Palin's qualifications do matter

[Joanne98]

From Roger Cohen's op-ed piece in the NY Times:

<i>I’m grateful to Bob Rice of Tangent Capital for pointing out that the actuarial risk, based on mortality tables, of Palin becoming president if the Republican ticket wins the election is about 1 in 6 or 7.
That’s the same odds as your birthday falling on a Wednesday, or being delayed on two consecutive flights into Newark airport. Is America ready for that?</i>

I was at a meeting last night, so I didn't get to hear the debate. From the sounds of it, Palin was able to memorize her talking points and answer substance questions with style answers. If she becomes President, how will she deal with crises? By whipping out her hockey-mom outfit and asking Joe Six-pack for his advice? Polish is nothing without the informed, wise decisions to back it up. When the economy's woes or a foreign delegation that wants to talk more than trade junkets come calling, she's going to need more than a mishmash of sound bites as a response.

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<lj user=boylawyer>, have you seen the various Sarah Palin quote generators out there?

http://interviewpalin.com
http://palinquotes.sillycloud.com

The results are indistinguishable from the real thing. Quite frightening.

http://journeywoman.livejournal.com/192336.html