Sarah Palin’s interview: her stunning ignorance could not be scarier.

However, it was a good night for the Democrats. First, Sarah Paulin completely clueless during the ABC interview. Gibson’s body language and demeanor throughout was one of disbelief. And she can’t pronounce nuclear either. Next McCain spewing bromides at the service forum. All followed by another eloquent, articulate, thoughtful, informed, layered performance by Barack Obama at his alma mater, Columbia University.
America, please wake up!

The woman doesn’t even know enough to know she doesn’t know enough.

I listened to the interview this morning and had the same thought. Charlie kept trying to tell her that running this nation is a complicated process and proximity and hubris won’t cut it.

As a woman Palin’s nomination is insulting on so many levels. If I have to have a female Republican Vice-President at least let it be someone who has international experience. Saying that other Vice-Presidents haven’t met any world leaders is not an excuse in this age of global interactions and leadership. You would have to go back 60-70 years to find one who didn’t have that experience. However, what this really shows is that McCain’s judgment lacks a realistic view of Country First.

As you said, it’s an insult to voters of this country (Democrat or republic) to have this woman on ANY ticket! It’s also insulting to the very many smart, intelligent, and great women of our nation. Sarah Palin does not represent sane women, but does represent the women in the base of the republic party who have no depth and go through life pointing fingers of blame everywhere but at themselves.

Sarah Palin is an embarrassment on so many levels. Wow.

Don’t tell me her position (as I see it) is crazy, don’t tell me it would ruin our standing in the world more than it is already ruined.

When George W. Bush was campaigning in 2000 he argued for pulling back from our many bases around the world.

What I fear, and it’s much more obvious with Palin, is that it doesn’t really matter what policy she says she would follow. If you’re a stealth candidate, then the only really important thing is to get into office. After that the restraints are off and you do what your God has in mind for you — be that what you told people or not. And, in this case, her previous public utterances and positions seem a lot scarier (to most of us) than anything Bush ever espoused.

The unknown can be scary, but liars are pretty bad too.

Word!

One of the many times I spit my water out;

GIBSON: What insight into Russian actions does the proximity of the state give you?

PALIN: They’re our next door neighbors. And you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska

If only she had added something, some little thing that was interesting and relevant.

It’s close which means if you blow them up they can blow us up.
It’s big which means if you mess with them they can blow us up.
It’s a neighbor which means we should have good relations with them.

There are soooo many things she could have said. But no.

And in case you guys haven’t noticed they are selling her the same way. She’s an everyone, the kind of person who clears brush and hunts moose. The kind of person you’d like to have a beer with.

We all saw how well that turned out last time!

She came across to me as someone that has not been that interested in national affairs. Almost any half-hearted political junkie I know could have given better answers. She was simplistic and often not particularly linear with her answers. She sounded like a soccer (hockey) mom.

Let’s face it. No one is ready to be President the day they get the job. No one can be, but a person should exhibit the kind of aptitude and have had enough interest in the affairs of the country to know what the Bush Doctrine is. I knew – Can I be VP? Hell, my girlfriend knew and she’s not a political junkie at all.

As far as her speaking ability goes, it’s now clear that she DELIVERS a written speech well, but that she does not speak well. She’s reasonably quick on her feet, but horribly lacking in mental real estate to draw upon. I’m not saying she’s dumb, I’m saying she just doesn’t know very much. It’s the same sort of lack of interest Bush has always shown, but even more obvious here, and she’s not as crafty at covering it as Bush is.

No amount of prep is going to get her ready. Again, she’s not dumb (not brilliant either), but she is small minded. Her world view is limited, and thus her perspective is always going to come across as simplistic. They can’t dump data in her fast enough to overcome that. They’re going to have to hide her from the press and hope the personality cult holds. Honestly, Bush interviews better, and I think we’re going to see that Bush debates better as well. I don’t see any way she survives the debates without becoming a net liability.

Outside of her ideology, and provided she eventually became curious about a world outside of Alaska, she might one day have made a credible VP pick. I think the GOP did this woman a disservice by selecting her. They’ve likely ended what might have been a long political career, but then again they are in the business of eating souls.

The Palin bounce is on the down trajectory, not a damn thing the GOP can do about it.

Am I going to have to utilize the browser version of the Great Orange Satan [IE] in order to get that feature to work, or has someone figured out a fix?