Noted Without Further Comment

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The following is excerpted from this CBS article, datelined Aug. 10, 2008:

Republican strategist Karl Rove said on Face The Nation Sunday that he expects presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama to choose a running mate based on political calculations, not the person's readiness for the job.

"I think he's going to make an intensely political choice, not a governing choice," Rove said. "He's going to view this through the prism of a candidate, not through the prism of president; that is to say, he's going to pick somebody that he thinks will on the margin help him in a state like Indiana or Missouri or Virginia. He's not going to be thinking big and broad about the responsibilities of president."

Rove singled out Virginia governor Tim Kaine, also a Face The Nation guest, as an example of such a pick.

"With all due respect again to Governor Kaine, he's been a governor for three years, he's been able but undistinguished," Rove said. "I don't think people could really name a big, important thing that he's done. He was mayor of the 105th largest city in America."

Rove continued: "So if he were to pick Governor Kaine, it would be an intensely political choice where he said, `You know what? I'm really not, first and foremost, concerned with, is this person capable of being president of the United States."

(Hat-tip: Steve Benen.)

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I didn't order any astroturf...

she has broken the corrupted Republican machine

and is herself under investigation for abuse of power (http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/211769.php) - not to mention that she's been endorsed by sleazemeister Ted Stevens.

has taxed oil companies and returned revenue to the citizens in the form of $1200 to each

and left the town of Wasilla with $20M in long-term debt - $3000 per capita (http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12987.html).

has said no to the pork barrel spending for the bridge to nowhere

well, sort of (http://www.adn.com/sarahpalin/story/511471.html). (And did I mention the Stevens endorsement?)