This is going to be really, really short. I 've managed to say very little about Sarah Palin so far, and I don't really have much more to say beyond this:
My considered reaction, after I got through reading about what even just the Republicans have to say about her, is that I *personally* know a half dozen women who are better qualified to be vice president than Sarah Palin.
I mean people of whom you've never heard, personal friends. I told my friend Dian that she was on my short list and she said:
"Please. I've had pets who are better qualified to be vice president than Sarah Palin."
Dian is like that sometimes.I think it's very vice presidential.
But seriously. I could name a couple of OS women I'd vote for before I'd vote for Sarah Palin.
Probably, like all of them. If you could nominate a vice presidential candidate from among the bloggers of OS, who would it be and why? (Note that I didn't exclude the guys ...)
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Emily Holleman
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Desperate Salon
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Julianne Chatelain
Salon.com
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A second choice would be Mishma. Simply because he seems like such a cool guy. And it'd be great to have a cool guy in the White House.
And of course I'd have to say Liz E, because evidently she and I share a brain and that could be beneficial.
That's an oversight I'll just have to correct. MB seems more like a Secretary of State to me, but I think there may be cabinet positions for many more OSers.
An O_S Shadow Government. Have to give that some thought...
So, naturally it would never fall to me to sound like a complete moron, like Palin did the other day, when she was asked if she were ready to be president.
"Absolutely. Yup. Yup," she said, perkily, with no irony or existential doubt whatsoever, suggesting she could rely on a good team, and that's all it takes to make a big notch on the resume.
Rah. Rah.
It's stupid on its face, regardless of what her supporters think.
And everyone in the Republican Party - except for some in the back of the hall who may have a few doubts (there have to be a few, one or two maybe) - is falling down, drunk with joy over McCain hoisting "one of their own" up so high, so fast.
Forget the woman stuff, all the PC egg walking, all the babies, the moose stew or whether she can dress one right, the confrontations with the Alaska GOP, the"command" of the Alaska Guard, the great high school basketball record, the beauty queen awards, the draconian pro-life stand, the in-flight waterbreak, the fabulous mayoral record in the village of Wasilla, the "journalism" background, the ... the ... all of it! The stupid narrative!
On national security grounds, she is simply not qualified to take over as president, should the Republican nominee fail, for medical reasons, to carry out his duties, or die (there is a probability of either or both happening). Time won't solve this problem, no matter what Sen. John Kyl says.
It is astounding that John McCain, with his background, would make such a choice.
Craven pandering is not what this is about.
I wish J.D. were still around. As a fellow vet, he'd give you a piece of his mind too, notwithstanding the Medal of Honor recipients who last night were willing to be used as extras in St.Paul.
What cosmic B.S. this is.
-Madam B as Ambassador to the UN since she is so diplomatic
-Bill S or AmyFuji as Secretary of Education to make some dramatic reform
-JD as Secretary of Defense (he'd be the anti-Rumsfeld)
-neilpaul as AG (look out federal prosecutors!)
-Liz Emrich to be appointed come the first SCOTUS vacancy
-Arlene Green as White House Press Secretary
-Heather Ryan/Terrible Mother as Secretary of Health and Human Services
-Pretend Farmer as Secretary of the Interior (it's an Arizona thing)
-The following people to the National Endowment for the Arts: ePriddy, bbd, Susan Mitchell
-M. Chariot as Ambassador to France, obviously
-the squirrel as Secretary of Labor--he has an experience deal with labor challenges
-Julie Delio as Ambassador to the EU since she likes to get around
-Tony Wang to head up NASA since he seems to have an acumen for science and technology
-Chris in DC - White House Counsel --he wouldn't have to move
-AmyTuteur as the head of the FDA - she'll shake it up
That's just a start
I'm just too impolitic now to serve in sensitive areas (even though I did once), except possibly as assistant county commissioner for barn burner licensing, or something like that - maybe whitewash inspector.
I have a number of conditions these days which inhibit mobility and mental clarity, operating simultaneously. That's one thing.
Besides, I'd need a light clipboard with a clip light on it, for occasional after dinner assignments. Could be an unusual public expenditure that might raise eyebrows.
I just know my limits, see; I've always had doubts, unlike the governor of Alaska, God bless her.
I could sort out the library card catalogue occasionally though, or, once in a while on movie night, run Bob Schieffer's interview with Gen. Wesley Clark on Sen. McCain's qualifications - as a public service, a reminder, say, of a nanosecond of wisdom revealed to the American people
Glad to help though. Call any time.
First order of business for me would be holding a euchre tourney in the Lincoln bedroom - Chicago Guy is my partner. When McCain sticks his head in to see what all the hilarity is about we'll hide the cards...but when he looks sorta tentative and wishful we'll relent, invite him in and convert him to our ways, convincing him that would be the most maverick move of all.
Just what "ways" are you talking about?
Maybe you play by Buffalo Rules ...
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Other than maybe being head of the IT department. Your emails would be safe with me ...