andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com - 9/6/2008
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Frum again :
George W. Bush had very slight executive experience before becoming president. His views were not well known. He won the nomination exactly in the same way that Palin has won the hearts of so many conservatives: by sending cultural cues to convince them that he was one of them, ...
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By Michael J.W. Stickings Sullivan: This decision is not worthy of a great power. Whatever skills Palin may turn out to have, however fabulous a person she may turn out to be, even if she becomes the Eva Peron of Christianism, McCain had no idea when he picked her. He winged this. That's the critical, unavoidable, devastating point. John McCain has demonstrated with this insane decision that he is unfit to be president of the ...
Andrew Sullivan Comes Undone
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In much the same way, Sullivan, once a great mind of the conservative/libertarian movement, has become so blinded by his hatred of President Bush -- and mind you, I share many of his criticisms of Bush -- and the modern Right that he seems incapable of rational thought on any aspect of modern politics. And nowhere is that more evident than his criticisms of Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
Take this little screed, entitled "George W. Palin." In pertinent part:
Whatever skills ...
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