john mccain

While watching CNN’s coverage of the Republican National Convention I was struck by an answer former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani gave when asked about the disparity between the experience level of the nominees on each of the two party’s tickets. He response was basically ” we (the GOP) got it right. We have the person with less experience backing the one with more, which is more favorable than the other way around.”

Certainly a case can  be made for his rationale. Having Sarah Palin behind the more astute John McCain is the very essence of the mentoring system. Ostensibly she can learn on-the-job by watching someone with much more history in politics. She will simply act as the protege.

There is undeniable logic in this position and in Giuliani’s contention: the more experienced person (John McCain, as opposed to Barack Obama) is in charge while the less-experienced one (Palin) has the ancillary and backup role. Seems like reasonably sound thinking.

However..

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So, after 232 years, American politics is finally getting sexy.

Sarah Palin has been nominated by the Republican party as the Vice Presidential candidate. This out-of-nowhere (”nowhere”, meaning from beside some tree in Alaska) governor, who apparently hunts moose, eats raw squirrels and swears like a (employed State) trooper is now John McCain’s running mate which is like putting Wonder Woman next to Jed Clampett. It’s not that Palin is that sexy, it’s just that there’s no precedent to a woman - still having most of her inherent womanly wiles - being this close to this kind of power.

I mean, no one ever thought about what Ronald Reagan looked like in his underwear (besides wife Nancy and, in later years, his nurse) but Palin has at least given the horribly disinterested voter something to fixate on while pretending to be intrigued by this Presidential race. Sure, Fred in Arkansas has the TV on mute, but he is at least watching..

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