There must be something in the air this September. Amid all the hand-wringing over the nation’s financial woes comes more hand-wringing over the presidential nominees’ respective vice presidential picks.
The rumor that Joe Biden will at one point step down to make room for Hillay Clinton to run with Barack Obama has been circulating since, well, Joe Biden was nominated in the first place.
However, now that conservatives have swatted away the unfounded and vicious media attacks on Sarah Palin, some among this crowd have stopped to ponder whether John McCain’s decision to tap her as his second was the right one. Two conservative women write today expressing such concerns (Bridgett Johnson and Kathleen Parker).
Johnson merely expresses the “what if” sentiment that Louisianna Gov. Bobby Jindal may have shone a bit brighter than his fellow governor from Alaska. Parker, however, goes so far as to urge Gov. Palin to step down for the sake of her party and her country.
It’d be impossible to accuse conservative women of bias against one of their own. Nonetheless, I would perhaps chalk these lamentations up to the fact that women are always the most critical of other women in everything. I’ve learned this basic lesson from only two years of marriage.
Is Sarah Palin out of her league? Yes, but no more so than any of the politicians in Washington who have been tasked with preventing what some have predicted could be the Great Depression, 21st-Century-style.
I know I’ve hit Obama on his lack of experience and could be accused of applying a double standard in defending Palin. But inexperience is much less of a problem for someone who simply “gets it” as Palin clearly does. The only thing Obama gets is directions from the innumerable liberal interest groups who have made it their business to screw America over.
So as we conservatives sit around like the Counsel of Jedi Knights and wonder whether Young Palin is ready for the task at hand, we can take great comfort in knowing that she will not ever become Darth Vader with lipstick. In time, and through trials, I predict she’ll become strong in the Conservative Force and will use her powers for good to defeat the likes of Harry “the Hammer” Reid and Nancy “Sickle” Pelosi.
Update: This quote on the populist, anti-Ivy League thrust of Palinsanity indicates that the inexperience issue goes to the heart of the elitism vs. populism battle which is raging in the ongoing discussions of both Palin and the economic bailout.
Second Update: Peter Robinson also ties these two discussions together, which of course makes me sound smarter for having reached the same conclusion! Eh, even a blind squirrel, well, you know . . . .
Tags: Alaska governor, McCain's VP selection, Palinmania, Palinsanity, Sarah Palin, second-guessing, Vice President, VP remorse
