Mondale: McCain made hasty pick

[deminks]

http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/mondale-mccain-made-hasty-pick-2008-09-03.html

Former Vice President Walter Mondale said Wednesday that he sees little evidence that Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) “gave a lot of his personal time and attention” to his selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate.

In his first public comments on Palin, Mondale, who picked then-Rep. Geraldine Ferraro (D) of New York as the first woman to run on a national ticket in 1984, said, “I don’t really know her but it looks like she was selected to placate the right wing of the Republican Party, where McCain was having trouble.”


Mondale, who served as vice president under Jimmy Carter, also asserted that Sen. Joe Biden (D) of Delaware is far more qualified to be vice president than Palin.

“As a measure of presidential status, McCain picked Palin and Obama picked Biden, and I think that describes brilliantly the dimension of the difference between the two,” Mondale said in a telephone interview from his Minneapolis law office.

“Biden is ready to be president if necessary. He can really help the president by giving him advice, by being a troubleshooter, by working with Congress and by handling crisis situations. I would be hard-pressed to see how any of that could be true of Palin.”

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1. Yay for Mondale

:toast: Just say is short and sweet - it's the truth.