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Trib Columnist Kathleen Parker is calling for Republican V.P. Nominee Sarah Palin to back out. Parker says Palin is not presenting herself in a way that builds confidence in her ability to be president.
As we've seen and heard more from John McCain's running mate, it is increasingly clear that Palin is a problem. Quick study or not, she doesn't know enough about economics and foreign policy to make Americans comfortable with a President Palin should conditions warrant her promotion.
Parker calls Palin’s efforts an embarrassment to feminism.
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.No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I've been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I've also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted.
Maybe Palin should go back to the beauty circuit and focus on Miss North Carolina:
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Parker is probably right on this one, but after clicking on her Bio link above, my thoughts were elsewhere.....
I would give two months salary to see Parker and Palin settle this one for good in a wading pool full of K-Y jelly. Seriously, Bill Clinton could be the ref, and the winner could take on Dennis Kucinich in a caged match.
And how is this related to Chicago?
b/c that MILF columnist writes for the Trib dumbass.
I deserve to eat some crow. Why? A few days ago I wrote, in response to a comment, that there was no clear evidence that Obama was smarter than Palin. The crazy accent wasn't enough to dismiss her. And I hadn't seen the interviews.
Well, the evidence is now here, in the form of multiple Palin interviews in the past week.
And I was wrong. Palin is simply not very bright. Our ticket has a Republican who is not a Republican teamed with a Miss America finalist bubbling about world peace.
Ughh. Now, where's my crow?
and also, isn't Chicago the K-Y jelly wrestling world headquarters?
Listen to the interview again.
Palin was great as that chick cop in the movie Fargo.
@Chris: Kathleen Parker writes for the "Tribune dumbass"? Is TribCo spinning off another publication, or are you referring to RedEye?
"b/c that MILF columnist writes for the Trib dumbass."
No she doesn't. She writes for the Washington Post and her column is syndicated nationally to other newspapers, including the Tribune: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen_Parker
You are the dumbass. No, this is not a Chicago story any way you look at it. If Chicagoist wants to keep its brand as a Chicago website it probably is not wise to be doing these stories.
So she's syndicated. It appears in a Chicago paper.
And Im sure the Chicagoist appreciates the fact that you could put down the Skittles and Warcraft long enough to defend their brand according to your lofty standards. Ass-clown.
I am wondering if the Tribune writer thinks Biden should step down as well.
I mean, think of it...a vice Presidential nominee who does not even know simple history.
"When the stock market crashed, Franklin D. Roosevelt got on the television and didn't just talk about the, you know, the princes of greed. He said, 'Look, here's what happened,"' Joe Biden told the "CBS Evening News."
Except, Republican Herbert Hoover was in office when the stock market crashed in October 1929. There also was no television at the time; TV wasn't introduced to the public until a decade later, at the 1939 World's Fair.
I'm not defending Palin...frankly they are both jackasses.
Both jackasses indeed, but you will never see an SNL skit lampooning Biden's idiocy.
The sad fact is that if Sarah Palin gained 25 pounds and switched parties, she would be a lioness of feminism.
Everyone in America is religous. Some follow Jesus, others Gloria Steinem, and both face serious consequences when they deviate from the tenants of the faith.
Shouldnt any woman that rockets to a position of nation power and attention have something to contribute to the feminist movement? Perhaps yes, but maybe you have to look like a fire hydrant dressed in a pantsuit, or maybe it has to do with the orthodoxy of your chosen faith.
Left/right? Both simple minded and emotionally attached to their respective faiths.
The VP Debate could be one of the most interesting in years. Who knows what will come out of Palin's mouth?
McCain's camp is going to chew their fingernails to the bone.