Fundamentals
Every Arab-Israeli negotiation contains a fundamental asymmetry: Israel gives up land, which is tangible; the Arabs make promises, which are ephemeral. (Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post, 5/26/2011)
Just when we think that George Will is the most insightful analyst on the Middle East, along comes Charles Krauthammer.
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One Republican with considerable campaign experience, who wouldn’t agree to be identified in order to be as candid as possible, called the “One Nation” bus tour that Palin and her family are on “a joke.” Another called it “an ill-conceived” venture as a precursor to a campaign. (Washington Post, 5/31/2011)
Taking a rest from beating up on Sarah Palin directly, the media now engages “unnamed” Republicans to carry the ball. Yeah, right… The biggest knocks on Palin continue to be 1) that she is not smart enough to be President (notwithstanding the marvelous successes of Democrat geniuses Carter, Clinton and Obama, and 2) she is not experienced enough (notwithstanding Democrats falling all over themselves to first support Hillary Clinton whose experience consisted of her time as a backwoods lawyer and then junior Senator Obama who voted “present” most of the time in order not to leave a trail….or maybe he just didn’t understand the issues).
RedState seems to have a case of forgetfulness. Sarah's claim that living in the state closest to Siberia provides foreign policy experience. Her hypocrisy that Single Payer Health Care is evil when she herself availed use of Canadian Health Care. Her inability to identify a newspaper or magazine that she reads. Her inability to cite a supreme court decision that she had an opinion about beyond Rov v Wade. Her inability to construct a coherent policy statement about anything other then Rural America is the real America. Excuse me, are the majority of the people who live in cities not real Americans. That implies that the courageous 9/11 responders (of all faiths) were not real Americans. Now I actually hope she runs because I find SNL's "catches" of her hilarious notwithstanding how infuriating I find her 'seriousness" as a candidate to be. Her participation will make the Republican primaries a blood bath.
ReplyDeleteRedState and I had a verbal discussion about this and he accused the media of thinking Sarah Palin was dumb and made the case that she couldn't be that stupid and have been a mayor/governor. Which is probably true. However, her comments on Paul Revere have convinced me that she is ditzy. Whatever her IQ, I don't think any country is prepared to have a ditzy Head of State. Whenever I met a ditzy girl in my younger days, I fled from her as fast as possible. Once I reached graduate school and professional life, my encounters with ditzy girls became limited to waitresses. Somehow Sarah Palin soared beyond waitressing which it to her credit, but I do not want a ditzy individual as my President.
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