If you were asked to be VP... would you consider no? Would you blink?

[nadine_mn]

Charlie Gibson interview

GIBSON: And you didn't say to yourself, "Am I experienced enough? Am I ready? Do I know enough about international affairs? Do I -- will I feel comfortable enough on the national stage to do this?"

PALIN: I didn't hesitate, no.

GIBSON: Didn't that take some hubris?

PALIN: I -- I answered him yes because I have the confidence in that readiness and knowing that you can't blink, you have to be wired in a way of being so committed to the mission, the mission that we're on, reform of this country and victory in the war, you can't blink.

So I didn't blink then even when asked to run as his running mate.



Ok seriously - its that kind of knee jerk, rash decision making that has made the Bush years so delightful.

You have family and a country to think of - sure its flattering to be picked - hell if Obama called and asked me, my first thought would be HELL YEAH (sorry Biden). But then I would stop and think - what crap will be dragged out, what will this put my family through, am I the best person for the job and then make a decision. Its that thinking step that the republicans keep forgetting to take.

[Raven]

1. Good judgment is knowing when you're not qualified.

Think about it. Good, sound judgement and sane reasoning would tell most of us that, as flattering as the offer may be, we know, in our heart of hearts that we could not do the job. That, my friends, is what separates those of us in the real world from Sarah Palin and that, in my mind is what make her so dangerous.

[kestrel91316]

8. Good judgement is why I have never run for president. That, and the

little matter of those nude pics my freshman year of college.

Oh, and the fact that I really don't have any knack at all for economics, or diplomacy, or military strategy.............

But I am WAAAYYYYY smarter than THAT WOMAN.

[Mojambo]

2. I would ask the same question I ask for any other job. Do I have to take a drug test? n/t

[JustAnotherGen]

3. Yep

I would have.

Imagine someone is as brilliant as Barack Obama asks you to work with him. . . Uh - well maybe because it's McSame she sees what we see? A doddering old fool?

[blondeatlast]

4. Sarah, some people wouldn't blink before they said; "gimme a moment and let me

call the husband and kid, okay?"

What a DOLT. And a sanctimonious dolt at that. :mad:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. Blink? Not only would I blink, I'd laugh my ass off

and ask the presidential nominee whether he/she had taken leave of his/her senses. That's because I'm not qualified to be Vice President, and I'm especially not qualified to take over if the President became incapacitated. Although I've lived for decades in a state that borders on a foreign country, I don't have any real foreign policy experience. Although I've worked in state government and I've had management duties in various capacities, including running my own business, I don't feel at all qualified for to manage from the top any of the complexities of the federal government. And although I went to just one college and finished in four years, and have an advanced degree in a government-related field, I do not feel educated or knowledgeable enough to jump right into a position of such great responsibility. So no, I'd turn down the offer. And then I wouldn't ever vote for the person who made the offer because I'd just seen irrefutable proof that they were batshit crazy for asking me.

[tazkcmo]

6. Yes in a heartbeat

It's the only way I can get any medical care.

[ecstatic]

7. Am I the only one totally freaked out by her "must not blink" philosophy?

When thousands of lives are on the line, you better blink, and you better f*cking THINK before you make the situation WORSE. This woman would be WORSE than Bush!

[Kitty Herder]

14. Reminds me an awful lot of Bush, as a matter of fact.

I don't think he thinks much before acting.

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

9. Another weaksauce answer. She was so committed that she was ready to reform the country.

[demwing]

10. My First Thought?

NOPE.

I have skeletons, and would ruin the ticket in a New York minute.

[nadine_mn]

11. Same here... and I am not very photogenic

and I get pissed easily

[FrenchieCat]

12. Tell me Sarah.....Well the country all took a collective Gulp.....

and many of us are stil struggling for air!

[Punkingal]

13. That was a Bush answer

No doubt she is just like him. She feels like God has chosen her.

[democrat2thecore]

15. "Didn't that take some hubris?" In other words, you're cocky as hell -nt

[nadine_mn]

16. She doesn't know what hubris means... she got all flustered thought Charlie was hitting on her

[msallied]

18. LOL! Great minds...

[demwing]

21. LOL. I expected her to say "Why, yes they are"

and wink.

[msallied]

17. Ten bucks says she doesn't even know what "hubris" means.

[nadine_mn]

20. I don't have 10 bucks, but I may have a moose

[Bubbha Jo]

19. From the parts I heard, she certainly proved the word "change"

was a word they were told of but knew nothing other about. She sounded like a high pitch neocon.

[Ilsa]

22. She's hoping the VP job will be a series of Yes/No Questions so she

might be right half the time.

[Veruca Salt]

23. For some strange reason

I just had a picture in my mind of McFailin as a pair of Weeping Angels (Doctor Who reference). And the thing is, they fit the bill. Only they want to take my whole country back to the stone age. Great, now I'll never sleep again... :yoiks:

[moondust]

24. With 5 children?

It would be grossly negligent to not consider the effects it would have on the children first and foremost.