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09 July 2009 3:16 PM
Then Again, She Never Blinks
Michael Goldfarb writes:
As a voter for whom foreign policy is my top priority, I think it is absolutely nutty that Sarah Palin is the top choice for these folks. She doesn't have any foreign policy experience at all! Nor has she articulated any insights, opinions, or guiding philosophies that would shape her decision-making on these matters.Alaska Governor Sarah Palin is the top choice for those Republicans who put national security first and ties Romney for first among voters who list economic issues alone as the priority.
In a perfect world national security conservatives would probably choose Cheney as the 2012 nominee, but he wasn't on the Rasmussen list, and folks shouldn't be terribly surprised that Palin comes out on top in this breakdown.
It is deeply irrational to believe that putting Sarah Palin in the White House rather than another Republican would improve America's national security. Of course, the fact that Dick Cheney would head America's foreign policy in Michael Goldfarb's perfect world demonstrates that his judgment on these matters is quite different from my own. Even so, can Goldfarb possibly think that Sarah Palin would make the next best choice?
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Who else was "on the Rasmussen list"? That's the frame of reference that Goldfarb is using, after all. He's not saying that Palin is preferable to all Republicans other than Cheney. Just to those on the list.
The other names I saw mentioned from the linked article were Romney, Huckabee, and Gingrich. The first two don't have any foreign policy experience at all either. Gingrich likely does, but he's got other problems.
Perhaps the survey respondents just chose Palin because all of the choices were as crappy as her.
Or maybe, as Andrew Sullivan just claimed, they are evil "neocons" who want to install her and make her their puppet as the "neocons" did with G.W. Bush.
From the neogon point of view, she would be. During the campaign, Kagan came out and said her ability was superior to "elite" knowledge. Her election would effectively him and his allies co-Commanders-in-Chief of the US.