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Presidential candidate John McCain claims to possess a profound sense of duty to his country. It is unfortunate that this sense of duty does not include selecting the most-educated, qualified and well-prepared candidate for the second highest office in the country.
Presidential historians remind us that one in three vice presidents go on to become presidents. A vice president is literally one heartbeat away from governing our nation. By naming a highly partisan political newcomer to his vice presidential ticket, McCain has acted irresponsibly and has not in any way demonstrated a sense of duty.
JACQUE PIPE
Grand Junction
5 Responses to “John McCain erred in naming Palin for veep”
Posted September 8th, 2008 at 3:41 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
Senator McCain’s loyalty and dedication to this nation is not in question, nor should it be. He spent five years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, and that was four years and three months longer than he had to. He refused early release and kept to the code of conduct. Enough said.
Now comes Jacque Pipe to question Mr. McCain’s judgment, on behalf of the nation, with the revelation that the most educated, qualified and well- prepared would have been his choice. We are left to wonder who his choice would be for president? Perhaps someone who has spent less that four hundred days in the Senate, has proposed no major legislation, has never commanded a military unit, or for that matter has never served in a military unit, has no executive experience, has never even run a small business, has no foreign policy, first hand experience and whose claim to fame was that he was a community organizer in Chicago, working for Acorn. Yes that is the same group who is being investigated for voter registration fraud. And if elected, would his presumed choice for president be one heart beat away from the presidency? No, he would be the president. Isn’t it interesting that Mr. Pipe failed to mention in his letter who his choice for president would be, but I think it is safe to assume that he is not a McCainiac. I will leave it up to the reader to decide what weight we should give his wisdom.
Posted September 8th, 2008 at 3:43 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
Neo-con,m Bill Kristol, in his NY Times op-ed article today discussed this very topic. He, of course, came out for Palin and in the course of his tortured explanation said “Character, judgment and the ability to learn seem to matter more to success as president than the number of years one’s been in Washington.”
I wonder what all the stuff from the Right is about related to Obama’s “inexperience”.
Posted September 8th, 2008 at 4:02 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
John,
Gee, John, if the number of years in Washington or more explicitly in the White-house count for so much with the Obama crowd, I would think you would be just madly in love the current occupant of the White-house. Was it change you said you wanted or was it experience you were looking for? The election is drawing near. Better try to settle on something. There isn’t much time for more flip-flops. How about change we can believe in?
Posted September 8th, 2008 at 4:37 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
AP, you lost me with that post. I agree with Kristol. I don’t know what your point is with the White House occupant mention. Obama backers have always said what uber:Republican Kristol now says. As for McCain, that is definitely change we CAN’T believe in! It would never happen positively in a McCain administration except for the worse. The economy is the big issue these days and he’s already adnitted that he doesn’t know anything about the subject. His stealth economic adviser, Phil Gramm, is the architect of our current prolems with his push for deregulation in the finance industry pushed through a Republican Congress. He was also an enthusiast for the deregulation that caused the Savings and Loan fiasco. Yeah, we’d be in good hands with the changes that a McCain administration would bring.
Posted September 8th, 2008 at 7:00 pm Login to Send PM Report this comment
AP, that last post is just silly. Why not concentrate on the issues instead of making making good-natured, but veiled insults. If the computer is your life, good for you. Different strokes, etc. My concern for your posts has nothing to do with the computer and everything with your posts that contain a variety of “facts” and mysticism, all centered on your own version of what you feel is going on in this space that diverges back and forth between reality and imagination. Look back at the title for this letter. I think McCain has chosen badly. I’m for Obama and Biden. You’ll not change my mind with your sophmoric banter and I won’t change yours. There’s really nothing more to say on this thread. Go find another of your “victims”–in your mind, but not in fact–to work on your rhetoric.
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