Come on, Jack. Do you really have to ask?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She needs to go back to Alaska and keep an eye on the scary Russians!

Duh. She can see Russia from her porch. Who in Washington can say that? Come to think of, who in Washington would want to say that?

She’s no more qualified than Marge Simpson.

No.

she is not qualified to be the dog catcher or mayor or governor or president of the pta maybe she might qualify for the fan club president of her preacher who cast out witches or witchcraft from her

No

On the list of qualified candidates, she is one step above McCain’s other favorites- Paris Hilton and Britney Spears!

Jack,
I think your resume is more impressive. Seriously!

In plain english NO!!!!!!!!!!!

Jack,
I do not know if she has seen Washington D.C. but since she has seen New York City, She must be able to be mayor. Are you Kidding?
Katie Couric ….KATIE COURIC ate her for lunch during the interview on CBS. Is there any doubt why the woman is being kept from the press?

Probably not. If she was, McCain wouldn’t keep her under close wraps to keep her inexperience with news media and her limited geographical perspective from becoming too well known. How sad that the Republicans will not trust a woman to be a strong witness for their agenda!

Sarah Palin isn’t quailfed to be an ESPN commentator.

Kenneth Chadbourn N.C.

Jack,
No she is not qualified as far as I have seen. I don’t feel she is qualified to be Govenor of Alaska. I think we should find out if she ever held an office in the PTA in Alaska. I just can’t figure out how she made it as far as she has. One thing she has educated me on is the definition of foreign policy………….. just think how well qualified all of Americais with all of the foreign people flying over us all the time. i am laughing my self silly at McCain Insane pick for VP.
Judie
St. Augustine, Fl

Yes, she is more qualified the Biden. She has run a State, while Biden in 1929 was watching President Roosevelt on TV, even though he wasn’t president yet and there wasn’t any television. At least Sarah Palin deals with reality, not fantasy.

Palin wasn’t qualified to be mayor of Wasilla, AK. Personally, I feel sorry for this woman. She was used by a dishonorable old man who saw her as what? His last best chance to be President, no matter what the cost? This is very sad. Hopefully enough Americans see it too, though I don’t have much faith in “us” anymore, either.

Absolutely not! Listening to her attempt to respond to questions makes me cringe and feel sorry for her! She sound like a grade schooler trying to bluff an oral quiz, knowing she has not prepared for it. It’s embarrassing to listen to an adult who displays such a lack of knowledge- Iknow kids who are more knowledgeable!

Thanks, but no thanks.

Pat
Elkmont, Alabama

Jack, Only if an intelligent life forms takes up residence in her body.

Jack,

Yes! - President of the PTA!

About as much as I am Jack.

Famous Words “Now More Than Ever.” “This is our Country.”

John Melloncamp

No way, in fact they don’t seem to know what to do with her. They really don’t want her to debate, give interviews or even open her mouth. God help us if she were president & it could happen.

Yes, the President of Alaska

Yes Jack; she is qualified to be the President of Russia. Russia is closer to Alaska (and you can see from there to boot) than the lower 48 states that most of us live in.

Palin meets the age and citizenship requirements specified in our Constitution to become President, however she fails to meet the experience and intelligence criteria to be leader of the free world. Agreed, Dubya has lowered the bar on the latter of those and look where that’s got us.

Dear Jack,

I wish everybody would get off the “experience” wagon when evaluating Palin’s qualifications for VP. What she has or has not done doesn’t matter. It’s what she knows and what she thinks. She knows so little about Foriegn Policy that she actually thinks that looking across the Bering Straights at Russia gives her all the information she needs to deal with foreign powers. She has shown that she knows absolutely nothing about economics beyond balancing a family budget and she thinks that is all she needs to know to run our government. She know so little about American history that she is bound to repeat the mistakes of the past. Is she qualified to be President? If so I am too because I write you all the time and give you my opinion. Vote for Dan NY

Jack

If you are referring to President of the PTA or local Alaska High School then yes, she is qualified. There isn’t a hint so far that she is qualified to be President or Vice President of the USA.

Have you seen who she beat out for Governor? No wonder she has a high approval rating in Alaska. There just doesn’t seem to be any political competition.

I know a good number of folks from the great State of Alaska, and they are thinking about a recall. She has embarrassed Alaskans, as well as women, and even pit bulls.

How Palin is where she is today boggles my mind. I wouldn’t vote her to be President of any PTA!! She can’t speak coherently on her own.
Couric asked her SIMPLE questions and she couldn’t even form a complete sentence. What would she do if Barbara Walters interviewed her? CRY!
This is getting old…..She is unqualified and should go back to Alaska if they still want her. Saturday Night Live is going to have a field day with her and it is MCCain’s FAULT!! Palin is just being used.

I don’t know about the President, but she’d make a great Miss America. I keep waiting to hear her say “Whirrled Peas”.

