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My wife and I are still arguing about Sarah Palin. My wife just despises her. I don't.

I see Palin as a perfect example of the US Miss America Beauty contests.
A woman who is good looking and learns how to please others when in public,
and say exactly what is needed in order to be likable at the moment.
Palin quickly learned she could do that very well with the far right.
But beyond that, there's no there there.

Sort of the opposite of Mitt Romney, who can't ever seem to say the right thing in public.
But maybe, there's no there there, either.

Back to Palin, I see her nomination as the epitomy of McCain's personality.
As I remember it, McCain was essentially told by the Republican hierarchy
that he could not select either of the two Senators he wanted (Liberman or Graham),
and, in something of a fit of pique to have his own way, he announced Palin,
without ever having even met her beyond that one-day visit in Arizona.
I imagine one of his thoughts the next day was "O God, what have I done"

Palin then went on to upstage McCain at public rallies... until she imploded.


ETA: I just read somewhere that McCain wanted others for VP,
than Lieberman and Graham. Sorry if my memory is faulty.