John McCain: Sarah Palin was entirely qualified to be my VP - VIDEO

As I read this article, I had the impression that Sen. McCain was running for Vice President. He discusses qualifications for VP and tries to suggest that his judgment is good-- why? To influence Romney? To make himself look like a back-up pres? I don't like age discrimination any more than any other discrimination (McCain was born in 1936), but there are enough other reasons to worry about a McCain Vice Presidency.

premise is an outright lie. The money sits in foriegn bank accounts because the tax rate on corporate profits in The United states is the Highest in the world. Drop the rate to even that of canada and you would see a flush of revenue. I hope if you get your wish ephraim it ends better than it did for the people under--Stalin, Mao, Pol pot,

There's nothing else McCain can say, he's got to put a good face on it (no pun intended)!

Murph46 - The chinese are paying to build our bridges BECAUSE the GOP will not let us tax to build them.

Sorry BrianO, I have been trying to answer your question since midnight and Ms. Hayes keeps deleting my posts. I'll converse with your again on a less biased thread.

Keynesian economics worked great all last century. It is the "Voodoo" (Reagan's term for it) trickle-down economics that has been destroying our economy in the 21st century. People's memories are soooooo short! I liked Ike - 70% tax on millionaires (DOWN from the 90% earlier in the 20th century.) Lets redo the whole interstate highway system or build a high-speed rail system to put the Asian ones to shame. We will see if the return to tax and spend gets the French economy moving again. When half of a nation's wealth sits in overseas bank accounts it is hard for that nation to pick itself up out of the gutter. Its time to tax it back into circulation.

Phlutiephan, I believe the McCain team chose Palin because of her appeal to conservative voters. Palin was hamstrung with her loyalty to McCain for choosing her and her more conservative political beliefs. I believe there was a split in the McCain camp on Palin which further hampered her effectiveness, and they were un-willing to defend her which made her open to more aggressive attacks by the Obama leftists. This is conjecture on my part, your analysis makes logical sense, and although I found Mcain to be center to left of center politically, I Knew/know he loved/loves America and would do his best for America.

As a Navy Vietnam era veteran with four years of shipboard service, I respect J-Mac immensely for his srvice to his country and his seven years in the Hanoi Hilton. If you look closely at the picture with this article, you will note something strange about his hand. His hands were tied behind his back and he was then hung by his hands dislocating both shoulders permanently. Even though I would vote for McCain once again, there were grave problems with his selection of Sarah P. The biggest point of fact has to do with Bill Clinton's "It all depends on what the meaning of 'is' is". Exit polls in PA, stated immensely that this key state had independents by the droves vote against McCain because of Sarah and a view of lack of leadership on the part of Mr. McCain. He made a great political mistake and his stubbornness will not change history. Romney has a chance to do great things and it should be Rubio or several of two other almost Rubios. Still, a tip of an Irish cap to John McCain.

Ephraim when will you ask Obama to be centrist?

Oh please, Ephraim using the defunct keynesian economics is the road to ruin, accumulating debt in an effort to prime the pump of an economy results in a higher bill to pay and an unsustainable economy. In simple terms if you get behind on your bills you can pay them on a credit card, one debtor gets paid but you are left with a larger debtor due payment. Growth of government is not growth of the economy in fact it acts as a tax on the economy and chokes growth. Ephraim I listed some of Palins qualifications, she is more qualified for vice president than obama was for president

Very well stated and hard to refute EphraimKibbey you seem to be the at large voice of reason on these posts,but the economy is BHM"s problem -he has had 3 years and spent nearly 1000 billion to repair it,our debt grows close to 16 trillion.And show me one country that ever prospered by continually taxing people.The Roman Empire fell under the weight of high taxation to pay for Caesar's war,the US threw Brittain out of the colonies because of excess taxes.Reagan pushed Russia to tax itself out of existence with a phony "Star Wars".Show me one civilization that has prospered through taxation and spending.WE ARE PAYING THE CHINESE TO BUILD OUR BRIDGES!!!ABC-News-Diane Sawyer

What John McCain says are the qualifications of a good VP are correct. It is only his statement that Sarah Palin fit them that defies belief. He was old enough that people worried about a Palin presidency and got VERY scared. The young John McCain was a great public servant. He always kept the good of America ahead of his politics. When he got stabbed in the back by W in the 2000 primary, he started the long slide toward the GOP Zombie that he is now. To get the nomination in 2008 he had to repudiate all the good work he had done on immigration and other centrist policies because the Tea Party Reactionaries had highjacked the GOP. It was sad to see a great man brought so low. We would have 7% unemployment now if the 2010 GOP governors had not slashed state budgets, laying off teachers, policemen and firemen. The GOP wants a rotten economy so that they can use it to unseat the President. They care more about their party than the country. The only way out of our hole is for the government to tax more and spend more. Note that the previous recessions (ALL under GOP presidents) were corrected by doing just that. All of the austerity governments in europe are going back into recession. 74% tax on millionaires in France. Only here where we had the stimulus are we seeing some growth. Another stimulus might be just what the economists ordered. With the economy humming we could start paying off the debt as we were under Clinton.

Sean-right the majority 52%, I totally concur -look what you got!!!! Pass the bill,and we will tell you what is in it. Sorry,I didn't take up arms for that nonsense,especially when it proves UNCONSTITUTIONAL,and Mc31 I have been honored to be called many things and your attack dog is considered an honor. No liberal yet has defended paas then we will tell what's in it-I'm waiting,and I'm getting mad like your attack dog!!!

seanomelb ..."Me thinks" Murph46 is related to (the past) 2BorNot2B or possibly IrishandProud. Very similar attack dog style.

Murph46… Why don't you "try" to bring some facts and perspective to the conversation instead of being such a total complete as*. Are you trying to win some contest for the perfect example of an ugly American?