Sarah WHO?!

I am absolutely at a loss for words. John McCain made the major asshole move of the year. He picked Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential Candidate. Sarah Palin is the governor of Alaska - but she is in her first term - less than two years into her first term. Her background includes roles as mayor, city council, and PTA! Wow! What a level of experience! I'm SURE she is qualified to deal with the likes of Iran and North Korea. Her academic credentials include a bachelors in communications journalism from the prestigious University of Idaho. Not like Harvard or Columbia for Barack or anything. She has 5 kids, one with downs syndrome. Okay, so let's review: normal education, little experience, no foreign policy experience, and represents a state that is populated by elk and polar bears.

Look we all know why she was picked. She's a woman. SHE is a woman. What group was Barack having a hard time swaying? Women. Who became bitter at Hillary's loss? Women. It clear that John McCain must have had little interest in Pallin's qualifications. He knew that what he needed was a woman, someone to draw in the remaining stragglers from the feminist supporters of Hillary. I have to admit, it is an extremely clever move, but it is also an extremely annoying one.

No matter who you support you have to admit that Hillary Clinton worked hard on her campaign. She went so far and earned the respect and votes of 18 million people. As she put it, she may not have broken the glass ceiling, but she put quite a few cracks in it. Now this inexperienced woman comes out of nowhere and steals her thunder,as well as Barack's. Not only was the motive of choosing a woman strategic, but so was the timing. He announced his pick right after Barack's speech. What better way to distract the press from Barack's acceptance speech? Anyway, my point is, this pick is annoying because in one simple move, John McCain made Hillary's run unremarkable. I guess it's good- for women's rights- but it's a slap in the face to her. Barack's historical significance may be overlooked. John McCain had to do something to take that away from the Democrats. That assures that people may not vote for Barack just because it may be history in the making. Again, clever. But think of it this way: If John McCain's melanoma comes back and takes advantage of the fact that he's not as young as he used to be and worst comes to worst, we are stuck with President Palin - elligible for reelection, stuck without federal experience, stuck with a two year governor who is all ready in trouble for corruption, stuck with this woman who has been thrown into this race for the wrong reasons. That would be one of the tragedies ever. That would not how I would want the first female president to represent. I wanted Hillary to represent. We can't afford that now - not after eight years of this.