While I am delighted that McCain's choice of Palin guarantees a diverse White House regardless of who wins, and Palin seems like a a nice enough lady and a spitfire who will draw media attention to his lackluster campaign, I am skeptical about his motives for choosing her. Why would a guy who has an undeniably high risk of dying while in office pick a first term congressperson to be his backup plan for America? It doesn't connect for me until I recall my older son's early days in Little League. Terrified about his chances at bat, he would lean into the path of the ball, get hit, and be walked to first base accompanied by the cheers of sympathetic onlookers ( FYI, My son's ball magnet days are over. He went on to be a lineman at a Big Ten school). I think McCain is handicapping himself so that when he crashes and burns, history will at least continue to portray him as a risk taker and he'll get some feminist props. More importantly, he'll enjoy the benefit of the doubt about whether his stale, toxic politics, questionable morals, and flaccid personality were the cause of his demise. My only regret is that he is going to take this lady down with him. Paris Hilton would have made as rational a choice. What's next from McCain? Maybe he'll bite off a hunk of Barack's ear during the next debate, like Mike Tyson did to Holyfield when his title was threatened after his jail stint.
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