Agnew??? We really don’t want to go there!
But what is most relevant anyway is to compare Sarah Palin with the string of VP and Presidential candidates the Demagogues have put forward over the past 1/2 century. Many of them had zero executive experience and/or zero foreign affairs experience, and some who did have executive experience such as Bill Clinton, Michael Dukakis, or Jimmy Carter were terrible choices for many other reasons.
Then we have such sterling VP nominees as John Edwards, Geraldine Ferraro (3 insignificant terms as a US Rep. with no accomplishments), Thomas Eagleton (didn’t last long, did he), Sargent Shriver, et al..... the Demagogues cannnot possible withstand an honest and objective comparison of Sarah Palin with so many of their own nominees -— she overshadows all or most of them without even discussing principles, ideals, political views, etc.
What had TR doen before becoming VP?
Do you know what President held the most offices before becoming President? (He was a VP also.)
Lincoln is controversial here and elsewhere, but the guy became President with one unimpressive term in the House and a lost Senate race.
There are many examples, including Vice President Agnew.
However, for those that remember Nixon-Agnew, we got all teh rhetoric and they got all the action. Nixon gave us Affirmative Action, EPA, the so-called Family Assistance Plan, and oterh measures that expanded liberalism (and gave us lousy Supreme Court appointments like Blackmun) while Agnew ran around teh country attacking “nattering nabobs of negativism”, “pusilanimous pussyfooters”, and other targets.
As an American first and a conservative, with party preference way down on my list, I worry that McCain-Palin could be Nixon-Agnew all over again. We’ll get all the rhetoric and they’ll get ll the action.
Certainly, John McCain’s signature legislative achievements, such as the assault on free speech, his “global warming” hooey, the immigration amnesty bill he sponsored, and other measures indicate an inclination to go in that direction.