JaBbA's Hut

There are some pretty crazy right-wing nutjobs on the interwebs. And there's one place you can get (mostly) consistent, well-written conservative thought - the National Review Online, the digital version of William F. Buckley Jr.'s conservative standard-bearer. (What the hell Michelle Malkin and [previously] Ann Coulter are doing there, I do not know. They pretty much fit the nutjob label).

So if you are a conservative, you better at least have their acceptance, if not their support. Well, Sarah Palin has lost the support of at least one NRO columnist:

Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.

No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I’ve also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted.

Palin filibusters. She repeats words, filling space with deadwood. Cut the verbiage and there’s not much content there.

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If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself.

If Palin were a man, we’d all be guffawing, just as we do every time Joe Biden tickles the back of his throat with his toes. But because she’s a woman — and the first ever on a Republican presidential ticket — we are reluctant to say what is painfully true.

What to do?

McCain can’t repudiate his choice for running mate. He not only risks the wrath of the GOP’s unforgiving base, but he invites others to second-guess his executive decision-making ability. Barack Obama faces the same problem with Biden.

Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first.

Do it for your country.

Well, I actually think that McCain should admit his mistake and fire her, but Parker is trying to protect her candidate. I also find Biden a breath of fresh air - Biden's "gaffes" are born of his willingness to speak his mind, while Palin's are from trying to hide the fact that she doesn't know what she's doing.

JaBbA says check it out.