Silly Girls In Dresses

I never thought I would say this.

I love John McCain a lot right now.

The news broke this morning that McCain picked Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska to be his running mate. McCain, you rock. I wanna send out a big THANK YOU for handicapping yourself and making it more likely that Obama will win the election!

We all know why he picked Palin. He felt he needed the woman factor to appeal to Hillary voters. Apparently he thinks all women are mindless automatons who merely follow the nearest female leader, regardless of viewpoints (except for Ann Coulter, who hates women).

Unfortunately for Mr. McCain, he picked a gun-toting, pro-life, self-proclaimed “soccer mom”. I don’t really think a lot of Hillary suporters are going to go for that. In fact, Palin might end up alienating many woman who were on the fence between McCain and Obama. 

Additionally, Palin is even more inexperienced than Obama. She has been Governer for only 2 years, and before that was the mayor of an Alaskan town with a population smaller than my undergraduate university. So, McCain completely gave up the right to attack Obama for his inexperience. After all, if you think about it, there is a high probability that McCain will die in office if elected (he’s just that old). By picking Palin, he entrusted her with the Presidency in the case of his death. If he now argues Obama is too inexperienced, it would be utterly ridiculous. 

So, thanks McCain. Also, for more an why Sarah Palin is the dumbest choice in recent history (maybe excluding Dan Quayle, but probably not, since they won), read this excellent blog entry about an Alaskan’s perspective on the Republican’s VP choice.