That Reagan chief of staff endorsement – part two
Friday, October 31st, 2008What’s particularly wonderful about Ken Duberstein’s endorsement of Barack Obama isn’t just that it’s yet another conservative voice saying yes, I may be a Republican but I can’t support the John McCain ticket - but that Duberstein then went on MSNBC to openly criticise John McCain’s pick of Sarah Palin:
Ah, it’s like all our Christmases are coming at once…
Actually, not to put a downer on things, but: I do find it rather annoying when pundits and even Duberstein here use polling results that show that people don’t think Sarah Palin is ready to be Vice President as evidence that Sarah Palin isn’t ready to be Vice President. The fact that people don’t think she is doesn’t mean that she isn’t. If you see my logic. I mean, don’t get me wrong: I’m very happy that people don’t think Palin is ready to lead. But those polls show nothing more than what people think or believe to be true; and you don’t need to use them as some sort of justification when talking about Sarah Palin’s lack of qualifications/readiness. You can do that with, y’know, facts.
