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Due to not really being terribly glued to the tv over this election, I gotta admit I have been fairly clueless to guessing VP picks.  The media throws so many names out so fast, then criticizes the names they threw out themselves, and then writes off the names they threw out themselves.  So, the whole thing is pretty much a waste of my time.  However, the three top dogs that I expected to be in the mix, Bobby Jindal, Mitt Romney, and Time Pawlenty, all stated they were not going to be the VP.  My personal suggestion, Condi Rice, never seemed to get any traction.  However, over the night, another name has exploded to the front.  There are very valid reasons to expect this person is making some kind of move.  You just don’t fly from Alaska to DC overnight for chucks and giggles.  This is sorta what they look like:
 

That folks, could be our next Vice President.

Now, granted, that pic is a little dated.

Sarah Palin has some things definitely going for her that I like:

• She’s apparently tough as nails.  She got her position by taking out well established heirarchy.
• She was a star athlete in high school.  Played basketball.  Without going into too much detail, I’ve had a thing with basketball players in the past.  Let’s just say they know how to handle the ball and run a lot.
• She’s a hunter.  Now, Obama claims he shot a gun once.  Biden I trust with a gun a lot less than Cheney.  Both would prefer to just outlaw them completely.  Palin hunts moose.  Nuff said?
• She’s pro-life.  Now, this is an issue that I really don’t think belongs on the federal level at all, and, I’m pro-choice.  But, it will re-assure conservative Republicans that McCain won’t sell them out on the issue.  And, since neither ticket can actually do anything tangible about the issue, being pro-life just makes my guy more electible.  I think he knows that.
• She’s pro-education.  Her father has been a life-long educator.
• She’s apparently incredibly politically savvy.  She took out a very popular governor, and it wasn’t all that close by the time she got through.
• She’s anti-oil in the right way.  She doesn’t seem to see any logic in punishing an existing industry for supplying a product the US demands, and has helped them become more efficient.  She however, has strongly pushed alternative energies and has forced existing oil policies to be more greenhouse efficient.
• She flies her own airplane.  That’s just cool.
• She was a sportscaster.  That’s just cool.
• She was the one who effectively scuttled “The Bridge To Nowhere”, I’m sure that should appeal to some.  I like pork tho.
• She publicly demanded that Ted Stevens come clean well before he was indicted.  That along with strong ethics reforms in Alaskan state government have earned her a ton of respect with ethics advocates.
• She led the effort to ban gay marriages in Alaska, then forced legislation to allow partner benefits.

The list is huge.  And, amazing in a lot of aspects when you consider she’s only 42.

Now, the major upside to Sarah Palin is white-light bright obvious.

• She’s a babe with balls that would make any man nervous.
• This should appeal to the femi-nazi Hillary supporters who felt cheated and abandoned with the Joe Biden pick. ( as they should have )
• There will be a certain segment of the population that will ponder the prospect of seeing her face, and supporting package, for the next four to eight years versus the mugshot of Obama/Biden.
• She appeals to the NRA, who is already anti-Obama/Biden and only moreso with Biden on the ticket.  A questionable endorsement of McCain now becomes a slam dunk with enthusiasm.
• All the bogus “hunter” groups supposedly not excited with McCain will need to just shut down.  I am quite certain Sarah has taken down more game than all those guys combined.
• Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid will have a real difficult time claiming they are the only people concerned with ethics as both McCain and Palin will have a history of attacking ethical issues while neither Obama or Biden will be able to make the same claim.
• Whereas Biden will struggle with his previous endorsements of McCain and stong criticisms of Obama, I seriously doubt you’ll find anywhere that Palin has ever endorsed Obama.  And, from reading her history, criticized McCain.
• Her effort to ban same sex marriages will appeal to conservatives, but her forcing the state to provide benefits will moot the gay rights people, as neither Obama nor Biden have any history of supporting them at all.
• This will shatter the biased perception of the Republican Party.

I could go on a lot more but I think my opinion of Sarah Palin as Vice President are more than obvious.  Some are saying it’s a done deal.  I only hope so.  This actually has gotten me pretty excited for the first time since it became obvious that Condi wouldn’t honor my wishes and run.

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ONE HOUR UPDATE: IT IS PALIN!

Excellent! Slam Dunk! ( Had to get a basketball metaphor in there! )

He just sealed the deal.

Now, all McCain has to do is do what he does best, smile and let Obama and Biden keep digging their own holes.

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