Jack;
The citizens should pay attention to this question, because, McCain, in lieu of the meltdown of the economy will soon dissappear.
If America believes that the president should be a high-flying, wolf killing, outdoor type. Sure.
I believe that this country has spiraled down a vortex of oblivion, after 8 years of Bush, and now, the new kid in town, Sara Palin - “Who is clueless” in all regards.
ES

CNN the Game Show News, that’s what you guys soumd like now! All for show and nothing in regards to serving the public. With the biggest thing since the Great Depression with the banking fiasco, CNN is all preoccupied with getting battle comments, finger pinting and gossip comments. What the heck is that all about. Where CNN should be reportingthe facts to the average American who is looking for help, you follow the political games. How could you investigative reporters NOT come up with what really happened. And while you are at it, please explain to me why Congress couldn’t impose some kind of act that would take the president right out of the picture and they themselves make a bill to help in thebailout with out all the politics. How could they even imagine they have to fight and compromise themselves for political reasons. Where they should stang up and say NO compensation packages and every week I want the new management here to explain their progress before gettingthe next round of relief! Make is simple and accountable. What seem to be the problem. How could you ignore the American people for sensationalism for your news instead of reporting the American casualty…joe public again!!
Get off of the Game Show news and back to reporting, please!!!

Hi Jack,

God help us. No. (I don’t think McCain is qualified to be President, either, but next to Sarah he looks like Einstein.)

No, but Saturday Night Live would sure appreciate it!

Jack,
Naaka (No in Inuktitut)
After watching Sarah Palin Interview with Katie Couric from CBS News, John MaCain has made a great mistake and damage the credibility of the Grand Old Party to pick electable leaders.

No. But I feel sorry and embarrased for Sarah. McCain has sucked her into an ‘opportunity’ akin to a sub-prime mortgage situation on a house she cannot afford.

Now after hearing her two interviews [I don't count the fox interview be cause evened I could have come away looking good from that] I feel that she is deftly not qualified to be president. That is what she would be if something would happen to McCain or he decides not to show up.

Sarah Palin seems like a very nice person… she’d make a good friend and neighbor. She seems like a real “go-getter” one who would go to the ends of the earth to find answers….BUT…………….
I shudder to think of her as President! Not now with this world as it is. I don’t even see McCain handling it — or Obama either! (Where’s HILLARY? AL GORE? ) Perhaps some years down the road she’d be fine. To have her as our Commander-in-Chief, head of the entire free world now…no way!

The next BIG question is: will she be able to fit back into the little
box she came from? Her world has really opened up these past
few weeks.

Do pigs fly?

Come on Jack!! She’s NOT qualified to be Vice President!! It’s really reallllly scarey to think that this is possible, I sure hope for the good of this country that people can see beyond her good looks, because really that’s all she’s got.

Jack,

After enduring 8 years of a one term Governor that has destroyed the American dream for all it’s legal citizens, I don’t think so. At this stage in our country’s history a Palin Presidency would be like reliving the Bush Presidency, because of her knowledge of the day to day operations of the Federal Government…

C.I. New York

Jack,
Naaka (No in Inuktitut)
After watching Sarah Palin Interview with Katie Couric from CBS News, John MaCain has made a great mistake and damage the credibility of the Grand Old Party to pick electable leaders.

Jack,
Sarah Palin has more experience in politics than Senator Obama. Gov. Palin has given direct orders to her state and I feel she understands how to consider options, listen to her advisors, and make a decision.

And excuse me, the democratic party can’t talk about her inexperience when they have nominated a one term senator.

No way, No how, No Palin. She is not qualified to be President. The only thing she is maybe qualified for is President of the Putin Fan Club. “Russia is just over there”, can be her slogan.

Jack: Why of course…..She is a pitbull with lipstick.

Not at all. Not anymore then myself being qualified to build the space shuttle in my back yard. It’s to bad that in our society all the qualified people to run the country don’t want the job. Having to work with all of the corrupt congress boneheads. Like George Carlin said, “Garbage in , garbage out.”

No Jack!
I never thought I woul’d see the day in my lifetime, where someone running for President, or Vice President, woul’d be less experienced than the one we elected 8 years ago! Go figure!

Jack

Come on, everyone knows Palin’s pick was a last desperate attempt at the Presidency for McCain.. She is not capable of being president. I wouldnt trust her to lead me down a dark alley…

Jack let her anwers question from the press.Then i will evaluate her.

Ohons Kevin

Sarah Palin is absolutely unqualified to be president. When questioned about her foreign policy experience she said her state is between Russia and Canada, and when that answer wasn’t good enough she stated that their planes fly over her state! She is uninformed in all areas of politics, which is why they are hiding her from the press. If Sarah Palin becomes president we will certainly see a continuation of our failing economy.

She is way out of her league! From what I’ve have seen and heard from her, I’m amazed that she can even manage Alaska. From her lips I’ve heard an exaggerating, dishonest barracuda who lacks an ability to discuss intelligently national and international policy. As an older woman I would love to see a woman VP or President in my lifetime. But NOT Sarah Palin.

It’s much too soon to ask a question like this, Jack. On paper, Sarah Palin has more executive experience than McCain, Obama, Biden, Hillary, or any other on the hill. Let’s see what happens during the debate, and the interviews and answers she gives to questions by unbiased reporters, if any can be found. I need to know all the facts. Rushing to judgement is what lemmings do; not independents. Check back with me November 4th.

Frankly Jack, I have never been much of a fan of Katy Couric…. but I would have to say that yesterday’s interview shows that Katy is immensely more qualified for the job than Sarah Palin.

With all of this “Me-me-I-I” stuff, if I didn’t know better, i would think Palin was Guiliani in drag again!

SARAH PALIN IS ABSOLUTELY NOT QUALIFIED TO BE PREZ OR VP. IT’ S OBVIOUS, THAT SHE IS WAY OUT OF HER LEAGUE. SMALL TOWN ALASKA IS THE RIGHT PLACE FOR HER. MCCAIN HAS DONE HER A GREAT DISSERVICE BY PUTTING HER ON THE TICKET JUST TO GET A 2 WEEK JOLT. HE REALLY ALWAYS THINKS OF HIMSELF AND IS REALLY NOT A NICE PERSON, VERY SELFISH. HE WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE DISASTER IN THE OVAL OFFICE. MAYBE NOT AS BAD AS BUSH, BUT VERY CLOSE.

