Posted on 07/29/2012 10:10:29 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Former Vice President Dick Cheney told ABC‘s Jonathan Karl Sunday that Senator John McCain’s decision to pick Sarah Palin as his running mate in 2008 was a “mistake,” and one that Mitt Romney can’t repeat.
“I like Governor Palin. I’ve met her. I know her. She – attractive candidate. But based on her background, she’d only been governor for, what, two years. I don’t think she passed that test…of being ready to take over. And I think that was a mistake,” Cheney explained.
But now, Liz Cheney– who many respect as a conservative mind independent of her father’s former position– has amicably announced that she disagrees with her father’s position.
“Rarely do I disagree with best VP ever but @SarahPalinUSA more qualified than Obama and Biden combined. Huge respect 4 all she’s done 4 GOP,” Liz Cheney wrote.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
Sarah Palin is more qualified to be president than Romney.
Romney is just an empty suit. He has no core convictions at all and the only reason he is where he is is because he had more money than Gingrich and Santorum and everyone else in the field.
Sarah Palin knows who she is and she is exactly the kind of person I want to LEAD (as opposed to rule) this nation.
Piss on Cheney and everyone on this forum who thinks less of her.
The best VP is a dumbass for insulting Palin instead of focusing on Obama’s lack of executive experience.
I find his remarks insulting, stupid, shortsighted, unnecessary, idiotic, etc. They reflect poorly on Romney.
Good for Liz!
Aren’t you forgetting Washington, too? /sarc
While we are on the subject of presidential fitness, I ran across this Science Intelligence Test. It was suggested that in order to be eligible for the presidency, one should at least be able to score 70% which would be 35 correct out of 50 questions. I scored 38, so maybe I should be President ;-), on the other hand my sweetheart scored 47, so maybe he should be President and I be VP. ;-) So lets see how many other qualified FReepers we have out there. Tell us your scores.
Sarah Palin did fine during the campaign, even overcoming the carp thrown at her by McCain's people, and bringing millions in dollars and voters to the campaign.
AFTER the election was over the politics of personal destruction hit her full force though the actions of people who had worked on Obama's campaign staff in AK. I don't know of ANY politician who would have stayed in office under that same threat of PERSONAL financial destruction that she endured.
“Palin wasn’t ready for the rigors of the campaign”
You have a VERY SHORT memory.
Cheney, Bush and Rove had all the “experience” one could have
and Bush’s administration finished with one of the lowest
approval ratings in American History.
And because of all that “experience” we got OBAMA.
How did that “experience” thing work out for you?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2911426/posts
To make sure you read the important parts, I will quote them:
“....Sarah Palin actually had a record of executive accomplishment. Aside from serving as governor, she served as a mayor and as an oil and gas regulator for many years.
Throughout her entire career, Palin displayed a strong desire for reform. She cut taxes, she slashed business license fees, and she still managed to cut overall spending in Alaska's budget. In doing so, she was able to put billions away in reserve accounts for the state's future.
She accomplished far more than many full-term governors and multiple-term politicians. She then resigned for very logical reasons and went home to live by the laws she created.
Those who curse that decision without finding out more about it seem content to believe we simply don't have enough politicians in Washington who hold onto their seats for decades at a time. Ironically, common Americans blame some of those lifers for unpaid debt nearing 16 trillion dollars.
Read more:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/07/selling_out_sarah_palin.html
You think Reagan was a RINO. Who do you think wasn’t?
There was a time when I actually had high hopes for Sarah. Then she backed John McCain in his last Senate bid and supported registering illegal immigrants so they could remain here and work.
Those two things told me more about Sarah than I ever wanted to know.
I used to think she was better than McCain. When she endorsed him, that made it very difficult for me to maintain that view.
Ideologically, I do think she is better than McCain and Romney. I think she’s a push with regard to the two Bushes. Course I didn’t think the last one was qualified to be president. I don’t think Sarah is even close to being qualified.
I appreciate your view on it. Thanks for the mention.
You think it’s a stretch to say Palin was better than McCain, Romney, or the Bushes? Seems obvious, since they are all so bad. The worst mistake Reagan ever made was allowing his advisers talk him out of his potentials choices, and picking Bush as the VP. (They actually wanted him to pick Gerald Ford. But Ford told Reagan he wanted to be “co-president,” and Reagan moved on)
Regardless, you strain and produce a gnat. Liz gives Sarah P. bumps, and that bothers you for some strange reason.
G.W. did fine as a rallying point but screwed up monumentally financially and politically. Not having a plan, or a clue, concerning Iraq after 'victory' certainly didn't help him.
Apart from G.W. our masters have handed us armloads of pure crap...accidentally adding Sara Palin was the only bright spot so far and it kept McPain from being a total [really, really, total] disaster.
Reagan was more like Palin than you are willing to admit, "only" a governor, merely an actor, and a "B" actor at that; and he worked out pretty well all things considered.
As for Dick Cheney...just like Rove he is part of the old boy's network and currently in full defense of the party elite mode.
As for Liz Cheney, thankfully she has her own mind and isn't pained by the PC-ness that has paralazed today's GOP.
Palin would govern as a Western Conservative, just like Reagan, and against the desire of most Republican Party leaders. Courageous patriots are maligned here daily. Objectively, it was a mistake for you to think that you would find fellow travelers here.
If you do not think much of Palin, that’s your choice.
But for Cheney to come out and say it was a mistake (because she lacked experience) was wrong.
Cheney, Bush and Rove had all the “experience” one could have.
And Bush’s administration finished with one of the lowest approval ratings in American History.
And because of that we got OBAMA.
How did all that “experience” work out?
Ted Cruz does not have the “experience” that Dewpiss has.
How is that lack of “experience” working out so far?
Did Ronald Reagan trust Tricky Dickey Cheney?
Who knows?
But facts are stubborn things and the fact is that Ronald Reagan evidently thought that Tricky Dicky Cheney’s proper political station in life was to be the only representative in the House from state of my birth which is Wyoming. Reagan did not much trust the Chief of Staff in the Ford-Rockefeller Administration and he made no offer to Tricky Dicky to serve in ANY capacity in the two terms of his admininstration.
For the record neither Cheney nor Simpson can proudly lay claim to being born in the Equality State which is the great state of Wyoming.
First of all, taking this test makes you feel like you’re a total idiot. At least it did me. Muddling the way through, you find yourself wondering why you agreed to take the test. And if you’re taking it at midnight, when your test taking skills are probably at their lowest point, you’re inclined to think you made the worst pick when you decided to take the test ‘right now’.
I still managed to get a 24/50 score.
BTW: I doubt your sweetheart got a 47. With only 50 questions, the results would have to be in even numbers. He may have gotten a 46 or 48.
I try to pay attention to science programs when I can, but this was a pretty tough test for a person who hasn’t been in school for 40 plus years, and wasn’t heavily into the sciences when they were.
BTW, I had thought you were reporting out your percentages. Your 35 and 47 numbers do make sense if you’re reporting 35 of 50 and 47 of 50. Sorry for the mix-up.
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