Governor of ... Alaska? You're kidding, right?

John McCain selected Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska, as his vice presidential running mate. Wow! I had recently suggested that McCain consider outside the box candidate Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, just as I had suggested that Barack Obama select the inside the box former Iowa governor and current U.S. Senator Evan Bayh. Obama selected instead Senator for life foot in mouth Joe Biden. Which was a worse pick? Of the four potential presidents: McCain, Obama, Palin and Biden, only this new person, the Alaska governor has real executive experience: two years as governor; she was mayor, too. However, governor of Alaska seems like county executive. Plus, five kids, one four months old. She should finish caring for her kids before being governor much less president. What kind of family values is that? Hey, somebody had to have the common sense to say it. Worse pick? It's not even close. Joe Biden has been a senator for 35 years and knows foreign policy. Sarah Palin lives closer to Russia than to any other state and does not want polar bears protected. With McCain unlikely to live out his term who in his/her right mind would be comfortable having Sarah Palin become president? Maybe her oldest child who is leaving for military assignment in Iraq. McCain has shown collosally poor judgment in selecting Sarah Palin. It is so poor that there is an outside chance that whatever Republican party elders still exist may influence both McCain and Sarah Palin that Sarah should reconsider and stay in the frozen tundra. McCain has panicked. He has done that throughout this campaign. He has turned flip flopping on its head, including being for something before he was against it. Maybe women will respond to Palin and vote her and McCain into national office. In 1984 the Democrats nominated for vice president a three term member of the House of Representatives, i.e., someone who had not won state wide office: Geraldine Ferraro. It's a tough call as to whether Ferraro or Palin was/is more unqualified to be president. In 1984 Reagan was the big favorite but when women entered the voting booth and saw the name Geraldine on the ballot they could have responded. You never know. That was the wild card then and it still is.