Pro-Palin Editorial at the New York Times (!)

Wow:

Where is it written that only senators are qualified to become President?... Or where is it written that mere representatives aren’t qualified, like Geraldine Ferraro of Queens?...

Where is it written that governors and mayors, like Dianne Feinstein of San Francisco, are too local, too provincial?...

Presidential candidates have always chosen their running mates for reasons of practical demography, not idealized democracy…

What a splendid system, we say to ourselves, that takes little-known men, tests them in high office and permits them to grow into statesmen....

Why shouldn’t a little-known woman have the same opportunity to grow?...

[T]he indispensable credential for a Woman Who [sic] is the same as for a Man – [Who] who helps the ticket.

Well put, New York Times! How very enlightened of you!

Of course, they wrote that in 1984 championing Geraldine Ferarro, but I think their powerful words have stood the test of time.

And, as they've not yet retracted or corrected themselves, I assume they still stand by them 100%.*

Thanks to Arthur.

* As they're currently standing 100% behind Elizabeth Bumiller's demonstrably, no-question-about-it false claim that Palin belonged to the AIP.

posted by Ace at 07:46 PM

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