Beginning of the end?

Apologies if this has already been posted.

cwb

September 26, 2008
Palin should step down, conservative commentator says
Posted: 06:20 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

Palin was in New York City Thursday.

(CNN) – Prominent conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, an early
supporter of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, said Friday recent
interviews have shown the Alaska governor is "out of her league" and
should leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party.

The criticism in Parker's Friday column is the latest in a recent
string of negative assessments toward the McCain-Palin candidacy from
prominent conservatives.

It was fun while it lasted," Parker writes. "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."

Palin's interview with Couric drew criticism when the Alaska governor
was unable to provide an example of when John McCain had pushed for
more regulation of Wall Street during his Senate career. Palin also
took heat for defending her foreign policy credentials by suggesting
Russian leaders enter Alaska airspace when they come to America. Palin
was also criticized last week for appearing not to know what the Bush
Doctrine is during an interview with Charlie Gibson.

“If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself,"
Parker also writes. "If Palin were a man, we’d all be guffawing, just
as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his
toes. But because she’s a woman — and the first ever on a Republican
presidential ticket — we are reluctant to say what is painfully true."

Parker, who praised McCain's "keen judgment" for picking Palin earlier
this month and wrote the Alaska governor is a "perfect storm of God,
Mom and apple pie," now says Palin should step down from the ticket.

“Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves,"
Parker writes. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because
she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize
a mother who puts her family first. Do it for your country."

Parker's comments follow those by prominent conservatives David
Brooks, George Will, and David Frum who have all publicly questioned
Palin's readiness to be vice president.

"Sarah Palin has many virtues," Brooks wrote in a recent column. "If
you wanted someone to destroy a corrupt establishment, she'd be your
woman. But the constructive act of governance is another matter. She
has not been engaged in national issues, does not have a repertoire of
historic patterns and, like President Bush, she seems to compensate
for her lack of experience with brashness and excessive decisiveness."

Filed under: Sarah Palin

Bill L.

Beginning of the end?

Apologies if this has already been posted.

cwb

September 26, 2008
Palin should step down, conservative commentator says
Posted: 06:20 PM ET

From CNN Ticker Producer Alexander Mooney

Palin was in New York City Thursday.

(CNN) – Prominent conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, an early
supporter of Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin, said Friday recent
interviews have shown the Alaska governor is "out of her league" and
should leave the GOP presidential ticket for the good of the party.

The criticism in Parker's Friday column is the latest in a recent
string of negative assessments toward the McCain-Palin candidacy from
prominent conservatives.

It was fun while it lasted," Parker writes. "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."

Palin's interview with Couric drew criticism when the Alaska governor
was unable to provide an example of when John McCain had pushed for
more regulation of Wall Street during his Senate career. Palin also
took heat for defending her foreign policy credentials by suggesting
Russian leaders enter Alaska airspace when they come to America. Palin
was also criticized last week for appearing not to know what the Bush
Doctrine is during an interview with Charlie Gibson.

“If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself,"
Parker also writes. "If Palin were a man, we’d all be guffawing, just
as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his
toes. But because she’s a woman — and the first ever on a Republican
presidential ticket — we are reluctant to say what is painfully true."

Parker, who praised McCain's "keen judgment" for picking Palin earlier
this month and wrote the Alaska governor is a "perfect storm of God,
Mom and apple pie," now says Palin should step down from the ticket.

“Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves,"
Parker writes. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because
she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize
a mother who puts her family first. Do it for your country."

Parker's comments follow those by prominent conservatives David
Brooks, George Will, and David Frum who have all publicly questioned
Palin's readiness to be vice president.

"Sarah Palin has many virtues," Brooks wrote in a recent column. "If
you wanted someone to destroy a corrupt establishment, she'd be your
woman. But the constructive act of governance is another matter. She
has not been engaged in national issues, does not have a repertoire of
historic patterns and, like President Bush, she seems to compensate
for her lack of experience with brashness and excessive decisiveness."

Filed under: Sarah Palin

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