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Current mood:  disgusted Category: News and Politics
I just took a PBS poll on whether or not Sarah Palin is qualified to be vice-president. I'm stunned.
In the first place, the question isn't whether Sarah Palin is qualified to be vice-president. We have to evaluate her in terms of the presidency. If anything happens to John McCain, Sarah Palin becomes president. It's that simple.
I was amazed to see that 48% said no, she isn't qualified but 50% said yes, she is qualified.
I really can't believe this. When it was a choice between McCain and Obama, it was just a choice between two people, one I greatly agreed with and one I greatly disagreed with. There was no question for me of the qualifications of either for the office, merely their positions on the issues.
When John McCain announced that Sarah Palin would be his vice-presidential running mate, I went from disagreeing with him on the issues to being appalled and insulted by his choice. Pandering is all I can see in this choice.
She is not qualified to be president. I won't change my vote merely because there's a woman on one ticket, and I'm insulted that John McCain would think so. Appalled is the best word I can come up with, by John McCain and Sarah Palin, by journalists who can't remember that a vice-presidential candidate is also running for the presidency and must be qualified for that office, and by 50% of the people who took that poll who can't remember that either.
Between this and the Wall Street bailout, I'm in absolute shock.
6:17 AM
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