Andrew Sullivan NAILS IT: It's About McCain

[berni_mccoy]

Or, his reader nails it:

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/its-about-mccai.html

As the Palin pick starts dominating the news cycles - and not in a good way - you have to ask yourself what the fundamental point of this story is. I can't put it better than this reader:

I don't think it's Troopergate, the curious pregnancy, the pregnant unwed daughter, the Alaskan separatists, or the bottomless ignorance that makes the difference. Palin is by any measure the worst vice presidential pick of the modern age (which considering Agnew, Quayle and Eagleton is quite a statement). The killer is McCain's decision-making process and what this tells us about it. The man is a risk-taker who makes snap decisions "from the gut." He liked Palin. She looked like a maverick and a bit like himself. He didn't invest the time or resources to look into her deeply.
How can a person like this be put at the helm in a time of skyrocketing international tensions?

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How seriously does he take service to his country when he make a decision this important this crazily?

[Pisces]

1. No Judgment = John McCain. This is the bottom line. Not qualified to be Pres. in dangerous times

[Skidmore]

5. Hair trigger reactive and craven.

Neither a "uniter" or a "decider"

[Orsino]

2. Well, yeah. Question is, is this point obvious enough for the MSM to admit to it? n/t

[berni_mccoy]

3. I think they already have. Their grilling the campaign on the decision and it's quite obvious

To viewers that this is a total failure of judgement.

[Orsino]

12. Most of 'em are afraid to come out and say it...

...and some of what we're seeing is veiled messages from the MSM that they'll tiptoe for as long as they can, but that the GOP had better undo this in a hurry.

[libnnc]

4. To Grampy McNutter, it's all just one big game of craps.

[Ganja Ninja]

6. That's what it all boils down to.

This is his first real decision of his potential presidency and he might as well as thrown a dart at a phone book for all the effort he put into it. We don't need another useless lazy fuck for a president.

[kwyjibo]

7. He actually may have been better off doing that, and calling it a choice to represent

the average American - a random American.

[Sugarcoated]

8. I've been saying this since he picked her

And it's shut down Republican's who I talk to that want to got there with me. They can dance around, nit-pick, go on tangents about their candidate's freak show. But she's not the debate. It's about McLame and his judgment, which leads to the issue of temperment. I can't believe how easily McLame was played.

[BklynChick]

9. it's about his lacking judgment and his "temperament" issues (impulsive, spontaneous choice)

[justiceischeap]

10. I think in light of the NYT story, the bigger question is this

Who *forced* McShame to choose Palin? If he wanted to "do Joe or Ridge" who told a potential POTUS no, you have to choose Palin to shore up the base?

[yellowdogintexas]

11. ding ding ding....not only who told him, but why? What did they have on him

that would cause him to acquiesce?

[justiceischeap]

13. I definitely think there's something more going on in that little statement. (eom)