When Conservatives Attack: George Will vs. Sarah Palin

Famed conservative columnist George Will told a gathering of Senate aides on Monday that Gov. Sarah Palin is "obviously" not prepared to assume the presidency if necessary, two event attendees told the Huffington Post.

Appearing at a Senate Press Secretaries Association reception at the Cornerstone Government Affairs office, Will offered a harsh assessment of John McCain's running mate.

Palin is "obviously not qualified to be President," he remarked, describing her interview on CBS Evening News with Katie Couric as a "disaster."

Will did state, according to a second source, that Palin has received rough treatment from the media; arguing that the Alaska Governor would have been "skewered" by the press if she had made some of the same gaffes as Sen. Joe Biden has in recent weeks. But his sympathies only extended so far.

Will has already been critical of the other half of the Republican ticket, calling McCain's handling of the financial crisis "un-presidential" just one week ago. And in offering his take on Palin, the longtime Washington scribe becomes the latest in a list of respected conservative figures who have now soured on the Palin pick.

Last week, Kathleen Parker of the National Review penned a column calling on the Alaska Governor to be dropped from the ticket. New York Time's columnist David Brooks and former Bush speechwriter David Frum have also expressed their doubts about Palin's capacity for the vice presidential post.

Will, who could not be reached for comment., had also been previously critical of McCain's choice of Palin, writing a week after it was announced: "The man who would be the oldest to embark on a first presidential term has chosen as his possible successor a person of negligible experience." One week ago, meanwhile, Will penned a blistering op-ed about McCain, accusing him of practicing "fact-free slander," holding a "Manichaean worldview," and "characteristically substituting vehemence for coherence."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/30/george-will-palin-is-not_n_130647.html

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[dinokralt4]

i admit palin is an idiot, but doesn’t atheism lead to the rejection of objective truth claims? If so how is Dostoevsky’s claim "if god is not, anything is permissible”, not accurate? i think this is why so many people are more attracted to her seemingly absurd policies than products of a pragmatic- atehistic scholastic machine. These products just reek of a lack of resepct for humanity above the individual.

[boyinthedrain]

@cletedawgthewalmart

Why are christians so against evolution?

And why do they bring up evolution ALL THE TIME?

[NormDePlume69]

@cletedawgthewalmart "wrong. the scientific THEORIES against it is overwhelming."

Wrong, imbecile. Look up "Scientific Theory", you'll find it is far different than the word "theory" in common parlance. It is NOT a hypothesis, or something waiting to be "proven", it is the highest form of certainty that science proclaims. You know, little things like cell theory, germ theory, and the theory of gravitation. These, along with the Theory of Evolution, are things that help humanity progress.

[cletedawgthewalmart]

@tuor1984 wrong. the scientific THEORIES against it is overwhelming. look up theory. nothing is proven with definite evidence that supports or denies intelligent design,stories from the bible, evolution, the big bang theory, etc. the thing is you beleive what you beleive and dont beleive what you dont. keep it movin. saah palin an imbecile? yes, she is, she shouldnt have gotten anywhere near a presidental ticket, but NOT because of her religious beleifs

[DCUPtoejuice]

George ROCKS

[wizardoflawz]

the only criticism of Bush I disagree with is the criticism of his statement that he looked into Putin's soul and trusted him. It may have been a clumsy way of saying it, but it was also a necessary thing that Bush and Putin develop a relationship, for the sake of world peace, and we on the left should have left it alone.

[scales57]

everyone here seems to be arguing economics? what about the video? Hello.....McCain? i did not vote for BO, and I held my nose when I voted for McCain....looking back now, even with OB's sad performance and leftist bent, I'm still not sure that McCain had the wits to be a leader....WTF is wrong with the republicans that they can't find/pick a valid candidate to run up against the dem's? the conservatives in this country need to find a place of their own...

[Zaxxon2008]

@finerbiner - the middle class grew in the 80's & 90's, and the number of NEW millionaires grew as well. and the % of the population in poverty fell.

the top 1% will get richer regardless of what u do to them because at that level they are untouchable. its the other 5 - 10% that are considered "wealthy" and are millionaires that do the real work and employ people/grow new businesses

[Zaxxon2008]

@finerbiner i wont argue with you on the corporatist politician thing because i agree

but trickle down does work. and deficits fell under Clinton, but i was making note of how deficits fell during Reagan as well. and Reagan 'inherited' a recession with worse stats than the current one.

[finerbiner]

@Zaxxon2008 Deficits came down during the Clinton adm. with the help of the "contract with America".

People don't think "trickle down" works because it doesn't. The only group to gain any real wealth since the 1970's is the top 1/4 of 1%.

We live if a corporatist society. If we could have "free" markets the rest would fall into place. We don't. We have markets rigged to the advantage of multi-national corporations with the American public as host to the corporate parasite.

Blue & red are guilty