Mondo Times Political Poll Archive

This poll ran from October 6 to 12, 2008.

Mondo Stars Poll Results

"Sarah Palin is out of her league." True 1672/52% False 1541/48%

Votes: 3213

Kathleen Parker, a nationally syndicated columnist with conservative views, from the article "Palin Problem: She's out of her league," published in the Washington Post and National Review on September 26, 2008.

Parker wrote: "As we've seen and heard more from John McCain's running mate, it is increasingly clear that Palin is a problem. Quick study or not, she doesn't know enough about economics and foreign policy to make Americans comfortable with a President Palin should conditions warrant her promotion.

"Yes, she recently met and turned several heads of state as the United Nations General Assembly convened in New York. She was gracious, charming and disarming. Men swooned. Pakistan\'s president wanted to hug her. (Perhaps Osama bin Laden is dying to meet her?)

"And, yes, she has common sense, something we value. And she\'s had executive experience as a mayor and a governor, though of relatively small constituencies (about 6,000 and 680,000, respectively).

"Finally, Palin's narrative is fun, inspiring and all-American in that frontier way we seem to admire. When Palin first emerged as John McCain\'s running mate, I confess I was delighted. She was the antithesis and nemesis of the hirsute, Birkenstock-wearing sisterhood — a refreshing feminist of a different order who personified the modern successful working mother.

"Palin didn't make a mess cracking the glass ceiling. She simply glided through it.

"It was fun while it lasted.

"Palin's recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, and now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident candidate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.

No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I've been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I've also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted."

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