ... and after all of that wonderful fundraising Sarah has done for the Obama campaign, and Planned Parenthood?
Sarah Bell: I'm with you. Palin has now made it 100 times harder for any women (except Hillary Clinton) to try to enter the White House!!!!
Palin is out of her league? That's funny. That's what they say about Barak Obama! (I'm talking about Bill and Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden)
–Marc PDX
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Dear Marc,
Bill and Hillary Clinton underestimated Barack, and they are sitting on the sidelines. Biden was being gracious when someone in the audience made a negative comment about Hillary and he responded by saying Hillary would have made a better VP. He is an honorable man and a gentleman. Too bad I can't say the same for you.
For those who use the argument that "Nothing will happen to McCain so Palin won't ever be president", I'd like you to think about this.
Bush in his yearly physical has had to transfer power to his much older VP because certian procedures require the president to be sedated.
McCain will surely have to be put under at some point...so yes Palin WILL BE IN CHARGE if only for a short amount of time.
And even though the chances of something cataclysmic happening while McCain is under is about 1 Billion to 1...I still don't ever what to take that chance!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No matter how much lipstick you put on a moose, it doesn't change the fact that it's a moose.
The handwriting is on the wall.
Finally!
I really wonder if McCain and his team took time to decide or chose Palin at the last minute. While I'm looking forward to the debate between Obama and McCain, I'm looking even more forward to Biden vs. Palin!
Now if only more people would wake up and see what a facade the McCain/Palin team are trying to pull off.
why should she???
She is:
1. a present from god or nature...
2. she energized the base...
3. she will help the candidate to win by landslide...
...well, thanks Mrs. Palin, for helping the Obama/Biden ticket in a very good way
GOODBYE AND GOOD RIDDANCE!!!!!
I think Parker missed the point here. This is not just about Palin's credibility or credentials, it is about the credibility and credentials of the one who chose her. This is an indictment of John McPathetic.
I find it very comforting to hear these views from some conservatives. I can respect differences on policies, overall philosophies, religious views etc, but the problem I have with Palin is, simply put, her obvious lack of preparedness for responsibility as great as that of Vice President. She simply isn't qualified, and the last thing we need right now is someone who's out of their depth trying to take on the huge problems this country is facing.
For me personally, I like the calm, rational approach that we've seen from the Obama/Biden ticket. They've stayed on message the whole campaign, managed their way through hardships in a calm, effective way, and have largely steered clear of dirty politics – comparitively speaking of course.
Shame on you John McCain. You have played the sexist card to the max by picking a woman who is unqualified, uninformed, and extraordinarily unable to speak in full sentences. Woman have worked hard for respect in this country. Palin is setting all of us back by decades. She certainly should bow out now.
Drop her, who cares, neither of these two major parties care about the citizens, they only care about which lobbiest is going to full their pocket next.
No bailouts No way ! No Democrates or Republicains. there is not a two party system, we the people have been had...by them and by the media who is owned by those lobbiests.
"perfect storm of God, Mom and apple pie,"
THREE THINGS THAT SHOULD DISQUALIFY SOMEONE FOR BEING PRESIDENT. Well, okay, apple pie isnt so bad.
everything that was said about sarah palin is true. She would be the downfall of mccain.
Thank you Kathleen. It is not easy being the first one to admit that your team made a big mistake. I applaud you for that. I'll be reading your column from now on.
Step down? She should never have accepted the nomination in the first place.
Could you imagine Sarah Palin running for President in the Republican primary? They would have shuffled her out into the hall with Ron Paul and Alan Keyes and the other nutball fringe candidates.
If McCain wins the election, all of us- Democrats, Republicans and Independents- should pray for his health. Yes, I am an Obama supporter but country goes first.
Obama/Biden 08
Well Ms Parker....I don't know you and haven't followed your commentary. However, let me give you a BIG AMEN and Kudos!!!
Finally someone who has the balls to tell you truth about what many of us already knew but some are too blind by their own personal agenda for wanting another 4 years of Bushism to see the truth when it is staring them right in the face.
Don't worry Sarah! They still love you at Fox News!!! You and Steve Doocy should run as a ticket!!!
I feel the same way about Obama.
Yet the media covers for him.
They just attack Sarah.
If I didn't know better, I'd be worried.
