The National Review, a Leftist Media outlet, has called in today’s editorial for VP candidate Sarah Palin to resign from the Republican ticket because she’s clearly unqualified and in over her head. Kathleen Parker is, of course, right, as anyone who watched any of her interviews has seen. The exception is the one she did with Sean Hannity – who predictably went to such lengths to make her look good that I expected hugs at the end.
Let’s not underestimate the importance of this; it’s the National Review we’re talking about, the mouthpiece of conservative economic thought. This kind of talk weakens Palin considerably among thinking Republicans. Yes, there are some, and I’m guessing that most of them read The National Review. Yet, if Palin steps down – even of her own accord – it’ll make John McCain look like a dolt who makes bad, knee-jerk decisions. He is, but a Palin withdrawl for any reason also costs McCain the support of the far-right fanatics who make up such a big segment of the Republican base because they are so very good at organizing.
If Parker is right, and Palin weakens the ticket because she’s ‘Clearly Out of Her League’ (and the capitalization is Parker’s,) we’ll find out at the Vice-Presidential debate on October 2nd. Old Hand Joe Biden should tear her apart – and probably runs the risk of coming off like a dick picking on a girl if he does so too easily.
But if she withdraws, she sinks the ticket, period – McCain is very unpopular with Christian extremists because a different John McCain called them ‘agents of intolerance’ a few years ago, before this one spread his cheeks for Jerry Falwell and James Dobson. McCain cannot win in November without pandering to that base. It’s why he picked Palin in the first place, and the only reason that the extremists might vote for him. Sarah Palin may be a liability, but the Republicans are stuck with her.
UPDATE: I was literally thinking that the Liberal Media wouldn’t pisk this up. But they did. And as CNN helpfully points out, infamous liberals like George Will, David Brooks and David Frum have also gone out of their way to question Palin’s qualifications.
since when is the National Review a “leftist” media outlet??
William Buckley would be truly puzzled, were he still with us.
Don’t know about the rest, but neither the National Review, founded by arch-conservative William F. Buckley Jr., nor David Brooks, is remotely leftist. You really are a neo-con shill, aren’t you Ardwulf.
The sound that you did not hear was the sarcasm zooming over your head. Did you guys stop after the first sentence or what?