This person was almost a heartbeat away from the Presidency
by David Atkins
Of all the dangerous and destructive things Republicans have done over the last few decades, nominating Sarah Palin to be one John McCain medical problem away from the Oval Office has to be the very worst. Imagine having this for leadership of the free world:
It's not just that Republicans have a sociopathic Objectivist-yet-theocratic policy agenda. That's bad enough. But they're also wildly, recklessly irresponsible. The silver lining of government by plutocratic ideologues is that they're at least supposed to make the train run on time.
The people who nominated a dolt like Palin to be so close to the Presidency, and who threatened the full faith and credit of the United States? They wouldn't even be able to get the silver lining right. It's all the worst elements of both lawful and chaotic evil rolled into one.
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