The Columbian claims that “any successful reformer must excel in leadership and judgment. In the past several months Obama has distanced himself as the superior candidate in those two areas.”
Regarding judgment, The Columbian claims that “Obama chose a running mate who neither hurt him in the polls nor diverted the spotlight from the main man on the ticket. McCain’s choice has done neither.”
Really? This is the main criteria for picking a Vice-President? A person who will be one heartbeat from the most powerful office in the world?
What shows greater leadership and judgment, picking someone who you think is the best person for the job even if it takes the spotlight from you or hurts you in the polls? Or picking someone who may be qualified but won’t divert you attention from yourself or hurt you in the polls. The first is a pick based on what is best for the country. The latter is a choice of political expediency. You tell me which shows greater leadership and judgment.
Second, the man he picked to bolster his lack of foreign policy, Joe Biden, voted against the first Gulf War to liberate Kuwait even though the UN and our allies were also in favor. He proposed dividing Iraq into ethnic partitions.
During the VP debate, Biden looked into the camera and told the country that Obama “did not say he’d sit down with Ahmadinejad” without preconditions even though Biden criticized Obama at the time on this very point. Further, Biden claimed that we “along with France” kicked Hezbollah out of Lebanon”, a reality that may have been realized in the Mirror universe on Star Trek but never occurred in ours.
McCain, in stark contrast, picked someone who immediately energized the Republican party and who he allowed to outshine him. Immediately, she was attacked by the media who published all sorts of unconfirmed rumors. She was demeaned as being stupid and not ready to be “a heartbeat” from the presidency even though she had a proven track record as a “successful reformer” (remember the Columbian’s criteria) and more executive experience than Obama who was running as the heartbeat of the presidency.
Neither Palin or Obama has any Foreign policy experience. That’s why Obama picked Joe Biden. So in an Obama presidency, foreign policy experience that has continually been wrong will be one heartbeat from the presidency. In a McCain presidency, foreign policy experience that has a track record of being right will be the heartbeat of the presidency.
When you care more about whether you are in the spotlight or if you will be hurt in the polls than the facts don’t matter.
Previous posts:
The Columbian Endorses Obama
Columbian Endorses Obama – Pt. 2
Columbian Endorses Obama – Leadership
Updated: To add links for the Previous Posts section.
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