I’ve yet to write a post commenting on the “Eagleton option” because of how completely ridiculous of an idea it is. Over the weekend we had non-scandal after non-scandal pop up after the media spent a furious amount of time trying to deflate the sweeping Palinmania. After 5-6 days of doing everything they can to uncover some horrendous scandal that would reduce her into a pool of political waste – the worst they’ve been able to do is discover that (gasp!) her husband had a DUI 22 years ago.
After having no success at destroying Palin, we then started hearing the craziest political criticism I think anyone has ever given – that McCain somehow is unfit to be president because he might not have vetted her. (And even if it were a reasonable question of his qualifications to be commander-in-chief, the claim is just nonsense.)
So far we’ve seen an all-out war raged against Sarah Palin and there aren’t any signs of her being damaged by it. She is virtually scandal-free and the grassroots GOP are falling head over heals for her. So why in the world would anyonethink the Eagleton option is even being discussed? When I was a kid, I used to ask my parents for something I really wanted by saying something like, “You want to take me out for ice cream, don’t you?” This is essentially what the MSM and loony left are doing. The Eagleton option doesn’t have anybasis in reality and yet people insist that these non-scandals and faux problems are somehow going to force Palin into withdrawing.
It’s just nonsense to think that anyone besides the New York Times seriously believes that this might happen. Really, what we’re seeing is one last, desperate attempt to diminish a formidable vice presidential pick.
How’re you feeling about the status of McCain’s VP pick now? I’m sure you won’t publish this comment. Just thought I’d ask. Being an independent and interested in the pick when it was officially announced, I was afraid the vetting wasn’t enough, and now I think we’ve been proven right. It was a left-field pick and it’s proved to be disastrous.
OK, I’m not an independent. Just rubbing it in.
It’s easy to figure out how I feel now. Let me refer you to this post. I don’t think it has been “proven disastrous” at all but my assumption is you’re one of those people who ignores the many gaffes of Obama and Biden but latch onto the Palinisms like a leech. Or at least, the MSM forces you to. Do you think it is disastrous that Obama’s VP doesn’t know the difference between a brigade and a batallion and thinks that FDR was president during the 1929 stock market crash? Of course you don’t.
No, I do think you’re right. Gaffes are gaffes and should be treated as such given their tendency to afford us larger views into the person who made them. Biden’s was humorous, not disastrous. He doesn’t know the difference between a brigade and a battalion? Your nominee was in a national debate trying to explain – wrongly – the difference between a strategy and a tactic. So what? Put aside your right-leaning thought process for one second and tell me if you honestly believe Palin was the best pick McCain could have made, that she offers us some semblance of security in her understanding of world affairs, that she’s experienced in national security matters or foreign policy? She’s not. It’s clear from all of the interviews she’s given since her acceptance speech, and thank God they haven’t been many because it’s an absolute cringefest.
First off, McCain was right about the strategy and tactic distinction, Obama was wrong.
To answer your last question, yes I think she is the best pick he could have made. You talk about how she doesn’t understand world affairs, but you just give Joe Biden a pass because he’s been in the senate. How comfortable are you with a vice president who after 9/11, his immediate response was to send a check for $200 million to Iran with no strings attached. Does that sound like someone who understands world affairs? Or what about the fact that his plan for fixing Iraq was the FIRST issue that Iraqis found complete unity on because they hated it so much. Does that sound like someone who is “experienced in national security matters or foreign policy?”
The issue here Darth is that the media is giving Joe Biden and Barack Obama a pass for their total lack of knowledge about foreign affairs and doing nothing but scrutinizing Palin on the issue. Joe Biden has shown clearly that he doesn’t understand what is going on in the Middle East but for some strange reason, you don’t care.
So don’t tell me this is me not being able to see past my right-leaning thoughts. You liberals are just lucky that you have the media on your side, and no one is spending the 24 hour news cycle talking about how Biden’s plan for Iraq and his 9/11 response were dangerously naive.