What the McCain campaign needs right about now is some JOE-MENTUM! Bring the hurt.
Scott L's comments only show that Bush is the "brains" of the Republican party.
I'm glad at least the intelligent republicans are coming around to reality...
And more to the point, this is a stellar example of the completely flawed judgement of McCain. If you think Palin is bad, then by deduction you must blame McCain for putting our country in jeopardy with this freakin Nutcase of a VP pick. He will sell us out for his own gain.
They BOTH need to take a flying leap off a big bridge...please, by all means build the bridge and send these two absolute idiots to "NOWHERE"
As the world experiences McBarbie her support continues to plummet.
Yet another poor decision by McBush.
Kathleen Parker are you on Obama's pay list?
Give her a chance and if she does NOT...MC CAIN will fire her....its like food that you say you don't like when you have not even taste it.
Hey I supported the pick, but the Couric interview was unbelievable. We're socializing the economy. I have to side with McCain, because Obama will bring us further and further down the socialist road. I'm sorry, but we're not going to pay for the bailout AND universal healthcare AND manage foreign policy AND manage the domestic front without raising crazy taxes.
Speaking as an American, not as Dem or GOP, I think the fact that she is on the McCain ticket, and has made it this far, is really disturbing. There is something really, really wrong here, with this system, the way we are pulled around on a leash by campaigns. Something's really broken here.
Stupid decision by McCain. Just a preview of things to come if he is elected. More stupid decisions.
Kathleen Parker is a LOOSER! She must be a closet Democrate! Who listens to her anyway??
McCain-Palin all the way to the White House!!!
HEY,WHY ISN'T THE MC CAIN CAMPAIGN ACCUSING THIS CONSERVATIVE REPORTER OF BEING SEXIST?
Can she wait until AFTER Biden mops the floor with her next week? Pretty-please! We need some more comedy in the campaign.
Of course, the entire McCain campaign is a joke to begin with, Palin is just the punchline.
They are screwed with her, in that she will continue to prove that she is not worthy of the office. They are also screwed without her, as her leaving the campaign would hi-light the poor judgement of the man who got her there in the first place.
Wow..... can looks can get you this far with no brains? Or maybe this is what Republicans think?
While watching CNN an airplane flew overhead at the same time McCrazy was flying to Mississippi. Based on his vetting process, I now should be fully qualified to be the next President. Confused ? – He was in a plane and I saw a plane at the same time. Had the plane been flown by Putin and I don't know that it wasn't, I would then be qualified as a Foreign Policy expert.
After 2 full-term Karl Rove campaigns, this crescendo of stupidity is almost more than anyone with a brain can take. Much like Cosmo Kramer, I have now developed a terrifying fear of clowns.
I’ve never been a fan of Sarah Palin. But I’m actually starting to feel sorry for her. McCain and his cronies have used her and dragged her onto a national stage she is clearly not ready for. If she ever became president she would have a bevy of the old boys directing her every move. Sound familiar?
Maybe we could better understand her ramblings if we spoke in "Tongues"
Why so much HATRED?
Sarah is no worse than Obama.
This was one of the most important decisions John McSame has had to make so far and he got it wrong. After seeing part of her interview with Katy Curic, I actually feel sorry for the lady. I do not feel sorry for Mcsame though. Very poor judgement on his part...if he had any say in the decision to choose her.
Maybe it was the old bait-and-switch all along. McCain was desperate to show the right-wingers just how "right" he is.
Please leave the poor lady alone. Please, it was not her fault. Mccain picked her , because he is lacking judgement.
Blame Mcclame as many call him, he has a poor judgement. He can't make a good commonsense judgement. He can't be a leader.
Poor girl. I almost feel sorry for her...almost.
Go back to Alaska Sarah Failin... to kill wolves and pray for the end of the world. Those you can do just well.
ONLY THE EDUCATED REPUBLICANS CAN SEE THIS THE REST OF THE SHEEP ARE TO DUMB FOR THERE OWN GOOD. LETS SAY A GOOD PORTION OF REPUBS ARE VERY DUMB AND SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE OR USE A TABLE KNIFE.
OBAMA...........08
The Harriet Mier of the McCain campaign!!! Keep her in, it makes the VP debate worth watching...watching her fall on her face!!!
This is unfair to Palin. She is being used to excite the Republican base, which says volumes about what McCain thinks of the intelligence of the Republican base.
