Why Sarah Palin?

Um, because he’s trying to WIN.
Which is what my candidate is trying to do, too.
Sure, McCain picked a mooseburger-chomping former beauty queen with no legislative experience — but she’s hot, she’ll undoubtedly impress some people as being ____________________ (fill in positive adjective here), and by choosing her, he’s hoping to look with-it and forward-thinking and feminist. Sure, I think she’s scary, but a lot of people will just see “pretty, young and female, mom of five” and think this is a genius team for America.
It’s not a nefarious Republican plot. I don’t even think it’s egregiously or insultingly political, as some have sneeringly suggested. Because this is politics, where everything is, actually, political. What else should we expect from a presidential campaign?
Here, George Carlin alludes to what I’m trying to say,
Bush calls the al Queda people cowards and says, “They like to hide.” Well, […]