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The Dim Bulb of Foreign Policy
The McCain campaign's support for Sarah Palin's false credentials seeks to elevate another oil-centric view of defense and foreign policy to the White House. Not what we need.
Yet both McCain and Palin now put forward their new argument that she is ready to be commander-in-chief because she chaired the Alaska Oil and Gas Commission for a year (before quitting).
That's it? Aside from living somehwere near Siberia and giving no orders to the Alaska National Guard, that's her foreign policy expertise? Oil and gas regulation?
Holding oil and gas that dear might very well get us into war unnecessarily, but it won't get us out of one with our skins still intact.
John McCain and Sarah Palin want to run this country. With their foreign policy hinging on "Drill, baby, drill," they might very well run it. Farther into the ground than we can guess.
Comments (2)
Before quitting because the work was too hard.
Hmmmm..... methinks this lady can campaign.
That's it.
Knows little.
Does less.
RIP Trophy VP!
September 11, 2008 11:45 PM | Reply | Permalink
Wow. I just finished watching the Gibson interview. First, I have to hand it to Gibson - he did ask some decent questions.
Palin, on the other hand, is clearly not ready for the national stage. It's obviously a hasty choice by McCain - normally, a VP candidate either ran against the nominee (and got vetted along the way) or has done heavy duty surrogate work, and receives a MSM dose. Palin was neither, and her inexperience shows. This isn't a few gaffes. And 55 days of these kinds of interviews plus the debate should be plenty of time for the country to figure that out. To borrow a favorite fishing line, she's looking like a boat anchor at this point.
There were those on TPM that noted her selection was image politics, and I'd have to agree.
What better way to describe this choice than "lipstick on a pig." After that interview, I bet the McCain camp is squealing furiously. Smell bacon, anyone?
September 12, 2008 12:41 AM | Reply | Permalink
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