The Palin Appointment Plays Right Into Obama's Hands.

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In appointing Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate, John McCain has taken his trump card off the table. The only real weapon he’s had is Obama’s youth and inexperience--and he’s flip-flopped by choosing a running mate who is even MORE youthful and inexperienced!

Yes, his primary motive was to seduce the last of the disgruntled Hillary supporters. But in choosing someone who has no foreign policy background, has not campaigned for him, is anti-choice, and is the subject of an ethics investigation, McCain effectively suggests that anyone with a vagina should be acceptable to women voters. Ironically, he and Palin may end up helping the Obama camp accomplish its mission of getting the last of the Hillary supporters to forgive, forget, and unify.

But why didn’t McCain pick a more qualified woman? It’s been reported that many of them are or once were pro-choice, and that those who were asked declined. But there’s a very good reason to believe that McCain didn’t do the actual picking: it’s also been reported that McCain has met Palin only twice previously. If that’s true, it confirms Obama’s contention that the McCain administration will be a carbon copy of George W. Bush’s--right down to powers behind the throne making all the decisions. Indeed, maybe Palin was chosen because a more experienced woman would be harder for McCain's backers to “advise,” especially if he were to become incapacitated.

Which brings us to the bottom line: what if the reason why McCain hasn’t been making the best decisions is because he isn’t mentally capable? His gaffes and senior moments have been politely tolerated and tiptoed around so far (except by talk radio’s Stephanie Miller, who asks, “John McCain: Lying Or Old?”). But surely the Palin selection now obligates us to wonder aloud if we’re witnessing a replay of Ronald Reagan’s creeping dementia, or if McCain’s POW-related post-traumatic stress syndrome is recurring. The issue isn’t his age, but the pattern of confusion, forgetfulness and illogic that he has already exhibited.

If choosing Palin was McCain’s decision, it casts legitimate doubt upon his mental fitness and management skills. If it wasn’t, we should fear that he’d be controlled by the same kind of puppeteers who pull Bush Junior’s strings. If McCain doesn’t realize that Palin takes away his best argument against Obama (too young and inexperienced) and strengthens Obama’s best arguments against him (too out of touch with social reality; too loyal to the neoconservative status quo), then he grossly unqualified for the job of being in charge of the Free World.

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[bklyncowgirl]

1. It also points out two other things.

1. McCain is owned lock, stock and barrel by the radical right who he once professed to despise.


2. His hastiness and lack of proper vetting in making this choice says worlds about his judgment and temperament. The fact that only now Republican researchers are descending on Alaska (apparently the Democrats beat them to it) is shocking.

Now the Democrats have to pound this out at any opportunity.

[sendero]

2. Exactly..

... this was not about attracting HRC supporters, this was about appeasing the religious right wing who were still only lukewarm over McCain. Without the conservative base he had no chance.

[MrModerate]

3. "OK, everybody raise their hand who thinks John McCain is fit to lead the country . . .

No takers? OK, how about anybody who thought he was fit *before* the Palin announcement? Oh, there's one hand at the back. Sorry sir, you're an outlier."

McCain has never been fit to lead. He has a volcanic temper, is physically fragile and subject to life-threatening illnesses, is clearly losing the battle between anabolism and catabolism, has the morals of a hyena (not to insult actual hyenas), and -- while not "owned" by Bushian puppeteers -- is willing to grovel before anyone who'll promise him five bucks or five votes on his long march to failure at the polls.

Palin is just one of many reasons he's not fit. He wasn't fit during 2000 either.

[Dr.Phool]

4. I wouldn't let McLame lead my dog around the block.

[rocktivity]

5. PM Kick

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[rocktivity]

6. DING DING DING! Rocknation, you're our grand prize winner!

If choosing Palin was McCain’s decision, it casts legitimate doubt upon his mental fitness and management skills.

I can't believe what's happened in the twenty-four hours since I posted this.

If you believe Palin's story that she told McCain's vetters about her daughter's pregnancy, why did they try to cover it up? Think of how much less fallout there would have been if she had released her statement before McCain presented her to the world. Now, just as I said, McCain comes up looking like he either has impaired judgment or he's letting someone else lead him around by the nose.

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