Palin Picks Pushes Dems Over the Edge

August 31st, 2008 at 06:36pm KMorrison

Look around the web and do a few blog searches for ‘Sarah Palin’ and it becomes evident the left is loosing their nut over McCain’s Palin pick. Smears about Palin’slast pregnancy are swirling, and cries of inexperience abound. Two problems; VP candidates go through a rigorous vetting progress making these smears just fantasies of over-zealous Obama supporters. Two, the Republican’s number two pick is just as qualified if not more so than the Dem’s number one pick. One’s a first term Senator, the other is a first term Governor.

The Governor has more legislative accomplishments than the Senator, and is the only one from either ticket who has executive experience. First elected head of the Conference of Mayors in Alaska, then more recently becoming chair of the National Governors Association’s Natural Resource Committee. The other complaint is that this pick is solely gender based. The problem here is that she is an excellent reflection of Senator McCain’s values. A reformer who has beaten out incumbent politicians, and successfully challenged and defeated corruption in her home state, who has a son in the military. McCain picked someone like himself in many ways, just different in gender; as the ticket has doubled down on the maverick and reform qualities.

If Dems want to challenge her experience they’re going to have to explain why inexperience at the one slot is more acceptable than at the two slot. Governor Palin will have to perform at the debates and on the campaign trail, but judging just by the Dem’s panicky reaction, this pick has the potential to be a home run.

*Correction Palin is the Chair of the National Governors Association’s Natural Resource Committee, not of the National Governors Association.

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