Hmmm.... if Obama is not ready 'yet' where in the hell does that put Palin?

Hmmm... just occurred to me, doesn't 'Palin' sound a bit like 'Putin'? Suspicious, yes?

McCain's going to support a terrorist-loving socialist in 2012? Interesting.

Boy, that would really make her go rogue. She appears to be jockeying for the 2012 election and for McCain to say that he'll support Obama in 2012 would blow a major gasket in the campaign. Plus, it would look like a HUGE gimick. The secret to a successful gimmick is to not actually look like one.

Don't worry, he'll be ready by January 20th.

Oh it just sounds all ominousy and shit. Like the question mark at the end of the original 'The Blob.'

I am sure John McCain would reach across the isle, just as he has to Joe Liebermann, and appoint Obama to a post he is qualified for.

Serving in a McCain administration would no doubt broaden Obama's views and give him more credibility in the future.

The whole purpose of this ad is to suggest that "not ready yet" is OK for VP, but not for Pres. But there are miles of readiness between Obama and Palin.

Regarding the "ready to command" theme:

A retired Air Force colonel, George Updegrove, who served as chief of management and leadership studies at the Air War College, a Vietnam War veteran, and 74 year old former Republican
wrote this week:

"I have had enough of the trite and often mentioned commander-in-chief test!...I feel very strongly that the behavior of a self-proclaimed maverick has no place whatsoever in the role of commander in chief. This might be an apt model for an active duty fighter pilot, but it has no place in the office of the president of the United States."
"The commander in chief should exude calmness, stablity and good judgment in the presence of hostile threats and adversity."
"It appears that the unstable volatility of Sen. John McCain means that he really does not pass the oft-mentioned "test."
"Sen. Barack Obama has clearly demonstrated both the intellectual and emotional intelligence so critical to the responsibilities of the commander in chief."

John McCain, look at the goddamn polls. This race is not being decided on the experience issue. It's too late to change that.

Seriously Does anyone ...and I mean anyone who is not one of the 30%ers even listen to the McCains ads, and either mute or switch channels? He has no one to sell his bullshit to.

The socialists are Bush, Paulson and Bernanke even though 90% of Americans were against the bailout.

Reminds me of Clinton saying Obama could be her VP, when she was losing.

John McCain,

He served his country and spent five years in a North Vietnamese prison.

As a young Senator he tried to help a contributer and ended up in a scandal that made him recognize the need for reform in Washington.

He opposed his party's race baiting and tried to forge a comprehensive approach to illegal immigration.

He was a recognized expert in the Senate on foreign policy.

He even opposed his own president's tax cuts, arguing that they only benefited the rich.

But now our country is in crisis, and John McCain has renounced the reform bill that bears his name. He has said he wouldn't vote for his own immigration reform bill. And he has embraced Bush's tax cuts for the wealthy.

John McCain says that the greatest threat to America is "Islamic extremists", but he can't even tell the difference between Sunni and Shi'a Muslims.

John McCain is not the leader we need for these difficult times

any more.

McCain's meta-message: "IT'S NOT HIS TURN!"

Sorry, Johnny, but Barry is light years more ready than you.

John McCain has never been ready to lead, not when he was graduating nearly last in his class, not when he was crashing planes left and right, not when he was having an affair with a drug addled miser stealing from her own charity, not when he was involved in a savings and loan scandal, not when he was fluffing the country in support of Bush's war, not when he was disrupting bailout negotiations; he can't even lead his own VP pick or his campaign.

John McCain, not ready to lead....ever.

Maybe this is a clumsy attempt to ask, "What is Obama getting ready for?" Keep in mind that the McCain campaign has been constantly implying, if not outright saying, that Obama is a terrorist, a communist, a black radical, and all that nasty stuff.

"He's getting ready to ruin and destroy this country." Perhaps that's what they're trying to imply here.

Jason Zengerle, with the dumbest idea I've come across...

...so far this morning.

McCain wants to privatize Social Security and we see the stock market down over 35% this year.

McCain favors the oil companies and will give them more tax breaks. In his 20 some years in the Senate, what HAS he done to support the development of alternate sources of energy?

What has he done to stop sending American jobs to countries paying criminally low wages?
What has he done to stop giving tax breaks to companies sending those jobs overseas?

