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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Even Rove has doubts about Palin:
A Toronto businessman asked him if he thought Sarah Palin would make a good President. "I don't know," said Rove.
eta: Perhaps I should have said, "Even Rove is expressing doubts about Palin." I'm sure lots of Republicans have doubts but are playing along with the program....
Hell, Rove hand picked her.
Last night's TDS was both funny and scary at the same time. John Oliver was on talking about all the bad stuff happening during W's administration, and Jon Stewart asked him if W was angling to leave a legacy of being the worst president ever. Oliver: "No, the last." And that was the rather chilling end of the bit.
Hell, Rove hand picked her.
Really? She has been a smash success politically. I don't know if she'd be a good Veep or Pres, but the McCain camp's sheltering of her gives me more doubt than anything else.
It's just always smelled so Rovian to me -- a charismatic easily controlled governor with the common touch, a thirst for power, a dislike for civil rights, and a frightening lack of experience or curiosity.
Good news: Obama: "this is exactly the time" for a debate [link]
Obama also just said, "Presidents are going to have to deal with more than one thing at a time."
Sure, like an elitist does.
From the National Review Online (a conservative site):
Since Obama Seems to Want to Go On with the Debate... Many readers relay that they'd like McCain to just offer Palin step in for him.
They seriously think that would be a good idea for them? Guess they've been drinking the Kool-Aid....
And while I was feeling elated by that, our local paper's editorial board were writing things like this
John McCain has gone to Washington to get involved helping fix the financial crisis, and has suspended his campaign. Barack Obama's on TV now saying he's not planning to do that, and saying that the debate should go on, because now's the time for the American people to hear what their presidential hopefuls have to say about the economy.
Consider me unimpressed. One of these guys is going to be the next president. McCain is taking a lead role in doing the actual work of trying to defuse this crisis. Obama prefers to sit in Florida and stay on the phone with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, and talk.
Talk vs. action. That's a pretty clear contrast in leadership.
Or lukewarm praise
Listening to Obama talk now about whether he and McCain will get off the campaign trail emphasizes two realities about Obama:
1. He can be high-minded, and that's good. He called McCain today to put out a joint statement on the economy. Even though he knew he would look good doing that, and box McCain, he's right: Why not have the two put out a joint statement? That would take some partisanship out of the debate.
2. Boy, he's long-winded, and that's going to be a problem in the debates. He took a very long time answering the question of whether he thinks the debates should go on. He finally said he thought they should, but, man, he took you through a lot of material before he got you there.
I think his windiness is going to hurt him in the debates. He undoubtedly is smart, but you're left thinking, huh? McCain, by contrast, speaks directly.