How can you not admire Sarah Palin ? all she has been through..
With all due respect, it takes more than some kind of hard luck or rough treatment to be qualified for the chief executive position. To the left, Obama’s “non-traditional” upbringing and his perserverence of his youth (what with being shunned by his father, then his mother, the communist advisors, brush with drugs, etc)...overcoming that to graduate from harvard, etc etc...they think that is a compelling story. When you look into the man’s qualifications, other than the narrative, you don’t have a lot. Narrative isn’t enough to lead.
Palin accepted the nomination for Veep, and took the predictable slings and arrows that followed that, I’ll give her that. But that’s not enough. Gurn has a point, and you need to separate how you feel about Sarah and her role as an outspoken conservative. Do you really think she is articulate? Do you really think she has a keen analytical mind and can dissect arguments and debate well? What I am saying, and what I think Gurn is saying is: no. She is not the best we can do as a candidate, and further, she is not the best we can do for a leader. Doesn’t mean we’re communists, just discerning about who we want to represent us.