George Will comes around

I've always admired George Will, though I don't often agree with him. He has a brain. So I was shocked and disappointed at his initial support of Sarah Palin. But today on This Week, Will really came down hard on McCain:

"I suppose the McCain campaign's hope is that when there's a big crisis, people will go for age and experience," said Will. "The question is, who in this crisis looked more presidential, calm and un-flustered? It wasn't John McCain who, as usual, substituting vehemence for coherence, said 'let's fire somebody.' And picked one of the most experienced and conservative people in the administration, Chris Cox, and for no apparent reason... It was un-presidential behavior by a presidential candidate....John McCain showed his personality this week," said the writer and pundit, "and made some of us fearful."

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Indeed, the entire panel found the "new McCain" frightening, as I do. Being scared of Palin was bad enough. But McCain is losing it, which is really scary. The panel pointed out that the issue of age again is on the table: maybe McCain is getting senile. Which leaves us Palin. May the gods save us. Or the kids.