and;
found on the NG
misc.news.internet.discuss
a good group.
Sarah Palin is not qualified for high office, and she has proved it in
two interviews, if you were listening, but it was equally clear eight
years ago that George Bush was not qualified for high office, and many
Americans were not listening.
The excitement generated around Palin is just as though America were
again embracing George Bush a younger, prettier version of the most
incompetent person ever to hold the office of president, a judgment
based on his actual achievement and not just my exceedingly low
opinion of him.
She is articulate, unlike Bush, but then so are vacuum-cleaner
salesman and televangelists. Being articulate is tool of leadership,
but it is not the same thing as leadership. The substance of what you
say matters immensely more than how smoothly you say it, especially
when you might lead a powerful nation which just happens to be the
center of a vast international empire.
It seemed painfully clear during the 2000 election debates that Al
Gore avoided attacking Bush. I don
