When I first heard about the Republican Party, er John McCain, giving the VP nod to Sarah Palin, I thought it was a silly tactic to lure women voters who have supported Hillary. I thought that sounded about as strategic as the Guiliani campaign. However, the more I learn about her, it appears that she has been selected mostly to appeal to the hard-core conservatives. It is a shrewd, strategeric move. It's a move to get conservatives to visit the polls in November who would otherwise stay home because McCain is too moderate for their tastes.
She is there to appeal to the "right to bear arms" crowd, the pro-lifers, abstinence-only sex education backers and the drill-for-more-oil-because-global-warming-doesn't-exist folks. You know, the people who think the real problems in this country are for them to be able to carry a gun, not access to health care, the economy, the environment, war, etc. The same people who believe they have the right to decide their morals for you. The same people who want you to butt out of Bristol Palin's life but were happy to make a national fiasco out of the life of Terry Schiavo a few years ago.
"She's a breath of fresh air," is a common phrase heard from convention floor. Yeah, that's because she doesn't wear mom jeans. She's a breath of fresh air for one reason and one reason only - because she's a woman. Can anyone honestly believe this would be the VP pick if the credentials were identical but she was a man?
But in the spirit of open-mindedness I can't wait to hear her speak tonight. I can't wait for the former Miss Wasilla to put her oratory skills on display and read the teleprompter like she's reporting hockey scores during her local sportscaster days!
Remember, Country First (isn't that a failed tag line for a country/western radio station?)
And now, here is the actual conversation the media were not allowed access to between Gov. Sarah Palin and Afghani President Hamid Karzai.