Sarah Palin my have talent on other areas, however she should stand
in front of a mirror and ask herself if she is really being honest with
herself and the American people about her qualifications as possible
President. Americans are forgiving and would have much more
respect for her if she goes ahead and admit that she made a
mistake in taking on a responsibility that is more than she can handle.
I can also see it in her eyes that she misses her baby, and he needs
her more than John McCain. I have lost respect for McCain for
putting her in this position and using her for his own political
agenda.
With all this wishful thinking from some of the idiots on this blog you would think that the dark prince would be ahead in the national polls by 90 % Well folks , I've news for you. Gallop poll today said it was a split decision at tie 46 to 46
Why not let Obama quit and have him replaced by Hillary. Yeah, that is the ticket. obama quits and Hillary steps in
NO!!! Dont bow out!!!! WE NEED PALIN
She has helped raise more money than old mcdonald could ever accomplish for Obama. She is the reason i donated so much to Obama, Stay on the ticket keep talking out that a$$ and hope no one listens. We need Palin!!!! she will destroy the GOP from within.
After this week's performances by McCain Ms. Parker should be saying the thing about McCain. It appears that he has lost his grip on reality and expect the American public to come along for the ride. He is really showing a new all time low in terms political cynicism. Now he has zero crediblity.
I have always been against Gov Palin. But from last night i changed my view about her. She seems so harmless and ignorant of the issues at stake. She is better off at her Gov's office. I have just one person to blame for all this the man Jmac lacked the judgement to pick right. Just was looking for a diversion and used sarah to energise the base. Its so sad we are in this position and this poor woman is the topic. I have stop talking against her stand because she is as clear as the interview last night..that she has no clue about the man that picked her. He FLIP FLOP so many times that she got lost and doesnt know where he stands anymore
mike
chicago
Smart woman!!!!!! Something I knew the first week...
Sounds like Obama is in over his head.
Keep her on the ticket until after the VP debate. LOL!
The VP debate will be comedy gold.
HA HA HA HA HA HA!!! Maybe can McCain can replace her with a Moose! Go Buillwinkle Go!!!
Finally – finally – finally. I knew there had to be some Republicans out there that really do love their country and cringe at the idea of Palin as President Palin. I salute you all for really putting country ahead of party – and calling for Palin to disqualify herself for the Vice-Presidential candidate position. These are serious times and we really need serious candidates from both sides.
Brian
What a load of crap.
Molly September 26th, 2008 2:34 pm ET
Funny – how CNN will only print – or air PRO-obama reports – but – seems to look for negative McCain reports.
BUT – on other sites – that report Accurate FACTS – they seems to report on ALL issues.
Guess CNN is on the obama cheer leader team
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((molly))) the subject of this post is NOT who is or not a cheerleader for OBAMA...it's about the eskimo beauty queen that's OUT OF HER LEAGUE!!!!!!!!!!
It's true you know...she sounds sooo stuipd in this interview....
I think this is the first time the Obama bloggers have agreed with a conservative.
Wow. She's right. She needs to leave the campaign. Palin is in over her head.
Well, Dan Quayle had that spelling problem. Sarah Palin has that stringing-words-together and stringing-ideas-together problem. Both on the short side, although Quayle at least could think something through.
You'd think that, even left on her own, that just by chance random word fragments would meet random-thought fragments, and something reasonable would come out. Like an ape writing "The Great Gatsby." You'd think; maybe she just needs a little more time? Or has she had enough rope to finally do herself, and McCain, in?
Babble babble, thats waht she said in her interview....yeah step down Palin, you are deffinitley NOT ready.
Im a recent graduate of Middle Eastern politics and I have more foreign policy know-how than Palin.
Who cares if she stays or if she goes....either way Obama/Biden are going to be our next POTUS and VPOTUS
I am surprised only a few people have came up and said anything. McCain is making is own negative reports. Cnn must print the news as it presents itself. This article is about Palin and not McCain
Scott L...You may be waiting for a while. I can't wait to see McCain in January...when he's congratulating Obama on his huge victory.
the best way to consider a VP candidate is whether or not the party would rally around them if the Pres candidate suddenly died 6 weeks before the election. By that standard, does anyone believe that the Repubs would rally around Palin if McCain dropped dead tonight? If they did, it would be clear that their soul is completely gone from the party. It is already clear, because of their support of a candidate who has lost control of her family's values, not just family values. Their support of Palin illustrates that their diatribes and barbs against minorities, the poor, and Democrats are just empty rhetoric, as we believed all along. could you imagine if the Obama children had children out of wedlock? That would be fair game to them and national news.
