Saturday, August 30, 2008

Conservative Frum Blasts Palin Pick

Writing on National Review Online, conservative pundit and writer David Frum has laid out the Right's doubts about Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, John McCain's choice for vice president.

Maybe this gamble will work, Frum notes, but maybe not:

[M]aybe (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?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Analysis from The Politico, not exactly a left-wing organ.

McCain has serious judgment and impulsiveness problems.