Palin?

When I found out that Grandpa McCain selected Governor Palin from Alaska to run for governor, I almost vomited from laughing so hard. Until this morning, I didn't know that she even existed. What a left field pick.

For the last 18 months we have been subjected to sound bite after sound bite out of the McCain camp lambasting Obama's lack of experience, his naivety, his supposed superficiality. And now McCain goes ahead and chooses a V.P. with even less experience then Obama, and worse, the experience she has is mainly local politics and a two your stint as governor of one of the least populous states in the nation. What the fuck was he thinking?

She's a definite VILF (my phrase) but other than that what on earth does she have to bring to the political table? Obviously Grandpa McCain is pandering to disgruntled female voters who wanted Hillary in the White House. Does he think they are so stupid that they can't see such an obvious ploy to get votes? It's insulting.

Picking Plain as his running mate really shows an incredible lack of judgement on the part of McCain. If he won the presidency and then keeled over half way through, would anybody with half a brain want Plain to take over as President to lead the country? A woman who was a mayor of a town so small it does not need stop lights? A woman with absolutely no national leadership experience? A woman who nobody has heard of in the rest of the 49 states?

Plain is absolutely and completely out of her league. The job of V.P. is an extremely important one. If something happens to the President they have to be able to step up and take over and lead decisively. It's a huge responsibility. Maybe Plain can handle a town council meeting, but running the United States is something that she is not capable of doing and the American people are not going to trust her with that job. They can see beyond shallow political ideology.

After seeing Obama last night, their is no doubt in my mind that this man is ready to be President of the United States. What an incredibly hard hitting, but eloquent speech. He couldn't have done a better job. It filled me with hope that this country can regain its footing on the world stage. Maybe McCain was so floored by Obama's words that he really believes Obama should be President, and as a result he is subconsciously sabotaging his campaign. Who knows?

What I do know is that McCain's decision is going to cost him this election.