Is she not grand? She has not lost any luster for me. I can't get enough news about her.
Posted on 09/28/2008 3:09:26 AM PDT by Halfmanhalfamazing
The honeymoon is over for Sarah Palin.
After a third major TV interview during which her performance was uneven at best, even fellow Republicans are having trouble enthusiastically backing their vice presidential nominee.
The first-term Alaska governor had been a phenomenon, bringing delegates to their feet with her speech at the Republican National Convention early this month and helping John McCain draw the biggest crowds of his campaign afterward.
But voters are now apparently having doubts. A CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released yesterday found that while 47 percent of likely voters believed that Palin had the personality and leadership qualities a president should have, 49 percent said she didn't. Compare that with her Democratic counterpart Joe Biden: 55 percent said he had the necessary qualities, while only 39 percent said he did not. Both Barack Obama and John McCain had 62 percent of voters believing they have what it takes to be president.
And now some conservative commentators are skeptical or disillusioned. Syndicated columnist Kathleen Parker, who had praised McCain's surprise selection of Palin, called yesterday for her to step aside from the ticket. "As we've seen and heard more from John McCain's running mate, it is increasingly clear that Palin is a problem. Quick study or not, she doesn't know enough about economics and foreign policy to make Americans comfortable with a President Palin should conditions warrant her promotion," Parker wrote yesterday on National Review's website.
"It was fun while it lasted. Palin's recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League."
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Kathleen's too dumb to realize that she just took aim and shot her career right out of the sky. Her jealousy of Gov. Palin is going to cost her big.
When columnists anger and then lose their audience, they are out of a job.
I detest these people too. The moment I get a chance to meet “Miss Sarah” this USAF Airman will walk up to Miss Sarah and say Miss Sarah this Airman reports as ordered. If she would order me to get back in my Blues, I will put them on and Report as Ordered.
Sarah is so "unpopular" that I'll bet that the VP debate out draws the first Presidential debate by at least 10,000,000 viewers.
The drive bys hate her so much that when she kicks joe plugs ass, they'll claim that she got the questions from gwen iffil because she's a woman.
Is she not grand? She has not lost any luster for me. I can't get enough news about her.
Yup. And the debate will give them more ammo. This will go on and on until election day. . .
“let not your heart be troubled”
If she does well against Biden she is golden.
Remember Parker stated in a column last year that Hillary was “well qualified” to be president. Ever since then I’ve taken everything she’s written with a grain of salt. No real conservative would ever state that Hillary Clinton was well qualifed to run anything other than a rummage sale. And I have doubts about that.
I think McCain has been noble in going to DC but he should have let Sarah continue her assault on the Abomination.....
don't let the animal get the white house like Clinton smoozed it....by people becoming discouraged...
stop thinking of single issues and get out there for McCain and Palin...
Palin is GREAT....she is absolutely just what we need....
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