If McCain says Obama is not qualified to be the U.S. President because of his lack of experience, then Palin is not qualified to be the U.S. President. That is what he meant.

WOW, Palin isn’t less qualifies, she is more qualified. I can’t believe you censor people’s comments on here, when they disagree with CNN or yourself.

Obama’s six month Congressional period hardly qualifies him for President, Palin is far better qualified.

If there’s bail out to be talked about, perhaps it should be about bailing the ship of fools out of jail whose greed and disregard for common people got your country into this fiasco. And no to all of it.

Are you serious? It makes my head explode to think what will happen to this country if McCain is elected president, and Palin Vice President. Don’t tax my brain with such horrifying thoughts.

Sorry, Sara Palin was a very, very poor choice and McCain’s judgment scares me. Palin should have known her limitations and McCain should have vetted her more carefully. I have never seen our country in such a jumbled mess! The Obama/Biden slate is our only choice.

From what I know about her… NO! She has been so sequestered and insulated from the vetting process that all she is to me is a pretty face with an attitude. She might be fantastic, but there’s been too much control about what we know and don’t know, and that’s pretty scary. We’ve had enough of “administrative control” for the last 8 years, we need a true breath of fresh air, unencumbered by a lot of misinformation and hype. Flat out, I don’t trust this administration or this government… period. A truly sad commentary about where we live and where we are as a republic.

Avon Lake, Ohio

No Jack!
I never thought I woul’d see the day in my lifetime, where someone running for President, or Vice President, woul’d be less qualified than the one we elected 8 years ago! Go figure!

We can ship her off to her own little island where she can be President, Mayor, Governor and citizen all at once. Every time Palin opens that mouth of hers, I swear I see an new Black hole in the Universe. It’s a miracle she doesn’t get hurt running around in that big brain of hers.

I have seen better interviews from people off the street at random than Palin’s interviews with Katie Couric.

No. We’ve just had 8 years of uneducated, unenlightened, belligerent leadership, and she would only continue that legacy. You’ve heard the expression, “the elephant in the room;” I’m more concerned about the mess the elephant left behind.

Being fair,because I don’t know her,but what I have seen. NO ! When has it been where you keep the press from a candidate where the press is all a lot of folks will see and hear about her.
We all need to pray for this country. How do this country let someone be even thought of as V P when its been said it took her 7 years to get a B D. We all know that she is not the one. We all know it.

The Bible, God was directly involved in the selections of kings, priest and judges. Today God is just as concerned about who leads the nations of this world. This will probably be the most important Presidential election of our lifetime. As important as it is for us to vote….it is just as important that we PRAY. There are less than 40 days left in this election, it is important that we lift our voices up to the Lord in one accord, making our request made known unto God! For the remaining days…… make a commitment to pray at least once a day for your candidate of choice. .

Father we ask for your forgiveness for our sins. Let your Kingdom come and Your will be done in this presidential election process. Your word states that we are to pray for all men who are in authority so that we can live peaceful and quiet lives. We lift up Sen Obama to You, along with his entire campaign staff and volunteers. Let him not walk in the path of the ungodly, nor stand in the path of sinners, nor sit in the seat of the scornful but let his delight be in Your law that he may meditate on Your word night and day. Direct his heart, let Your anointing rest upon him, let him always find time to seek Your will and direction for his life, strengthen his mind, body and soul. Fill him with your spirit of wisdom, understanding, counsel, courage might and knowledge.

Convict those who use ungodly campaign tactics or resort to

Jack,
The answer is a resounding NO NO NO. Furthermore, he who placed her in such a position is an IDIOT.

Jack, she wasn’t qualified to be mayor of Wasilla. Were Dan Quayle and her separated at birth?

Goodness NO NO NO NO NO!!!
There is an old saying in the South about “opening your mouth and letting the world see how big of a fool you really are.” I think that Palin has passed the test on that at least. with an A+.

“And I can see Putin’s plane!”

Hi Jack,

Need to share this! As I was watching the interview it felt awful. It looked and sounded like a teacher telling her students who is the bad guy and the good guy in the schoolyard. Even the language used was not even sophisticated to begin with! It is terrible! And to say never second guess an ally! I stop! I rest my case and my ears! I can not hear this anymore!!!

Diane Dagenais Turbide

NO!!!!! All you have to do is watch her last interview with Katie Couric to see that.

About as much as that Pitbull she talked about. You know the one with lipstick.

I think McCain picked Palin, so the public might, by comparison, think that his buddy the outgoing President Bush looks qualified and literate. But to answer your question…. not by a long shot.

Sarah Palin is not qualified to be Vice President, let alone President. While energetic, her overall communication skills are poor. Her lack of education needed at this level is very obvious. Her post-high school education is not at all evident. I have seen many very intelligent, well-rounded people who do not have a college degree that I would trust with a high office. Sarah Palin is nowhere close to these talented individuals.

And so is every American. Even the not so smart ones. Cause they saw Russian not from the backyards but from their TV’s and Mission Impossible in the movies. Now that’s foreign policy.

