"This cynical choice has left McCain's honour in shreds..."

[cliffordu]

From The Sunday Times


"I'm an American, California born. It's true my mother was English and that I was brought up here from early childhood and think myself exceptionally lucky to belong here; I feel as English as I think anyone possibly can. Yet all the same, America is the land of my forebears on my late father's side."

(break)

"...I have always felt a strong sentimental attachment to the United States. I've felt proud of American."

(break)


"But last week everything changed. John McCain's choice of Governor Sarah Palin was the last straw. It makes American politics look like a sick comedy. My faith in my native country had already been shaken by other elections and by other wrongs, such as the Iraq war (which I at first supported, to my shame). But the moose-hunting pitbull with lipstick is too much. I have never used my vote in the past, but if I had, I would usually have voted Republican. Today no rational conservative can vote for the Palin and McCain ticket. It makes America an international laughing stock. The fact that there has been a Palin bounce, after her charismatic speech, fills me with dismay...."


http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/minette_marrin/article4692133.ece

[CJCRANE]

1. McCain "showed himself willing to hand the free world over to a stranger" nt

[Demit]

2. Nice essay. The two comments are sad. They ignore the writer's reasoning. Typical freepy thinking.

[cliffordu]

3. That's right.

[Cha]

4. Wasn't it more like a moose hunting, pitbull throwing red meat to

the haters kinda speech?

Would any Dem get a "bounce" if they just threw red meat to their most Liberal base and threw just hate at the republicons without any facts?

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. Here is some kinder comments about her

[WheelWalker]

6. Kick!

:kick:

[deutsey]

7. Which means, of course, that he'll do quite well in American politics today.

:evilfrown: