| | Steve, Jeff,
I disagree completely. It is clear that Palin is a light-weight, but to say that she could not do more damage is dangerously inaccurate. We cannot say what decisions will be forced upon the president of these next four years. While it is easy to say she will have qualified advisors, it is still she who would pick most of her closest advisors, and she who will choose which advisors to listen to.
I've commented on gut instinct before, and believe it is most often the truest course a person can make. However, gut instincts are manifestations of a person's experience and ethic. Palin's extremely weak experience, and perhaps uncertain ethic, suggest that she will not have that extra insight, that gut instinct, to recognize which among the many courses of actions that might be recommended to her, will be the best.
But this campaign has dwindled down to John McCain and Barrack Obama. Obama is the better candidate - that is to say that he is the better speaker, shows intelligence and poise, and is better able to connect with the viewers. However, while he is the better candidate, McCain would make the better president. Certainly, McCain's economic sense far outweighs Obama's. He is far more experienced in congress. He has a proven grit, an ability, to make hard and urgent decisions. Plus (except for campaigning) has a better class of advisors to help guide him. Obama can surround himself with advisors, but he is still the one who must sift through their recommendations and make the final decisions. As president, he counts upon his ability to just figure out whatever he needs from the input his many advisors give him, but he'll be coming into each urgent decision-making process without the reserve of gut instincts necessary to make those decisions that sometimes cannot wait for long study and analysis.
I'll vote McCain for his guts and conviction (even if I don't agree with many of them), instead of Obama, who thinks he can just figure it all out when he needs to.
jt
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