The ladies of "The View" grill John McCain, ditto Charlie Gibson with Sarah Palin

...All except for Elisabeth Hasselbeck, of course. But Barbara Walters, Joy Behar and especially Whoopi Goldberg gave Republican presidential candidate John McCain a real workover this morning and it was quite interesting to watch.

I gotta say, McCain did not come across as well as these three ladies did - these three smart, experienced and well-informed women did what any authentic human being wants to do: ask him tough questions and demand answers.

This appearance was no light-hearted affair even if it did take place on a comfy sofa. It comes the day after Sarah Palin's interview with ABC's Charles Gibson - an interview that I found to be so disconcerting. It is clear to anyone who is being honest with themselves, that the governor of Alaska is - at this time - not ready to be vice president of the United States and it is insulting to us that McCain chose her. I'm not even talking about her socially conservative views, I'm just talking about her not being near ready to be president should something happen to the 72-year-old senator at the top of the ticket.

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