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babylonsister

(170,958 posts)
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 07:42 PM Feb 2013

"...there was no more unqualified person in the country..."

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2013/2/1/14950/31868

McCain Ruined His Posterity

by BooMan
Fri Feb 1st, 2013 at 02:09:50 PM EST


Richard Cohen, who supported the war in Iraq, blasts John McCain and Chuck Hagel for supporting the war in Iraq. However, he also had this harsh appraisal of Sarah Palin:

It was McCain who chose Sarah Louise Palin out of all the people in the United States of America to be his running mate. With the possible exception of a Kardashian, there was no more unqualified person in the country to be a vice president and, as they say, a heartbeat away from the presidency. For this decision alone, McCain will remain forever on the wrong side of history. Even Fox News has given up on Palin. It appears the woman had absolutely nothing to say.


I don't think that point can be made enough.
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"...there was no more unqualified person in the country..." (Original Post) babylonsister Feb 2013 OP
I think those that think McCain choose Palin are giving him way too much credit. rhett o rick Feb 2013 #1
A Kardashian would have actually been a better choice... Kalidurga Feb 2013 #2
Sarah Palin is qualified to be exactly what she trained to be. A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #3
please, there were a few people less qualified than Sarah Palin NewJeffCT Feb 2013 #4
Michelle Bachmann. nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #5
George W. Bush Wolf Frankula Feb 2013 #6
My cat would be a good choice krispos42 Feb 2013 #8
Manson, sometimes, made sense. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #9
True NewJeffCT Feb 2013 #10
That we know of. Fantastic Anarchist Feb 2013 #11
McCain Ruined His Posterior ?!?! groundloop Feb 2013 #7
The inside information on how that decision got made treestar Feb 2013 #12
Here she is. Getting all 'mavericky' with Katie. Blanks Feb 2013 #13
 

rhett o rick

(55,981 posts)
1. I think those that think McCain choose Palin are giving him way too much credit.
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:07 PM
Feb 2013

Why would the oligarchs that have so much money invested in the Republican Party let a nitwit like McCain choose his running mate?

Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
2. A Kardashian would have actually been a better choice...
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:17 PM
Feb 2013

I think Chris is the only one old enough though. But, she wouldn't be a horrible choice.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,317 posts)
3. Sarah Palin is qualified to be exactly what she trained to be.
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 08:20 PM
Feb 2013

A second rate fluff piece reporter on a two bit, backwater TV station in Podunk Alaska.


May her dreams ever come true.

NewJeffCT

(56,827 posts)
4. please, there were a few people less qualified than Sarah Palin
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 09:12 PM
Feb 2013

Charles Manson, the Unabomber, Eric Rudolph, Matthew Hale,

groundloop

(11,486 posts)
7. McCain Ruined His Posterior ?!?!
Fri Feb 1, 2013, 10:32 PM
Feb 2013

How's that for a headline?

I'm getting tired of hearing about that half-term quitter from Alaska, so much so that I've boycotted that person's name. I refuse to give that person one single solitary additional hit on google.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
12. The inside information on how that decision got made
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 01:00 PM
Feb 2013

would be fascinating to learn. Maybe someone will write the book someday.

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