In a perverse sort of way, I’ve come to realize that contrary to my earlier thinking, Gov. Sarah Palin’s number two spot on the Republican presidential ticket is good for America.
The last thing we need is four more years of wrong-headed, out-dated, Keystone Cops governance. We can’t afford it any longer. And we may not be able to survive it. That’s why we must thank the powers of creative intelligence for Sarah Palin. In her stumbling, bumbling way, the Alaskan governor has brought clarity to this presidential election, underscoring McCain’s lack of good judgment while highlighting why anyone who really cares for this nation will not be voting Republican this November. Only the most mentally challenged of the right-wing still sincerely think Palin is capable of filling John McCain’s shoes in the event of his untimely death.
And, fortunately, some brave, true Country First conservatives are beginning to speak up. One, Kathleen Parker, was both clear and concise in her National Review Online commentary discussing why Palin is a not-ready-for-prime-time player in the highest level of national and international politics.
For the sake of the GOP, Parker asks Palin to step down. For the sake of the United States of America, I beg to differ. I think we shouldn't tamper with the Palin/McCain pairing because the know-nothing governor is living proof that the Republicans have a ticket to nowhere.
Here’s the beginning of Parker’s commentary:
Palin Problem
She’s out of her league.
By Kathleen Parker
If
at one time women were considered heretical for swimming upstream
against feminist orthodoxy, they now face condemnation for swimming
downstream — away from Sarah Palin.
To express reservations
about her qualifications to be vice president — and possibly president
— is to risk being labeled anti-woman.
Or, as I am guilty of charging her early critics, supporting only a certain kind of woman.
Some of the passionately feminist critics of Palin who attacked her
personally deserved some of the backlash they received. But
circumstances have changed since Palin was introduced as just a hockey
mom with lipstick — what a difference a financial crisis makes — and a
more complicated picture has emerged.
As we’ve seen and heard
more from John McCain’s running mate, it is increasingly clear that
Palin is a problem. Quick study or not, she doesn’t know enough about
economics and foreign policy to make Americans comfortable with a
President Palin should conditions warrant her promotion.
To read the rest of Parker's Palin indictment, click here.
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