While personally I don’t believe she is qualified to be my President. I think it is important to recognize the FACT that after what will be eight years of “W” our standards have significantly declined. I recently heard someone make the statement “Truth is whatever I can get you to believe and the easiest person to convince is the individual who is already on my side for other reasons.” While this comment wasn’t made in the context of politics I think it’s quite appropriate for the situation. That is what really bothers me about having a party system and the ever growing dedication / obsessiveness toward these entities that some people have toward them. Its scary to think that someone would put the cause of party control over the cause of the good of people. Its sad to think that individuals are influence to vote based on the fear of rejection. Party affiliation should never be a policy factor because Parties are nothing more than a blanket for party perceptions. These parties utilize hot-topic issues like abortion to entice or anger individuals to join their cause and are used as reminders (based on fear) of why those individuals should remain loyal when loyalty is being tested. Palin is nothing more than a rally cry for the McCain campaign.

Jack, since you usually select responses that are witty or full of passion, but rarely choose those based upon mastery of the subject matter, I must doubt that mine will be read on air. Other than requiring the President to be an U.S. born citizen and at least 35, there is no official, written job description or list of qualifications for the Presidency. Our founding fathers had no clue regarding today’s state-of-the-art job placement techniques developed, validated, and used by Industrial/Organizational Psychologists. Too few people care about or are aware of how accurate some selection tools are in predicting successful job applicants. The Presidency, while enormously important, is still just another government position for which standards can be established and for which effective selection tools can be developed. Until this is done, regardless of how wonderful or pitiful one might believe her to be, Ms. Palin is as qualified as any other 35 year old U.S. born citizen.

Absolutely NOT. It should be obvious after she couldn’t give a coherent answer when asked if she had ever spoken with Putin. She sounded like a fifth grader giving his first book report. Do we really want someone so mis-informed (or just plain stupid) to represent us. We allready are getting rid of a president who cannot put a complete sentence together.

No, while she is a govenor she has very limited knowledge about National Affairs (policies).

Get real Jack ! You ask the strangest questions.
What with Joe Biden with his foot always in his mouth, you dare to question someone who is careful if she is qualified?
Obama sure isn’t qualified. And he’s at the top of the dem’s ticket ! Where the logic in that? Huh ?
At least Sarah will have a chance to get her “seal egs” - if obama was to win , ( BIG IF ! ) do we have to hold our breath while he gets his “sea legs” ? hmmmmmmmmm What a thought.
And all this while the nation needs a leader. hmmmmmmmmm THINK ABOUT this ! A pause for thought !
Sarah has more experience and qualification than Joe - who incidently she happens to be in the opposing position for. hmmmmm

In response to your question, NO I do not see in her the quality, knowledge, world view that was as Americans except in our United States Vice President. Sarah Palin does not process the education, i.e. the vocabulary required to articulate the views of an administration. Her interview with Katie K. the small portion I saw was an embarrassment to herself as well as Senator John McCain. She just does not have the need exposure; she is a nice small town Governor in middle America with a limited world view.

Jack, seriously, have you seen any of her interviews? Enough said.

No way is she qualified. Just because she is Governor and was a mayor doesn’t make her qualified. Did we not hear her response as to her foreign policy credentials? Come on now.

Jack, I think a better question would have been… “How soon do you think after the Vice Presidential debates will John McCain dump Sarah Palin and ask Joe Lieberman to be his running mate?”

I am scared to death, first McCain is to old, he should be enjoying retirement, his pick for VP shows us his judgement is impaired!

No! She may shoot like Cheney which is scary enough but she doesn’t have the acumen of a political leader let alone the savvy of a political strategist. She is not proper for the position!

Trick question, right Jack?

Absolutely, she’s qualified… She’s an expert on foreign policy. She’s the only American who knows that both Russia and Canada are a part of the stae she’s the Executive of… At least, that’s what she told Katie Couric.

She also knows about McCain’s track record in fighting too much deregulation… She told Katie she’d find some examples and bring them to her.

Qualified? I wonder how she got elected Govenor of Alaska.

Hello Jack.
Thanks but no Thanks.
She should go back to Alaska and keep an eye on Russia. I think you know they are moving and you can see them. That interview that she did yesterday. I still can not understand what in the world she was talking about.

Are you kidding???? Absolutely, Positively NOT!!!! The mere thought of her as president scares me to death. We’ve seen what happens when someone mediocre has the job…do we really want to go for worse???

I’ve always regarded our politics, to a great degree, as sport. And like
all you other junkies, I get drawn in. But, this Sarah thing beats all!
Especially how all those cheering Republicans welcomed this
McCain zinger. And now they want her to step down? What then
about his next zany choice? Maybe a night-before-election change
next time. Republicans, you are something ,really sporting, to behold.

jack,this woman makes me nervous she thinks seeing russia is a reason to run the u.s i can see the univ.of pittsburgh from my house does that mean im a professor come on!

Jack, Sarah Palin undoubtedly is not ready to be president. McCain made a serious mistake in choosing her. Watching the interviews that she did with Katie Couric and Charles Gibson I could tell that she lacked experience in foreign policy. She also did not know where McCain stood on the issues. That is why his campaign has kept her away from the press. But, by doing this Palin will not have the practice that she needs to prepare for interviews and most importantly the debate with Senator Biden. If Palin continues to stumble the public’s confidence in her will decrease. If she can’t be trusted she won’t be taken seriously. And as a result of this McCain could lose the election.

Not at all! This is why the McCain camp has sheltered her from reporter’s questions.

