I'll Try to Find Ya Some and I'll Bring 'Em to Ya September 26, 2008 6:45 AM
Watching the CBS interview of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin did not exactly fill conservative columnist Kathleen Parker with confidence.
"Palin's recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League," Parker writes today.
"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."
Parker writes that "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."
She suggests that Palin should "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."
Conservatives, what say you? Is Parker on target or completely off?
- jpt
UPDATE: Based on the growing unease about Palin among conservatives -- for what they assert is a lack of preparedness, not for any ideological reasons -- this post will launch a series called "Conservatives Embarrassed About Palin." We've been covering Sen. Joe Biden's speaking proclivities in our "Oh, That Joe!" series; this will be the GOP counterpart.
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