Voters confused by the "wealth redistribution" smokescreen jumped on by McCain and Palin
need to revisit the facts:
Bush and McCain have destroyed the US economy.
Millions of citizens have lost their homes.
Millions lost their jobs.
Health care costs are out of control, as insurance providers get rich.
As citizens with pre-existing conditions are excluded, and will die prematurely, or will be bankrupt.

And, John McCain opposes equal pay legislation,
saying it won't do anything to help the rights of women.

We also heard him meanly and cynically refer to "the health of a woman"
like it means nothing--as he used his familiar, pathetic finger quotes during the debates.

New McCain ad: Vote for the socialist, terrorist celebrity in 2012, not 08.

Whatever the point to 'Yet' is, it likely is going to have the same affect as all of McCain's other gimmicks, yet!

Just as Palin's prose leaves one humbly wondering (not long) if it is her or you, over thinking this is a waste of time.

Well, they have tried everything else, might as well try this.

Soon, they will start launching ads based on surrealist poetry.

Obama
Grasshopper moonbeam
Trucks sailing
Moon pies

I am John McCain and I approve this purple monkey football.

That one little word "yet" completely undermines their whole Obama paling around with terrorists meme. At no time in the future will Obama's past change. If he is a terrible risk because he was in comittee meetings with Bill Ayers, or because Rev. Wright was his pastor, neither of these things will cease to be. By suggesting that at some unspecified time in the future, Obama will be qualified to be president, they inadvertantly admit that none of these other matters are really relevant.

Jason Zengerle argued

Sooo many TNR links from Washington Monthly. Why? No other "liberals" here find that troublesome?

No one remembers what that piece of shit, liberal hawk rag has published? What is the operational difference between a neo-con rag like the Weekly Standard and TNR, when the issue is war with Arabs in the Middle East? None. Invade Iraq, bomb Syria, bomb Lebanon, bomb Iran.

"Maybe McCain's final hail mary is to pledge to serve one term ... and then to pledge his support to Obama in 2012."

Given the way the McCain campaign has been going this may not be completely unthinkable. If rumours about infighting and staffers' problems with Palin are true, it could be that McCain is frightened by what he has unleashed with his VP pick. He may be positioning himself to repudiate her in the future when she attempts to gain control of the party.

or he could be just softening his stance a little so that he doesn't look like an idiot if an Obama presidency comes to pass.

It would be pretty awesome if McCain tried to pull that stunt. It could work, but most likely would hugely backfire - just the kind of odds McCain likes.

"Maybe McCain's final hail mary is to pledge to serve one term ... and then to pledge his support to Obama in 2012."

That might work if voters lived in a political vacuum. Unfortunately, there's waaaay too much slimy precedent from McCain for any sane person to accept that fantasy.

One commentator said the "yet" hints that Obama is not eperienced enough for the job, and this is code to those Republicans who are voting for Obama because of McCain's age. It's, "Vote for McCain and we promise he'll only serve one term."

That ad, with the bell tolling (for whom?) in the background was totally, totally creepy. The 'yet' was so out of context that it made the ad creepier. It's was like the 'yet' was supposed to be part of the subtext of the ad instead of part of the actual copy. Bong, bong, scary rallies, bong, bong, untested leader, bong, bong, not in office - YET.

Makes it seem seriously threatening, not a softening at all. Maybe it's supposed to be about the fact that he will be "tested"? It seems more like they're trying to play up the assassination angle. What a blur.

Kind of reminded me of our Governator saying Palin may not be ready "yet" but she will be by Inauguration Day.

Yep, a mere two months less one week will make La Palin a foreign AND domestic policy wonk.

This line, that Obama may be ready at some time in the future but not now, may play well to older moderates. My mother who sometimes votes Dem sometimes Repub and supported Hillary (mostly because she's a woman) isn't voting for Obama because she believes he isn't ready. Everytime we talk about the race she uses words like someday or potential or "shows promise" when describing Obama but she believes he's just not ready to be President. My dad as a staunch Dem-hating Republican doesn't help of course and I have a feeling my wants to vote for Obama she just can't convince herself yet. But the not ready yet line plays perfectly to her. She generally likes Obama, just thinks he's too young and inexperienced.

Okay, I'm going to put on my conspiracy theory hat (no pun intended) and say that there is a split-second shot in the ad that looks like Obama is wearing a white Muslim prayer cap (it's actually a spotlight behind his head). The shot is at 0:06 into the video. Am I nuts or does anyone else see this?

Until they promise that Palin will dance topless at the Inaugural Ball, I'm not even going to consider switching my vote.

Just shoot me