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Reagan's Chief of Staff on Palin's lack of qualifications (video)
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Reagan's Chief of Staff on Palin's lack of qualifications (video)
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Reagan's Chief of Staff Ken Duberstein on Palin's lack of qualificationsMSNBC 10/31/08

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Think Progress:  Reagan chief of staff: McCain’s interview with Palin was easier than getting a job at McDonald’s.

Ben Smith's Blog:  Et tu, Duberstein?

AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth:  Reagan's Chief of Staff will vote for Obama, trashes McCain's judgment for picking Palin

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Reagan chief of staff: McCain’s interview with Palin was easier than getting a job at McDonald’s.
Think Progress — Interviewed on MSNBC today, former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein criticized Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) for choosing Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate: I think it has very much undermined the whole question of John McCain’s judgment. You know what most Americans I think realized is that you don’t offer a job, let alone the vice presidency, to a person after one job interview. Even at McDonald’s, you’re interviewed three times before you get a job. On whether Palin is ready to be president “in an emergency on day one,” Duberstein noted, “People have ...

Et tu, Duberstein?
Ben Smith's Blog —   Ken Duberstein, another Republican establishment figure, goes with Obama after trashing Sarah Palin (above). "Even at McDonalds you get interviewed three times," he said, calling the verdict of the people "resounding" on Palin's unreadiness.

Reagan's Chief of Staff will vote for Obama, trashes McCain's judgment for picking Palin
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — Another prominent Republican dumps McCain: Former Reagan chief of staff Ken Duberstein told CNN's Fareed Zakaria this week he intends to vote for Democrat Barack Obama on Tuesday. Duberstein said he was influenced by another prominent Reagan official - Colin Powell - in his decision. "Well let's put it this way - I think Colin Powell's decision is in fact the good housekeeping seal of approval on Barack Obama."And, Duberstein was brutal -- just brutal -- about McCain's pick of Palin on MSNBC. For example, a job at McDonald's requires more interviews than Palin ...

Barack Obama gets a nod from former top Ronald Reagan aide
Top of the Ticket — Ken Duberstein, a longtime Washington insider who briefly had a higher public profile as White House chief of staff in the waning days of Ronald Reagan's administration, today visited two cable networks to announce he will be voting for Barack Obama. On CNN, he cited Colin Powell's recent decision to endorse Obama as a big factor for him. "Well let's put it this way -- I think Colin Powell's decision is in fact the Good Housekeeping seal of approval on Barack Obama," he said. On MSNBC, he became the latest Republican known to frequent Georgetown cocktail ...

Duberstein backs Obama, whacks Palin pick on way
Jonathan Martin's Blog — Says former Reagan Chief of Staff and longtime GOP insider Ken Duberstein of John McCain's VP selection: "Even at McDonalds, you're interviewed three times before you're given a job." Duberstein is a close friend of Colin Powell, but it's still striking that such a Republican stalwart would openly support the Democratic nominee. 

Reagan's COS joins the Obamacans
Political Animal — REAGAN'S COS JOINS THE OBAMACANS.... If one were to do a poll, and ask voters who Ken Duberstein is, I suspect the number would be rather small. In this sense, the notion of him joining the growing list of Obama-endorsing Republicans would seem to lack a certain political salience. But the key to this one is Duberstein's title: Ronald Reagan's chief of staff ...

Duberstein Abandons McCain
44 — HAHAHA!!! I hear that the GOPer party leaders are meeting next week to figure out how to fix the sewer hole that they call the Republican party... . http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/29/uselections2008-republicans ...

Traitors
N/A — The list of Republican Traitors grows longer: Susan Eisenhower, Christopher Buckley, Alison Goldwater Ross, C.C. Goldwater, Francis Fukuyama, Larry Hunter, William Weld, David Friedman, Charles Fried, Arne Carlson, Ken Adelman, Doug Kmiec, Wayne Gilchrest, Jim Leach, Lincoln Chafee, Lowell Weicker, Linwood Holton, Jim Whitaker, Bill Ruckelshaus, Dennis Sanders, Larry Pressler, Charles Mathias Jr., Ken Duberstein ...

Duberstein Backs Obama, Criticizes Palin's Readiness
Hotline On Call Part Deux — Ken Duberstein, Ronald Reagan's chief of staff, endorsed Barack Obama today, and, in the process, criticized Sarah Palin's readiness to take over the presidency, if need be, and John McCain's judgment in selecting her as his veep nom: "Even at McDonalds you're interviewed three times before you're given the job." Here's Duberstein talking today to MSNBC's Norah O'Donnell:

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