I just couldn't have said it any better than this article by Rochelle Riley of the Detroit Free Press
As our economy teeters on the brink of disaster, Gov. Sarah Palin has spent the past two days cramming for a debate she cannot win and complaining that divulging her position on Pakistan, which mirrors Sen. Barack Obama's -- and is in direct conflict with that of her running mate, Sen. John McCain -- was in response to a "gotcha" question from a voter.
She was asked a question Saturday about sending troops into Pakistan. Instead of following the strategy that McCain explained during Friday's debate about not expressing such sentiments aloud, she said: “If that’s what we have to do to stop the terrorists from coming any further in, absolutely, we should."
Her subsequent reaction makes four things clear:
1) She doesn't understand politics.
2) She doesn't understand her running mate (or didn't watch the debate).
3) That voter, the one who asked the question, DID get her.
4) She should drop out of the race (No explanation would be needed) and stop making women look bad.
Her whining about answering a question she wasn't prepared for makes it clear she's not ready for prime time. But her month-long Bumble Across America Tour, during which she has displayed an increasingly clearer level of ignorance about the world and politics, shows she's not ready to represent women. Read the full story here
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