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InstaMonkey: NRO throws Palin under the bus

Sat, 09/27/2008 - 11:35 — Monkey Rothbard

Well, the whatever is off the whatever with Sarah Palin. Kathleen Parker at National Review Online joins the chorus saying the empress has no substance. A couple of blows to the head:

Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.

If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself.

(Hat tip: Christopher Manion over at the Lew Rockwell blog)

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Sat, 09/27/2008 - 11:39 — Cinchy (not verified)

That's exactly what I was

That's exactly what I was thinking!

Sat, 09/27/2008 - 11:53 — Monkey Brad

The "need" to be on record as ahead of the curve...

...may be driving the pronouncements a bit here. The VP debate is only a few days away. There's nothing to be done before them. Let's just see how it goes.

The only other reason to be saying this now is to posture for the effect of lowering expectations.

I say: What. Evar.

Sat, 09/27/2008 - 12:11 — Monkey Rothbard

Or...

Well, those three interviews certainly didn't help matters for her. Lowering expectations seems to have helped W. against Al Gore, so maybe that's a legitimate tactic. But Parker seems to be lobbying for a VP replacement.

I have no dog in the fight, as I don't really care all that much which of the "bi-factional war party" (as Vox Day likes to call them) candidates wins in November. If I was actually rooting for McCain (shudder) I would seriously be hoping for McCain to dump Palin (oh, I mean for Palin to "withdraw for personal reasons") in favor of a Giuliani or Pawlenty or other qualified candidate. On the other hand, if I was rooting for Obama (shudder again) I would be thanking Bob for the unexpected blessing of Palin's ineptitude.

If she can't look qualified in front of a softball-throwing shill like Sean Hannity, how is she going to face a blustering blowhard attack dog like Joe Biden? Waiting for the debate to replace her may be waiting too long.

Sat, 09/27/2008 - 12:30 — Monkey Brad

lobbying for a VP replacement

Political junkies might approve of a switch. Some undecided's might approve. But that big portion of his "base" that went from (shoulder shrug) "eh..." to "excited" with the Palin pick would be deflated. They'd throw HIM under the bus.

Sat, 09/27/2008 - 13:31 — Joel

Re: Lobbying

I think Brad is right -- although when you've got K-Lo making "uh-oh" sounds, that's as good a sign as any that the base is having second thoughts.

But McCain can't dump Palin because it would be Eagleton all over again. It'd be a tacit admission that he can't win -- that, in fact, he made an awful, awful error in judgment in trying to win. The day Palin leaves the race is the day the race is over.

Sat, 09/27/2008 - 13:45 — Dr. Zaius

Re: Re: Lobbying

Joel! We agree!

Not that Palin is a horrible pick (let's give her more than a few weeks, shall we?), but that dumping a veep pick in the middle of the campaign would turn what will still be a close election into an Obama landslide.

I predict that once Palin performs well against Biden, all this talk will end.

Sat, 09/27/2008 - 12:21 — Ben

"If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself."

And if my baby daughter's poop were currency, we could totally pay off our mortgage!