Sarah Palin? what kind of mother?

Jack Cafferty, CNN: "If Sarah Palin being a heartbeat away from the Presidency does not scare the hell out of you, it should."Now even conservatives are openly worried.

NEW YORK Criticism of John McCain from the right has escalated this week, from George Will to the Wall Street Journal's editorial page. But some conservative, in the wake of the Katie Couric interview, are also having second thoughts about Sarah Palin. Popular syndicated columnist and TV pundit Kathleen Parker, for example, has seen enough.

In a surprising post at National Review's site, she calls for Palin to step aside for the good of the country (and benefit of her family), saying she is out of her depth.

Parker writes: "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.

"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?

"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."

Paschal’s comment: For anyone to imagine that this bundle of over-confidence with vast ignorance could possibly have the awareness to grasp her lack of fitness for this office is vain hope. Consider what kind of mother is willing to expose her unmarried pregnant daughter to the entire world? Since she did not believe in birth control, her daughter most likely had no information about safe sex. Furthermore, she was willing to expose her daughter to the world press in order to represent the GOP of Privilege and Family Values as their Second most visible representative. Such pride can have no insight into its own arrogance. You can bet the Party of Privilege will keep her under wraps until the debate next Thursday unless they can find some emergency in Alaska that desperately needs her presence there.