“The rambling incoherence, the vacuousness, the reality TV theatrics, the ghastly marriage of ignorance and confidence...”
But, enough about you Ms. McCain...
That is the perfect description of Salon’s readers. Both of them.
FWIW those were the author’s words not M. McCain’s.
But, enough about you Ms. McCain...
That's not what she said. It's from the person who wrote the article.
It's also BS.
First of all, because the potential is always there for all kinds of things in American politics. The Ross Perot campaign indicated that Donald Trump or somebody like him could do well in presidential politics, but it would be fatuous to say that there couldn't be a Trump without a Perot.
Secondly because McCain didn't know just how Palin would have turned out as a candidate. Picking running mates is like flipping a coin and nominees don't know for certain whether their choices can rise to the occasion.
Third, I don't think most people here would agree with the writer's opinion of Palin.
But it's the writer's opinion, not Meghan McCain's.
“The rambling incoherence, the vacuousness, the reality TV theatrics, the ghastly marriage of ignorance and confidence...”
You realize that the statement you quote is from the Salon author, not from Ms. McCain.
Ms. McCain’s statement was pretty mild, compared to what I have read here on Freerepublic.