Hey, Are There Any White Chicks In Our Party?

As far as I can tell, that pretty much sums up McCain’s decision to pick Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. I don’t say that with the intent to belittle Mrs. Palin’s accomplishments, but I honestly can’t find any. At least none that would qualify her to be President. Because that’s what the Vice-President is picked for. It is John McCain, and Barack Obama’s respective choice for who they would want running the country if something happened to them.

Do the Republicans really have so little respect for Obama that they think he is this unqualified? As recently as a month ago, Palin was quoted as saying she didn’t even know what the Vice-President DOES. She had met McCain ONCE before this past week. She has been Governor of a State with a population of 600,000 for 2 years, and before that was mayor of a town of 6,000. I know Obama has only served as a Senator for a few years, but he has demonstrated his qualifications, if, through nothing else, running one of the best organized campaign in history, which defeated the powerful Clinton machine.

Over the past 18 months he has tried to convince us he is ready, and nearly 20 million people have cast votes in agreement. He has written speeches and position papers on foreign policy, energy, trade, the economy, gay rights, etc. He has been correct on the strategies we need for dealing with Iraq, Afghanistan, and Iran. Is a few months time really enough to get Palin up to speed on the domestic and geopolitical issues that a President would have to deal with? Does the oldest man to ever be the nominee of a major political party, one who has had cancer, been tortured for years, and will not release his medical records to the public, even care what would happen to the United States if something happened to him?

Lastly, I know that many of our readers support McCain. I am curious of any of you are not bothered or anxious by the idea of Sarah Palin being sworn in as President.