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Diary by David Frum

The longer I think about it, the less well this selection sits with me. And I increasingly doubt that it will prove good politics. The Palin choice looks cynical. The wires are showing.

John McCain wanted a woman: good.

He wanted to keep conservatives and pro-lifers happy: naturally.

He wanted someone who looked young and dynamic: smart.

And he discovered that he could not reconcile all these imperatives with the stated goal of finding a running mate qualified to assume the duties of the presidency "on day one." :spray:

Sarah Palin may well have concealed inner reservoirs of greatness. I hope so! But I'd guess that John McCain does not have a much better sense of who she is, what she believes, and the extent of her abilities than my enthusiastic friends over at the Corner. It's a wild gamble, undertaken by our oldest ever first-time candidate for president in hopes of changing the board of this election campaign. Maybe it will work. But maybe (and at least as likely) it will reinforce a theme that I'd be pounding home if I were the Obama campaign: that it's John McCain for all his white hair who represents the risky choice, while it is Barack Obama who offers cautious, steady, predictable governance.

Here's I fear the worst harm that may be done by this selection. The McCain campaign's slogan is "country first." It's a good slogan, and it aptly describes John McCain, one of the most self-sacrificing, gallant, and honorable men ever to seek the presidency.

But question: If it were your decision, and you were putting your country first, would you put an untested small-town mayor a heartbeat away from the presidency? :rofl:

David Frum's :( Diary 08/29 08:36 PM

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1. gallant

:rofl:

calling your own wife a trollop is "gallant?"

[bluedeminredstate]

2. self-sacrificing?

Wasn't it his second wife's family wealth that financed McCain's initial entrance to the halls of power in Washington? That doesn't seem like self-sacrifice to me. How about those 8 or 10 homes, each worth 10 times the average American's residence? What amount of self-sacrifice allows him the luxury of choosing which one to park his wrinkled old ass at when he's hanging out at home?

These bloviating, ass-kissing pundits that can't say enough about John Mccain's amazing, inspiring, awesome, etc. personal attributes practically have a religious experience when they talk about the greatness of this man who's nothing but a thin-skinned, nasty, petty little wanker.

What am I missing here? Self-sacrificing, my ass!