DAVID BROOKS: Does Anyone Think Sarah Palin Can Handle A Crisis? White House Isn't American Idol

Business Insider ^ | 05/30/2011 | Glynnis MacNicol

[Publius6961]

She's not a team player. I don't think people are going to think she's qualified."

Team player?
Most people with a brain know that "team players" have created the economic and political box canyon the country is facing.
Uh huh. More team players is what we need. More "go along to get along" careerist RINOS and criminal budget looters.

Most great presidents in times of crisis had greatness thrust upon them, and were up to the challenge. Truman and Reagan come to mind.

There are "political" teams and crisis teams.
"team Players" does NOT imply lack of firm leadership and judgement. No president knows it ALL. The advisers a president picks defines success or disaster. "Team Players" are not the same as cabals of looters and Social manipulators.

The best team players in the world today are the OPEC and drug cartels.

Enough said.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Anyone who thinks the current political climate in the United States bear any resemblance to Nazi Germany is an idiot who understands neither and spits in the faces of the hundreds of millions of people affected by that regime."

CURRENT political climate, no. Destination if continued in the same direction as current with the same or similar leadership....YES!

[Publius6961]

George Will says it's common knowledge she shouldn't be trusted with nuclear weapons.

Ahhh.
The burdens of senility and age-induced muddled thinking.

[Finny]

“She’s not a team player.”
Actually she was very successful as a team player.

Looks to me like she's even more successful as a team leader.

Tight, focused teams that get things done. If anybody is an anti-team loner with sycophants, that would be Obama.

[Publius6961]

I guess being a governor "Community Organizer" qualifies you to run for Pres. and be able to handle a crisis unless your last name is Palin.

There.
Fixed it for you.

[gitmo]

The premise is nonsense to begin with. Yes, Presidents have to make choices in a crisis, but they have advisors, political appointees and career government employees, who will lay out the options and provide the intelligence on what is happening. Does anyone think that Obama handles a crisis on his own? His problem is that he is indecisive, which can be deadly depending upon the circumstance.

Indeed. But I think the nation will be surprised at President Palin's advisors, and will be alarmed at how decisive she turns out to be.

[Publius6961]

Wow. Third post and we’ve already encountered Godwin’s Law. Palinistas will have to do better than that if they’re to be taken seriously...

They introduce Godwin's Law in Senility Therapy now?

[APatientMan]

“This is a team sport.”

LOL. Just...LOL.

We are seeing the mass realization that things have changed. People have woken up. The “bitter clingers” sound-bite was thick, thick irony.

[Aroostook25]

The GOP establishment hates Sarah Palin because they are afraid that they cannot control her.

[Aroostook25]

In life you pay your money and you take your chances. Do I *know* Sarah Palin will be a great president in a crisis? Of course not. Am I willing to take the chance to find out? In a heartbeat.

Same here. I would trust Sarah Palin to make the best decision she can for America. I can not say that about the rest of the Republican field except LTC West.

[COgamer]

More thinly veiled sexism from the country club. Why would anyone think Palin is NOT capable of such things? At least no one has come right out and said “how can she hold office and change diapers at the same time?” as they pretty much did in 2008.

[Jo Nuvark]

From Sarah Palin's Facebook page. Caption reads: "On the left of the photo is Little Diomede. Behind it is Big Diomeded. To the right of them YOU CAN SEE THE RUSSIAN MAINLAND." (Photo by Lynn Nelson) So you CAN... YOU C A N... Y O U R E A L L Y , R E A L L Y C A N... see Russia from Alaska. SARAH IS RIGHT ... ALL THE TIME! PALIN / WEST 2012

[9YearLurker]

Most of the political and press weenies weren’t the point guard leading their team to a state basketball championship in high school.

Not a team player? Jeesh!

[FlyVet]

Truth is irrelevant. Ask any lib who said “I can see Alaska from my house!” and they’ll tell you it was Palin. You could show them both videos, one of Palin saying you can see Russia from Alaska, and the Tina Fey video, and they’d shut it out of their minds. Palin said it, and that’s that.

[Scotsman will be Free]

Exactly so. Same reason they despise my senator DeMint.

[Utah Binger]

Sarah is playing them like a fiddle and little weenie David Brooks will have his hat handed to him as will Mr. elitist bigshot George Will.

Her strategy of ignoring and not even talking to them will drive them crazy.

I love this approach and it seems to be working.

[TheOldLady]

Brooks should at least admit that he’s not a conservative.

[Captain Peter Blood]

I think we can dismiss Brooks and the rest of the Faux Conservative writers.
Everything he said was a load of Bilge.
These idiots prefer “Stooges” like Romney, Gingrich, et.al., rather than any type of real individualists.
The more these guys and gals pile on Palin the more I like her and will support her.
Just to see her take the nomination and shake up the Old Boys RINO network in D.C. would be enough for me.

[hattend]

It bugs me to see Sugarland on stage looking gaga over the Won.

As long as they stay quiet, I won’t Dixie Chick them.

[JaguarXKE]

Condescending pricks.