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August 29, 2008
More Quick Thoughts re: Palin
Like Yglesias, I think that after the novelty/shock/WTF wears off, the Palin pick will just look like a cheap political play, rather than a serious assessment of who would best serve McCain in governing.
As me and Nash were just saying:
caps (1:41:41 PM): Joe Scarborough: "I can't imagine a woman that's been a governor for a year and a half, but to debate Joe Biden on Georgia, a re-emerging Russia, an emerging China and India, on the Middle East, my God, how does she do that?"
nash (1:41:51 PM): um
nash (1:41:54 PM): that is the problem here
nash (1:42:01 PM): HOW WILL SHE POSSIBLY HANG?
caps (1:42:21 PM): yeah!
caps (1:42:44 PM): duuuuuuuuuude
nash (1:44:23 PM): I mean seriously
caps (1:44:29 PM): it's insane
caps (1:44:33 PM): the best point is:
caps (1:44:39 PM): that he is doing this entirely for POLITICAL reasons
caps (1:44:51 PM): like when Bush trotted out Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court
caps (1:45:03 PM): there is NO consideration of her actual ability to govern
caps (1:45:08 PM): and that's a joke.
caps (1:45:18 PM): The Republicans just play to win elections, NOT ACTUALLY RUN THE COUNTRY.
caps (1:45:32 PM): so when they win, they fuck up
caps (1:45:45 PM): See: Brown, Michael, former head of FEMA.
And here's Dusk's first take, staying on message:
when the focus of your attack for the past several weeks has been the question of experience then, in the most important first decision as a president candidate, you pick someone who has about as little experience as you can possible find, that shows a tremendous amount of inconsistency, then again, we've seen this before, whether it's tax cuts, immigration, or our energy policy, mccain has completely shifted, often 180 degrees, in his pursuit of the presidency, whether it's seeking the endorsement of those he once called "agents of intolerance" or whether it's adopting rovian politics and the entire team that smeared him in 2000, there isn't any road too low for mccain this time, in fact the only thing consistent about mccain these past couple years has been his embrace of bush, the policies and politics that have driven us from surplusses to deficits, from a strong economy and a rising middle class to shrinking economy and a disappearing middle class, mccain hasn't been consistent about anything but failure and now he's asking you for another four years....
Anyways, let's keep perspective here. Via Drudge:
38,379,000 Watched Obama Speech... Developing...
Posted by caps at August 29, 2008 01:52 PM