Dick Cheney was willing to go on the record that picking Sarah Palin as a running mate was a mistake.
“That one,” Cheney said, “I don’t think was well handled.”
“The test to get on that small list has to be, ‘Is this person capable of being president of the United States?’”
Cheney believes Sarah Palin failed that test.
“I like Governor Palin. I’ve met her. I know her. She – attractive candidate. But based on her background, she’d only been governor for, what, two years. I don’t think she passed that test…of being ready to take over. And I think that was a mistake.”
Frankly, Sarah Palin could be governor for 20 years and she still wouldn’t be ready to take over. My only problem with Cheney’s remarks is that he also flubbed the vetting of vice-presidential candidates when he gave up and picked himself. His advice to the president was so universally disastrous that Bush no longer listened to him at all in his second term. For four years, Dick Cheney was the most powerful vice-president in history. He was also the worst vice-president in history. When it comes to picking a running mate, Cheney should just shut his face.
