Palin: "I didn't hesitate."

[EffieBlack]

So, let me get this straight, Sarah. John McCain asks you to take the monumental leap to go from where you are now to being one heartbeat away from the presidency, with the distinct possibility that you would sooner than later assume the role played by only 43 previous people in the entire history of the United States - and you didn't even stop to think about it, even for a few minutes?

Excuse me?

I guess you don't realize - or maybe you just don't care - that people with far greater experience, depth, and distinction than you for the most part take months, sometimes years to decide whether they want to take on this enormous responsibility. They consult with family, friends, advisers, supporters. They pray on it. They agonize about their decision.

But you didn't even hesitate.

Either you are the most arrogant, ambitious and full-of-yourself person in politics (which is really saying alot considering the competition) or you are an idiot.

Of course, the two aren't mutually exclusive, so maybe you're both.

[Arrowhead2k1]

1. Atleast she's honest about it.

:rofl:

[Patsy Stone]

2. Both.

Isn't pride a deadly sin?

[Catshrink]

3. Hubris.

Plain and simple.

[JenniferJuniper]

17. hu·bris

noun

wanton insolence or arrogance resulting from excessive pride or from passion

Yup.

[BlooInBloo]

4. When people offer a job to me, I at least research what the job entails...

But that's just me.

[City Lights]

5. Cocky wacko. Best description of her yet.

Thank you, Lincoln Chafee. :D

[Solitarymoth]

6. She's a liar

a professional liar at that.

[Patsy Stone]

12. Worse

I'm scared because I think she's telling the truth.

[bowens43]

7. More proof

that she doesn't have the intellect or the temperament to be VP. What a painfully stupid and naive answer.

[my2sense]

8. She's scarier than Bush

[Jade Fox]

9. "Don't blink" macho crap.......

Wing nut chicken hawks will love that, but anybody else will see idiocy.

[mscuedawg]

10. I check with my husband to go to Walmart...

and she jumped on it. Maybe the fam doesnt mind her being distracted from them...

[creeksneakers2]

11. No sense of responsibility at all

A normal person would wonder if they could handle the responsibility of being the leader of the free world.

[Cronus Protagonist]

13. Dog whistle to the war hawks

She who hesitates is lost. She's trying to gain foreign policy gravitas. It didn't work, if you ask me.

[AlCzervik]

14. "I have that confidence, i have that readiness" Huh?

[kayell]

15. I like people who hesitate. It gives them time to think about whether they REALLY

want to declare war on Russia.

Sarah Strangelove with the quick and easy answers. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x187201

[ComplimentarySwine]

16. Maybe she's been planning this for years and didn't need to think about it when asked?

Of course, that seems pretty ambitious...