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August 31, 2008

Colorado Governor's "Oops"

All last week, Colorado's Gov. Bill Ritter saw and heard the empty cheering of his party's faithful up close as they held their national convention in Denver. Now Ritter has fallen into a nasty trap created one day later when Sen. John McCain announced his running mate choice, Gov. Sarah Palin.

In responding to the Palin announcement, Ritter has told the world in the clearest possible language why he (implicitly) disapproves of his party's presidential candidate, Barack Obama.

In The Denver Post today, Ritter's spokesman Evan Dreyer spoke for his boss: "He likes her. He respects her. But he does not think that she has the experience or the credentials to serve as the vice president of the United States of America."

Let's see. Palin and Obama are about the same age. Obama wants the Oval Office, has a bit of mostly unremarkable legislative experience, and has been strictly obedient to the traditionally corrupt crowd that controls Chicago politics and patronage. Palin has an 80-percent approval rating in governing a state, and she won that governorship by challenging and defeating her own party’s shameless old bull incumbent.

Now, who’s the better qualified for the office sought?

Thanks for posing that crucial question for us, Gov. Ritter. You deserve a prize for patriotic service.

posted by : John Dendahl on August 31, 2008
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