Bush on Palin: Charisma Ain't Enough

ndm

-- some depth of understanding of the complexity of life that we're living in today

Some is, of course, a word that doesn't really mean anything in this context. A more honest statement would have replaced some depth of with an. The only thing Sarah Palin understands is how to separate rubes from their money.

Conservative Cabbie

ndm

"The only thing Sarah Palin understands is how to separate rubes from their money."

How much did Obama raise to fund his campaign? Judging by his approval numbers, there are quite a few considering themselves "rubes" right now.

Conservative Cabbie

Check it out. What Democrats really think of the filibuster. Or at least what they did think about it before it started working against them. Watch the video:

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Sir Graphus

Everytime you write “Palin” I have a Pavlonian urge to write a derogatory response about her intelligence.

However, what she’s doing now is very clever indeed. 1 of the chief hurdles for fighting against incumbency is that the US opposition doesn’t identify its candidate until a couple of months before an election. Until that point the hopefuls display a horribly uniform level of bickering and in-fighting. There is no focus for national opposition; the voters cannot say “I’d rather have x in charge” with any unified voice. Palin seems to be marshalling a proper opposition. Her candidacy may be unstoppable, and Obama will be unpopular.

Having said that, while her strategy has political cunning, she remains disastrously stupid and her shameless pride in her ignorance is terrifying.

Sir Graphus

In 1999, George W was a rookie Governor of Texas, and had still been drinking and running loss making oil companies when Jeb’s altogether more serious political career was gaining substance. Jeb miscalculated that his brother wouldn’t have the front to jump the queue and run for President. He also imagined, reasonably but mistakenly, that his brother’s obvious intellectual inability (on a par with Palin’s) would mean he’d be laughed out of the race for the nomination. How galling for him that his brother made such a mess of America and the world, that no Bush could be elected again.

Hence his frustration, here, that another complete idiot looks like getting elected.

Ronnie

My question is, why do Americans now elect complete idiots to the office of President?

Yes, we have Brown, but we didn't elect him, rather we tolerated his coup d'etat. We are therefore off the hook. However Americans are given a clear choice and years to think about it.

Ronnie

Oh, by the way. Nice try at changing the subject Cabbie.

'But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Sarah is the sun.'

With all due apologies to the Bard for this dreadful parody.

Ian C

If Palin is sensible - and she was elected governor so must have something - she will be smart enough to realise that she is the potential king maker rather than the 'heir to Obama'. If she is the candidate he will win. if she puts herself into the Primaries she will guarantee Obama's re-election.

She has other much greater purposes to fulfill - like making political elites realise how awful they are. She can best serve her cause in that way - by being a threat that could be elected.

Rhoda Klapp

In a year, we've gone from the Obama who couldn't lose in 2012 and the GOP looking at 2016 as its first chance, through the Obama who might just be beaten in 2012 if his luck ran out, to the GOP being likely to win in 2012 if they don't mess it up by picking the wrong candidate. Wow. Does anyone think they ought to be guessing what the next year will bring?

ndm

- If Palin is sensible - and she was elected governor so must have something - she will be smart enough to realise that she is the potential king maker rather than the 'heir to Obama'.

Being elected Governor of a barely populated state doesn't mean much. I doubt there are many who would say that leading the Birmingham City Council for a year or so is all the experience needed to run Britain yet Birmingham has more people than Alaska.

Gene Carr

As Governor of Alaska Sarah Palin accomplished more in her first 18 months than jeb Bush di in 8 years in Florida. She delivered on every single one of her election promises. And she did so in a highly bipartissan manner. Jeb Bush and his cohorts in the in the GOP establishment had to abandon their town hall type attempts to relate to the GOP base. yet thousands of people will turn out for Sarah. underestimating her intelligence is a sure sign of lack of intelligence.