Speech Doesn't Answer Question About Readiness

[bushisanidiot]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303516.html

"Ms. Palin's Introduction
A strong convention speech alone can't answer the questions about her readiness.

Thursday, September 4, 2008; Page A14

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It was common to refer to last night's speech as a test for Ms. Palin, but the real tests will come in the weeks ahead, when, or so we hope, Ms. Palin will submit to searching interviews and open town-hall forums as well as participate in one debate with the Democratic vice presidential nominee, Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. We mean no disrespect to our colleagues at People magazine, to which Ms. Palin gave her first and so far only interview since Mr. McCain chose her, to suggest that an explanation of how she juggles her responsibilities ("Morning person. Yup. We don't sleep much. Too much to do. What I've had to do, though, is in the middle of the night, put down the BlackBerries and pick up the breast pump. Do a couple of things different and still get it all done.") is insufficient assurance that she is up to the task of assuming the presidency, should that be necessary.

To question her readiness is not to doubt her talent or intelligence; nor is it a reflection of gender bias, snobbery or any of the other sins that have been ascribed to those who worry about Ms. Palin as vice president. Ms. Palin last night noted tartly "that if you're not a member in good standing of the Washington elite, then some in the media consider a candidate unqualified for that reason alone." It is a good applause line. But the fact is that Ms. Palin has an astonishingly thin résumé -- mayor of a small town, governor of a sparsely populated state for less than two years -- for someone hoping to ascend to national leadership. The country will need to hear much more from Ms. Palin before being convinced of the soundness of Mr. McCain's judgment. "

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. It did for me, hippo face ought to go back to selling real estate

or whatever she used to do.