The thoughts of this woman one heartbeat away from the Presidency sends cold chills down my spine. What was McCain thinking or was he thinking? I’m voting for Obama but the Republican party has many fine capable woman - Elizabeth Dole, Kay Baily Hutchison, Condie Rice to name a few. Sen. McCain should finish this next 39 days out and then he and Cindy should get in one of their 13 cars and take a motor trip of America where perhaps they would get some sort of clue as to what is exactly going on !!!!!

She is an embarrassment to Americans! McCain showed he has poor judgement by choosing her. Now if Americans were not caught up in their racist attitudes the polls would have him buried. He has also neglected to realize the enormous youth vote with unlisted cell #s that are not polled. Stay in Palin, comedians need 2 nuts in Office.

Absolutely NOT!! Even if she can cram for the exam (with the Bush people tutoring her) she has no depth of knowledge on issues. I am troubled by her perky lack of doubt about her ability to assume command of the world’s only superpower. I am troubled by her literal-minded Christian dogmatism. I am troubled that McCain promised he would choose someone for his vice-president who is qualified to take over the presidency on a moment’s notice, but then he chose Palin. I question his lack of judgement.

I do not want my next president to be the guy who graduated at the bottom of his class at the naval academy, paired with a vice president who attended 6 colleges to get her journalism degree. We have had 8 years of experience with mediocrity and it has been nothing short of tragic. Think of the example we set. We don’t teach our children anything about the importance of a good education when we reward mediocrity. Why do we allow conservatives to denigrate intellectuals?

This time I want someone smarter than me to be my president. I want someone who studied seriously and succeeded at college and was at the top of his class in law school and taught constitutional law. I’m voting for Obama and Biden.

Considering she thinks living next to Russia and Canada gives her foreign policy experience, I could assume that everyone with a head on their shoulders can say NO! How could she be ready to run or co-run the country when she can’t answer reporters questions? How can she possibly be the right person to run the country if McCain had an accident? How could anyone in there right mind vote for someone that nobody knows about!? She got voted as governor of Alaska for a reason, and I’m sure they are good reasons for that state. However, that doesn’t automatically qualify you for the #2 seat in the US government, just as being a POW doesn’t qualify you to be in the top seat.

Yes, Sarah Palin is qualified to be President. President of Alaska and John McCain can be her V.P. , when they succeed from the union. Then they can build a bridge to Russia.

I HAVE NOT MADE THAT COMMENT BEFORE!

i

Bill Pie Hamilton Square, NJ

No! However after this mess, she would be lucky if she was elected President of the Moose Lodge.

Jack, Her readiness for president is no longer a question, even the die hard conservatives like David Brooks, George Will, David Frum, and Parker have admitted that she is a total liability. The question is should she drop out for the sake of her party?

I would like to remind everyone that Ronald Reagan was born in 1911 and was President from 1980-1988. He was older than John McCain when he started his second term. So let’s talk about Sarah Palin in the context she is running. VP…Obama is the one lacking experience to be President. He says he was against the war in Iraq when he wasn’t even in the senate and therefore was not privia to the information John McCain, Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden had when they voted for the war.

Please, America, be very wary of this woman. Somebody who is rendered nearly speechless by Katie Couric is scarcely ready to take on any influential role in the government of what I still believe remains the greatest nation on earth … despite its current greed-hungry and bickering “leadership.”

Haha, don’t make me laugh and gag at the same time with that question. Of course she isn’t qualified to be President OR Vice President, are you kidding me?

In fact to be honest with you… the thought of her in either office scares the living hell of me… and I’m sure I’m not the only one who feels this way.

*Obama/Biden 08*

If all the Vice President does is slip into the shadows and do nothing else, then, yes. As it is, though, the VP has a large role to play in the Senate, and–most importantly–MUST be ready at a moment’s notice to take over the Presidency. For this reason, the VP, I think, should be even more qualified to be President than the President himself. Using that reasoning, Sarah Palin is immensely UNqualified to be anything other than a hockey mom. There’s a group on Facebook called “My Dog Is More Qualified to be Vice President than Sarah Palin.” It’s oh, so true.

The question appears to be strangely immaterial. Since joining the ticket, Sarah Palin has solidified the Republican base for John McCain more effectively than even he could have hoped for. Her obvious lack of substantive understanding of several issues has been acutely apparent in the few interviews she’s given so far, but these are subsequently blamed on the biased, “liberal” media. And why has she only provided 3 interviews? According to McCain’s campaign manager Rick Davis, it’s because she’s not shown enough “deference”. So is she qualified to be president? Well, millions of Americans seem to think so. God help us.

Originally, I had my doubts about Sarah Palin’s lack of qualifications to be President. Since her three television interviews, I have absolutely no doubt that she is the most woefully unqualified person every chosen to be on the ticket.

The McCain campaign has been coaching her for weeks now and if that is best she can do in response to relatively simple questions such as the one Katie Couric asked her regarding her foreign policy credentials, I now question not only her qualifications, but her ability to graps even the simplest of questions.

In addition, her demeanor was painfully embarassing to witness even by someone who is not a supporter. It was like watching a deer in headlights combined with a flustered school girl. The way she handles herself was almost juvenile. This is not a beauty contest, this is the second most important job in the United States and Sarah Palin is woefully unqualified both by knowledge and temperament to be Vice President.

I want some of what Jim Johnston is smoking.

Jim Johnston September 26th, 2008 3:05 pm ET

Yes, she is more qualified the Biden. She has run a State, while Biden in 1929 was watching President Roosevelt on TV, even though he wasn’t president yet and there wasn’t any television. At least Sarah Palin deals with reality, not fantasy.

