Sarah Palin

At first blush, the nomination of Sarah Palin as Johnny Mac's VP sounded preposterous. She was after all, a Governor of a small state for just under 2 years. Before that she was the mayor of an even smaller town in the 49th state. With the many attacks that the GOP had made on Barry O's lack of experience, her nomination appeared contradictory. The GOP was very quick to dispell any questions about her experience. Early comments by political pundits suggested that she was selected because Johnny Mac wished to court disenchanted supporters of Mrs. C. I found this suggestion completely absurd. Palin's politics are in stark contrast to the liberal leanings of the New York senator. Sarah Palin is a life-long member of the NRA, she is pro-life, she advocates oil drilling in the arctic wildlife refuge and of course most importantly, she is a Republican. On pondering this it occurred to me that none of these stances were relevant to the many problems which ail the United States right now. Can someone please educate me on how any of her platforms are relevant to healthcare, education, economic decline (budget deficit, trade deficit, weakened US dollar, housing slump, banking crisis)? If one stretches one's imagination a little, one could see some connection between her pro-gun stance and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, in the sense that she believes in the power of the allmighty weapon to crush any and all opposition. I have no issue with her level of experience, its her lack of relevance to any major issues that is my problem.