I truly believe that the Repubs are throwing this election, knowing that its a loss because of GWB, and are hopeful that Obama gets stuck with the mess that they created.
if she would just dye her hair blone, hehehehe
Sarah Palin is just one in a long line of gimmicks designed to make the McCain campaign relevant. But she is a dangerous one. These days, she looks like she is going to have a breakdown in front of the camera at any moment,
I'm voting for Obama, but I wouldn't feel so terrified of the prospect of his not winning if anyone, anyone but Palin were on the ticket. McCain I could deal with as long as he had a serious VP.
You can't make this stuff up. Really. You just can't.
Geeeeez! About time! As a woman I would love to see a woman in the White House someday...but not this one. Maybe she should quit. Maybe John McCain should quit along with her since their campaign has been shameful. It won't change my vote – anyone who would put her in a position to be vice-president of the United States should not be President of the United States.
There is so much jelously and people dems. running scared. Palin is more than they can handle. Mccain is the man for the job. Obama go back to school.
What is the real issue here? It's McCain's impulsive actions with very little analysis. It this what makes a good president? I don't think so.
Unfortunately for Candidate McCain, Governor Palin's exit at this point would not save his candidacy. Too many of the religious right still see her with blinders and adore her, and for all others it would only highlight his poor judgement and haste in selecting her without proper vetting. The gambler rolled the dice and it appears he may have lost it all.
...and what would it say of McCain's judgment if she were to quit? Can the Republicans really hope to win with a new VP candidate less than a month before the elections? It'll be nothing but disarray...she's gotta rough it out....she was never in it for the thinking republicans anyway and she still appeals to the base.
Chuckle, Chuckle...........What does that tell you about McSames judgement????? Do we really need another George Bush type in there????
Palin should step down only if Obama agrees to!
The question is about EXPERIENCE right?
You are so smart and full of it..are you a governor of a large state full of oil??? Did anyone call you up to be a Vice President running mate? Do you feel a little envy leaking through??? She Palin is top drawer and will be our Vice President...wilma page
If she steps down she should take that jug eared unqualified presidential candidate from the Dims with her.
I am angry and insulted that the GOP thinks so little of America by putting her on the ticket.
FYI, if McCain tries an 'October surpise' against Obama given his ecent antics I doubt it will actually be a 'surprise.' Nothing he does is surprising anymore. And... did he and his posse ever consider there may be a surprise in store for him as well?
Drop Sarah? But keep lobbyists as top advisers to his campaign?
Who's guiding this ship? Oh, John "and I approved this message" McCain.
The interview was just embarrasing...and honestly, frightening. Truly. This is not a game. This is our country. Watch this interview and understand that this person could become the President of the United States. Please, really think about this.
So the October surprise will be Hillary Clinton will switch parties and become the replacement VP pick? That would be the only thing that can help McCain and surprise everyone else in October.
So the Truth finally comes out and the conservative GOP's are finally realizing it!!! Haven't we been saying this ever since day 1?
Palin is too much of a narcissist to quit.
Hillary is also a narcissist. Did she quit?
Nope!
Who are these idiots that want the best candidate of all of them to quit.
Why don't they quit whining and get behind the ticket before we make the biggest mistake in the history of this country.
I for one, do not want an avowed Marxist in charge of my country.
Palin should be leadiing the ticket not McCain. The best man for the job is a woman.
I just want to say that she makes Dan Quayle look like a genius.
Wow-I am suddenly starting to like Palin! What a laugh!
It's good to see even Republicans now scratching their heads over McCain's judgement. If she did drop out, and Romney stepped in, that would be the game changer McCain would need to reverse the way this election is going (due to the economic climate). Palin has no specialty to her name to be qualified enough for the Republican ticket. She has albsolutely nothing to offer the American people. That's not sexism, that's reality....Everyone needs to wisen up.
But she can see Russia from her house! Vote for Tina Fey.