I gone from anger and amazement, to overwhelming sympathy for this woman. She is in way, way over her head, and its not really her fault. She has no more capacity, in fact, far less, than I have to be a VP, let alone President, and I’m Canadian … which I guess makes me an expert in foreign affairs though …

All kidding aside, this is very sad. This woman has been abused by the impetuous caprice of the idiot who is her running mate. Being a hero does not qualify you to be president, nor to make smart decisions.

Of Course!
We in the GOP feel she is a dramatic impovement over our current incumbent VP Dick “Darth Vadar” Cheney. She’s a more accomplished marksman and she can spell potatow with the best of us.

No. Its a simple as that

President of what?

Jack- I saw the interview with Katie Couric & it scared the h— out of me. She sounded exactly like the blonde in the Miss Teenage America contest. I don’t dislike McCain, but Palin is the least qualified candidate I’ve ever heard in every respect. Can anyone posibly imagine her in talks with Russia, Iran, Pakistan etc. I’m sure all of our enimies pray she gets elected. WE should pray that she doesn’t. Make your votes count.
David, Las Vegas

Are you kidding????? God help us if that ever happens!!!!
I have National Security Experience! At least as much as she does. I live in Arizona and previously in California so every time someone from Mexico rears their ugly head and comes into the US they came into the state where I lived……….that is what she gave as experience.

You’ve got to be joking! NO!

Jack
It is a big no. Sara Palin is not even qualified to become a history teacher in a middle school. It is high time that we bring legislation in selecting the VP candidate. McCain could have very well outsourced the VP candidate rather than selecting such an imcompetant candidate.

what?

I don’t think anyone could honestly be comfortable with the idea of someone dumber than Bush being a heartbeat away from the presidency of a 72-year-old heart.

No she is not. At this time of great crisis for the country, maybe the pig would be better lipstick or no lipstick

I mean come on Jack! Do americans leave their brains on the nighstand when they wake up in the morning? How can anyone honestly believe this individual is remotely qualified to be vice president, president or even in charge of anything. Im just baffled. We need people in charge who can actually analyze and come up with a plan that solves real problems and the Mccain-Palin ticket, putting issues aside, is clearly not ready to do anything.

I don’t believe so! I don’t even know how she became Gov. I do know why the McCain campaigne kept her away from the media, she comes across stumbling trying to remember how the campainge told her to answer. She has NO experiance dealing with other nations. She stated that her state sends planes to protect the border, but that is not true! It is the military that is in charge of protecting those borders. Too many lies! Too many bridges to nowhere! Thanks but no thanks!

Lord, what a scary thought !! I can’t believe that she is still in the running.

Jack, If you consider an Ice-Hockey Mom that is sheltered from media and public exposure and will attain the highest office in the world with just the SLIGHTEST of health issues of John McCain…No, I do NOT feel she is qualified.
Page in Boise, Idaho

I read this joke on another blog: The rancher was asked his opinion of Palin. He said she was a post turtle. When queried about what a post turtle was, the rancher replied, “A post turtle is a turtle on a fence post. It doesn’t belong up there, had nothing to do up there, could not have gotten there by itself. I wonder what idiot put it there?”

Get the hook quick!

Some one said the other day rather than cut the check for 700 Billion dollars , this would be enough money to pay every tax paying citizen in the united states over 18 yrs of age an estimated $400,000.00. Send out these checks, we will pay off our mortgages, changes , buy new cars and get the county moving quite quickly… Why not it our money anyway.

Oh God no ! After all we have seen I don’t even think she is qualified to be the Govenor of Alaska. This would be a joke if it wasn’t so deadly serious….

If I knew I didn’t have to be qualified I would have started campaigning months ago! Poor Palin, does she know that just because men think she looks nice doesn’t mean she’s qualified to be V.P.? We think Bush is bad, just think how bad it will be if Palin is in office! She’ll be too preoccupied caring for her grandchild and her own little one…

Carbondale, IL
(Go Salukis!)

With each interview, it becomes sadly more apparent that Gov. Palin is not qualified for either VP or God forbid, President, Jack.

I say sadly because it is so obvious how out of her depth she is and with each answer she flounders with, it becomes even more obvious, painful to watch and downright frightening that she could possibly be elected to the second highest office of our country.

Is this a trick question? She’s proven she can’t even speak clearly in an interview, let alone bring qualified judgement to serious issues. Oh wait, neither can Bush. So yes then I guess Sarah, the female version of Bush, is ready to lead!

What a joke and a bad one at that.
I think it is the usual Republican distraction manuver that Bush & Chaney use so well.
Coverage of her should stop.
Mike

Watch her interview with Catie Couric and decide for yourself. Most American’s have as much foreign policy experience, since we have to interact with Latinos or others of foreign descent every day. I think that the job requires a little more than what she has demonstrated to the press with her few interviews.

No. But in all fairness, no one should be a target to scrutiny for the benefit of any Political Party. My advise to Sarah Palin is realize that you are over your head and back out gracefully.

Let’s carry the reality TV thing just one step further. Let’s drop her in Eye-Rack (where she says she has been) and see if she can find her way home. Should be safe seeing as how victory is at hand and all that.

There’s a joke circulating the internet about Sarah Palin:

Sarah Palin is a post turtle. What’s a post turtle? When you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that’s a post turtle. You know she didn’t get there by herself, she doesn’t belong up there, she won’t know what to do while she’s up there and you wonder what kind of moron put her there in the first place.

