So much has been said about the qualifications of Palin as the VP pick that the attempt to add further would be beyond unnecessary. Truth be told, I don't care about Palin. What I care about most is why McCain and his GOP advisers even considered her seriously. It was an idiotic, impulsive, cynical choice.
As such, it begs the question of just how seriously McCain and the GOP are about governing. Seriously. Are elections the only standard? However one views the election, frivolous or pedestrian are two adjectives not commonly thrown at it. Particularly given the last 8 years of 'winging it' with W, the GOP needed to show--above all else--that it was serious about governing again. This VP choice just re-enforces the argument that the GOP is, literally, not fit to govern.
A party that was once known for tolerance, fierce protection of privacy and civil liverties, and a dedication to laisse-faire markets and society is now the party of intolerance, torture, and a disgustingly self-righteous claim to proper society to mask their paucity of ideas to fit the world as we live in it now. And leading it is my Senator and one of my heros, John McCain.
His submission to the GOP as it is now is such a betrayal of Goldwater and the traditions of the GOP as to invoke nothing but heartbreak--truly. He knows better, but had to win an election and thought that this was the best way to do it.
So go ahead with Palin, Senator McCain. Appease the Christianists and betray Goldwater, agree that torture is ok if we do it, continue with the fantsay that there are quadrillions of barrels of oil off the US coastlines, continue with the fantsay that lower taxes always equals greater US prosperity. All you must give in return is my vote, my respect, and your soul.
