Wow.
Sarah Palin. Wow. I'm a little floored. Actually, totally confused would be more accurate.
What was he thinking??? John McCain just chose as his running mate a woman whose entire political career consists of eight years as mayor of a town of 9,000 and two years as governor of one of the least populated states in the nation. Two years in which Palin has already
courted controversy by pressuring the Alaska Department of Public Safety to fire her ex-brother-in-law, who is in the middle of a custody battle with her sister. A woman who has NO foreign policy experience and - if elected - would be one 72-year-old hearbeat away from the Presidency.
The entire tactic of painting Barack Obama as "too inexperienced" just got tossed out the window. For what? To have a woman on the ticket? The perplexing part is that there are MANY more experienced Republican women who could have more ably filled the role:
Kay Bailey Hutchison and
Elizabeth Dole, just to name two. I just can't even imagine why he went this route. Truly bizarre.
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