I am much more qualified to be President. I have traveled the world, fought for my country, and have talked to leaders. When I see and hear Gov. Palin, I can only find myself believing we are in a Disney movie. I was a Navy Pilot inst. in VA-174 out of Cecil Field, during Nam and I can honestly say that the selection of Palin was just out of McCain’s playbook or was that his very full black book? It shows the instability of John McCain. Perhaps that is why he was passed over for Admiral and should never be selected as Commander in Chief.

You can see from Palin’s choreographed comments she has been allowed to make to the press there is no sense in having a vice presidential debate as we have already seen how unprepared for the job she is. I have no doubt she is a good governor for Alaska but unprepared for the national stage. That makes two from the same party not ready for the White House. Vote Wisely!

Jack let me remind all of us that the main job description of the president of the united States is to proctect the constitution. After spending 6 years in so many different school to get BA in journalism, I don’t know how much Mrs Palin knows about the US constitution. If she cannot stand the heat from the media, how can she stand the heat from foreign leaders such as Russian current prime minister and former president Putin. Just to picture her standing up against the North Korean regime or conducting the peace process between Israel and Palestine freaks me out. May be she can have tea with Assad of Syria or Moubarak of Egypt.
Springfield Illinois.

Jack,

Palin is absolutely unqualified. Have the Conservatives and Republicans lost thier minds?. We see what can happen to our Nation when unqualified people become President and VP. What is going on in our country. Palin is not only unqualified she is clueless, Mccain has demonstrated to US just how unqualified he is. if these two jokers get elected God help us all

Palin sounds awfully familiar - George Bush with an updo. She’s about as dumb. Pretty soon the GOP will invent a catchphrase for her too, like compassionate conservatism was popular for Bush. We saw how well that worked for the first responders who volunteered at the WTC site on 9/11, as well as the victims of Katrina. Perhaps her motto could be “Palin’s Pablum.”
Bellmore, New York

It’s getting harder and harder to watch her interviews. She doesn’t appear to have any more than an inch deep grasp of national and international issues. She’s a big fish in the little pond of Alaska that will never be as successful as Nemo in finding her place among the big global fish in the ocean. God help America if she ends up our leader.

Even sports fans can quote more about their favorite players than Palin can about her own running mate, let alone any in depth understanding of foreign policy or the economy. Palin had 3 1/2 weeks to cram for the test of Vice President, and she still lacks an in-depth, individual viewpoint on major issues.

When probed to name any major achievement of McCain’s, Palin still recites that he’s a ‘maverick’. If Palin can’t take 15 minutes of her time to read McCain’s resume, how can we possibly believe she will prepare herself to lead?

-Lola
St. Petersburg, Fl

We expect our national leaders to be coherent about basic matters, like foreign policy. Govenor Palin’s reply to Ms Couric’s questions about Russia and Israel was distressing as well as confusing. How could a candidate for President choose such an obviously unqualified person to be a heart beat from the Presidency.

I think anyone with even minor sensibilities can see that this was a huge mistake. She consistently sounds like a mesh of talking points gone bad. At this point I am not sure that she has any opinions of her own and she has not been able to sound learned.

This recent comments about “putin rearing his head” is the final straw for me. I just cannot believe the guile of the GOP expecting us to elect her to our 2nd highest office. I liked Palin initially, but I was never fooled.

Now, I am more convinced than ever that she is entirely not qualified and the McCain campaign’s attempt to coach her up has produced this mumbling mess of talking points.

This my friends, is a true travesty.

I don’t believe Sarah Palin is remotely qualified to be President or Vice President. Aside from lacking experience, she isn’t credible, articulate or able to work without a script.

Watching the Palin interview from GMA with Katie Couric was simply painful. It was akin to a really bad job interview and Palin was the applicant who was unable to coherently answer a single question being put to her. Palin’s responses to the foreign policy questions were like the applicant trying to verbally “pad her experience” where she clearly had none.

I wouldn’t hire her!

A resounding NO!!! Her views, her ideology as well as her limited appeal are definite negatives. She does not have the broad based knowledge, background and qualifications to run a country this large and complex.

If Palen were truly “ready to lead” as she and McBush claim, then as a vice president, she should be able to step in when McBush is not available. So, why didn’t he send Palin to the debate, and he could have stayed in Washington.

Sarah Palin’s answers questions very simplistic like a child. In her interview with Katie, she talks about Russia in our airspace like a child talking about why is the sky blue. She talks about Israel and they are the “good guys” and should not be “second guessed” like kids watching a western and they know the good guys because they have on a white hat. Sarah seems like a nice person and likeable, but you cant solve our country’s problems and world problems with a hug or a smile (even if you have lipstick on). She is not qualified, and is constantly making statements that causes her to be ridiculed.

No, she can see the moon from Alaska, so I think she is more
qualified to be an astronaut. Let’s shoot her into space. Then we
won’t have to watch her embarass herself trying to answer questions
about foreign policy. She can tell us how pretty Alaska looks from
outer space.

Palin isn’t even qualified to be interviewed on camera.

Is Obama?

Of course, you would never ask that. The Constitution requires that the President be 35 or over and born in the US. You and I and many readers here are ‘qualified’, and that is the easy answer.