If McCain was smart (which he's not – he graduated 894 out of 899 at the Naval Academy) he would privately ask Palin to step aside. She would then announce that she was stepping down to devote more time to her family. At this point McCain would bring Mitt Romney on board. Romney is the only Repub. out there who can speak to the voters about the economy, make the voters believe he knows what he's talking about, and effectively take on Obama and Biden at the same time. However, McCain (like Bush) is stubborn and, like I said, not that smart (just like Bush). So of course he will keep Palin on the ticket, she'll get trounced and exposed at the VP debate, McCain will continue to flail around on the economy ilke a fish out of water, and McCain's poll numbers will continue to drop like a brick until Nov. 4th.
All personal distaste for Palin aside, this conservative-written article is correct. Mccain now has a terrible decision ahead of him-keep her and perhaps lose because of it....or replace her, and perhaps lose because of it.
If he is honest in replacing her, it might work....but if he dreams up some silly excuse and lie to do it, that will finish him off.
This is REALLY where Mccain must decide if it will truly be COUNTRY FIRST....
Live by sword, die by the sword.
How Sarah Baracuda wishes she was running for Mayor again, the McCain camp has babied her to the point that she is useless for them, all she can do is smile & wave, smile & wave
McCain/Palin administration is a complete joke. Palin needs to step down!
OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!
I feel saddened by what is happening to Sarah Palin. It is so unfair to her. McCain's poor judgment is costing her her reputation. I am a conservative but I cannot vote for McCain as the long this campaign the more McCain shows his poor judgment. McCain is not fit to be president. He has been wrong on every single issue that has come up lately. I won't vote for Obama but he, surely, is the better candidate of the two.
Careful or she'll cammander and chief the Alaska national guard to attack Amurika.
Only the Conservatives can convince Palin to leave the race for the good of the country and her family
Given McCain's combination of international expertise, political acumen and lack of business expertise - he needs a running mate who can be the Economic Leader - be it a woman or a man
Anyone besides me notice that in Oxford, MS the McCain plane and bus both DID NOT have Palin's name on them?
Guess this is the next "bright shiny object" from them since parachuting into Washington to save the bailout kind of didn't work.
WILL THE REAL SARAH PALIN PLEASE STAND UP ...
THE DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN DOESN'T HAVE TO DO A THING, BECAUSE PALIN WILL SELF-DESTRUCT.
I'm so TIRED of hearing republidums talk about all the "experience" Palin has. Well, what experience did your demi-god Reagan have??? He was a darn actor, and republidums rave at how wonderful a president he was. So why are you so anti-Obama, when he is an educated, public servant for many years? Just get over yourselves. Republidums will say anything to justify a dumb hopeless ticket.
I am however very impressed with the first really accurate appraisal of Palin I've seen from a conservative. I think they are starting to see a looming disaster.
She does not represent my views at all, and I never planned on voting for that ticket to begin with, but I seriously found myself feeling sorry for her when I watched her Couric interview. The other interviews were bad enough, even the Hannity softball one, but OMG, watching her just makes me feel like you do when a little kid is in a school play and completely forgets his lines and you just feel sorry for him and you almost want to reach out and help him somehow, but you can't.
Whatever overconfidence and bravado this individual was able to display in the beginning has melted into a confused deer-in-the-headlights.
I personally hope she stays on the ticket, as she is absolute gift for the Obama/Biden ticket, which has been my opinion since she was chosen.
Hey John,
It's already been proven that the story about the Fannie Mae guy as Obama advisor was totally false. Skip that detail did you?
You can't believe every piece of spin that comes out.
IF Sarah steps down ... the GOP will still have a woman in the ticket ...
THE DRAMA QUEEN McCain!
Since when is "decisiveness" a liability. I thought it was a mark of a courageous leader. Perhaps Ms. Parker is jealous of a true leader. Sarah Palin is the second most qualified of the 4, and absolutely more qualified than Obama. He hasn't done ANYTHING except advance HIMSELF. He is a rookie Senator who has only participated in 47% of the Senate's actions since he took office. It blows me away that the Dems or anyone for that matter think that he is remotely qualified to be President or even a Senator. Sarah Palin is AWESOME and the history books will indicate the great leadership of the first woman Vice, then President of the United States of America!
Who are you to ask her to quit?
Did you your service your country like McCain before criticizing him?
Just a tought...