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It was an exceedingly dumb move on the part of the McCain campaign to allow Gibson and Couric to have long, drawn out interviews with Palin that they could later splice and edit to show whatever they chose. That just set things up for problems, and for questions about details few other candidates are asked about.

And, no, Parker’s made no good points because they were long, gotcha interviews designed to ask questions they knew a governor barely two weeks on a national ticket would not have dealt with. Bush, Reagan, Clinton and Carter as governors had long prep times for interviews before they announced a run for president because they planned to run and prepared, and had time to prepare. Palin had virtually no notice, and the little time she had was used to prepare for the convention, not for policy study on every imaginable issue.

I don’t think there has ever been a governor put on a national ticket so suddenly in our memory, with so little time to prepare. All that happened is a testament to the utter stupidity of the McCain campaign for allowing interviews of that length, with those particular journalists as Palin’s very first interviews after accepting the nomination.

Parker is a bogus conservative, piling on for some reason known only to her. Any half sensible person knows there is a lot to prepare for when going from governor to a national ticket, and no one has had less time to prepare than Governor Palin.

The McCain campaign handling of a very bright and capable, enormous addition to the ticket has been utterly and totally stupid and incompetent. The question is can she (and they) recover, or has their ineptness and hamhandedness tainted and diminished a bright young star in the party.

That’s what I know about this situation.

McCain needs to learn to let the MSM spit and fume and whine. They are not his friends (has he ever learned that), and he loses little or nothing by making them adapt to his timetable, and not the other way around.

On many points we agree, and on as many more we will have to agree to disagree. I don't think Palin was or is ready for prime-time, period...and certainly not up to the challenge of the Oval Office. I think she would have been better off groomed and prepped for 2012, when she could have gone head to head with the Hildebeast and REALLY generated some fireworks.

McCain was never going to woo Clinton women into the GOP with Palin -- they're hysterical and simple-mided, but they weren't buying into the theory of some that "any woman would suffice" when it came to getting their vote. Had McCain gone with someone with more gravitas, but still with pro-life, pro 2nd Amendment street cred, he'd be kicking ass and taking names and this Obama joke would have been a fading punchline long ago. Palin could have been given a Cabinet position, given some national profile, and she'd have been set.

Parker was stating the obvious, in my book. Palin wasn't prepped, and neither she nor others were taking this sh*t seriously, apparently. As it stands, if McCain dumps this election, she may not even get re-elected Governor. F***in' hell.

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If you're going to bag on Parker, note that Charles Krauthammer, George Will, David Brooks, and David Frum have all basically said the same thing about Palin (only without as much snark, granted)...and if she doesn't perform brilliantly tonight, you're going to hear half the party calling for her to be kicked to the curb.

And in the event of a poor showing against Blow Lie-din, regardless of whether she steps down or not, you can stick a fork in the whole damn deal.