Palin fills both criteria. She has far more executive experience compared to Obama’s NONE. But neither she nor Obama are even close to being the most qualified, compared to the many persons we COULD have on the tickets, and you and everyone else knows it

AS was said in the Wizard of Oz, where Palin would fit right in Jack. The wizard asks the scarecrow what he wanted, and it was a “BRAIN” That is what Palin lacks Jack. Maybe she should follow the yellow brick road.

I really don’t have much confidence in her ability to run the country. One might argue that she has an 80+% approval rating in Alaska. What do you think anyone’s approval rating would be if you doubled state revenues and removed sales and income taxes. Everything has been paid for by federal earmarks. Alaska is the largest per-capita recipient of federal earmarks lobbying for $750 million over 2 years. Oh by the way she kept the money for the bridge to nowhere. Alaska has benefited at the expense of the rest of the country, how patriotic.

Oh and on the suspension of the debate, wasn’t it suggested they bump the Vice Presidential Debate for the postponed Presidential Debate? It doesn’t sound like the McCain campaign has much faith in her abilities either.

Tim - Cedar Rapids, Iowa

I can not believe we are even having a discussion about her being qualified to be president. The woman is a disaster, she has nothing in her head, she obviously thinks on a very basic level. She is fine when it comes to distorting the truth or flat out lying. The question should be is John McCain qualified to be president,after having made her his choice to be vice president. I have many doubts about the man myself. Even here in Choteau, Montana I have noticed only the very hard core of the repug faithful have McCain signs in their yards. And most are just McCain signs not the McCain/Palin combo signs. She is an idiot…

Lord,what a scary thought !! I can’t believe that she is still in the running.

No! she is not qualified. She doesn’t know how to answer a question with intelligence she reminds me of teenager who is trying to be something she isn’t. She may perhaps be capable of being a small town Mayor, but she’s certainly not ready for the national/ international stage. She does not represent the many intelligent women I know.

D. Wood
Virginia

Her latest interview with Katie Couric was painful to watch. My 10 year son has a larger vocabulary than Palin does. In her defense however, my son also separates things between “good guys” and “bad guys”. So essentially she speaks on the level of a 5th grader. She’s so not ready it isn’t funny, it is TERRIFYING!

How do we know the answer to that, we haven’t had the opportunity to get to know her. She is under lock and key, and when they do give her permission to speak, (yes she needs permission), she comes off so confused that all you can feel is pity for her. It’s very unfortunate.

NO. But the Republican Party would never admitted, they were going after those 18 millions quack in the ceiling that Hillary had, and now it has back fired on them, be careful what you ask for you just might get it, and t hey did. Thank, Winnie

Jack,

Sure, Palin is qualified, by constitutional definition.

But then, so is Dubya.

The question isn’t whether Palin is qualified to be President. The question is, “Is a woman who champions her own daughter’s reproductive choices while actively working to take that choice away from all other American women the sort of person we want anywhere near the White House?”

Jackson
Rome, GA

As much as I am,I have run a small company.That’s enough qualification to be vice president in this flawed government.

are you kidding me ? remember that beauty queen that stumbled on her answer and made a fool of herself ? Remind you of someone ?Did you hear Sarah Palin with “i can see Russia from different places in Alaska “. Geez, unbelievable..does this sound like someone who could be commander-in-chief ? It is funny if it weren’t so darn scary..!!!!!!!!! If he wanted a woman..why not Christiane Amanpour ? Now, she is qualified and has been out of the country more than once…

It has become apparent, even to a number of conservatives that originally supported her, that she doesn’t have what it takes. Anytime she gets off script, she is in big trouble.

Stupid question. Sarah Palin is McCain’s VP nominee. McCain is the one running for President, not Palin.

If McCain invented the Blackberry; Palin invented the manure spreader.

Miami, FL

NO!

She is not qualified at the national level for anything other than reading a speech.

No! Let me just say send her home, Alaskans will take a hit for the team-sorry America!

Umm … I think you know the answer to this one, Jack.

She most definitely is not qualified to be president. This is even more concerning as McCain seems to get weaker (physically, mentally and politically) with every day.

She is a truly scary thought as president. No doubt a nice enough person in her own circle … Alaska, which is where she should return pronto.

By definition, all persons 35yrs. and older, and are born in America are qualified. Would Sarah Palin make a good president? THANKS, BUT NO THANKS!

It friightenes me to think that she could be our “Commander In Chief”
Come on folks, can we set ourselves up to put her second in command, If she moves up the totem pole will we be lead by another Bush administration because she’s gonna need some help and we are not going to know who that help might be.
Bettye B.
Thomasville, Ga

Jack, Sarah Palin undoubtedly is not ready to be president. McCain made a serious mistake in choosing her. Watching the interviews that she did with Katie Couric and Charles Gibson I could tell that she lacked experience in foreign policy. She also did not know where McCain stood on the issues. That is why his campaign has kept her away from the press. But, by doing this Palin will not have the practice that she needs to prepare for interviews and most importantly the debate with Senator Biden. If Palin continues to stumble the public’s confidence in her will decrease. If she can’t be trusted she won’t be taken seriously. And as a result of this McCain could lose the election.

She reminds me a lot of our current president. Way in over her head. Like a deer caught in the headlights. That’s why we have this mess on our hands now. GB Troy

No.

The prospect frightens me. I know there is a learning curve, but I think it would be easier for a chicken to learn to play piano than for Sarah Palin to become a competent leader of the free world. She is in so over her head and not aware enough to know it. But, John McCain should.

She has foreign affairs experience, because when planes take off from Russia, which is only eight miles away, she said they have