After a few days of vetting, we should want Sarah Palin to be McCain’s nominee even more than Dr. Dobson. Her political positions are better than we could have hoped. She is far more to the right than McCain. Far enough right that she will scare independents.
She is not only anti-abortion but fanatically anti-abortion. The vast majority of Americans, including Republicans, favor abortion in cases of incest and rape. But Sarah Palin doesn’t. She even sees the pill and IUD’s as abortion.
She knows little science. And in spite of living close to Russia, she is clueless in terms of foreign affairs. She admits she has not been paying attention to our occupation of Iraq.
She is such a light weight on the basics of how government works that she thinks the founding fathers wrote the pledge of allegiance and does not know what Vice Presidents do. She just wants to be one. The pledge of allegiance question was not answering a reporter’s question but part of a take home exam.
This lady is so out to lunch that we could not have picked a better running mate for McCain.
So, shut up about who bore little Trig. The truth will come out but we don’t want it out for a couple of weeks from now - especially, if the speculation is true.
If the rumors can be proven to be wrong, this does not bode well for those calling Sarah Palin a grandmother. Obama can ride this out since his campaign is not promoting it but it will not be helpful.
The real problem comes if the speculation is correct and it gets in the mainstream media before she is nominated. The Republican Convention will have time to nominate someone else - like Bobby Jindal who is getting a lot of positive face time with Gustav bearing down on Louisiana.
So, Shhhhhhh! Let’s back off this story until after the convention.