What was McCain thinking??

Seriously??? John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate??

What is going through his mind?  Or was this the recommendation of his vetting team?

Paul Begala described it in the following manner: "For a man who is 72 years old and has had four bouts with cancer to have chosen someone so completely unqualified to become president is shockingly irresponsible."  Begala's commentary article is titled: Is McCain out of his mind?... this made me chuckle because I had the same reaction when I saw the news.

It seems that McCain is trying to get the young vote, the female vote (especially Hillary supporters)... I think it missed the mark completely!  This could be a decision that will really hurt McCain's electability.

On MSNBC, they tore her up pretty badly: bringing up an ethics issue for which she is being investigated and her flip-flop on the "bridge to nowhere" - which she initially supported in 2006 and recently stated she was against it.

It's going to be extremely interesting how Fox News spins this one... and I am pretty certain that the poll numbers will start to show how bad of a decision this was.

Comments

[Marcia]

If you look at McCain's body language, he's on his 3rd Beauty Queen. If you watch Cindy McCain's body language, she's a bit uncomfortable. I slo-mo'ed her introduction by McCain and there he was, eyeing her up and down. Cindy was pretending to be happy.

Sorry, this was an impulsive move on McCain's part and I hope the country sees it for what it is. Then again, there are some pretty gullible people in America who vote over and over again against their own interests.

There are also rumours that the baby she supposedly had, and flew on an airplane after her supposed water broke (no airliner would let that pregnant of a lady get on board) may in fact be her daughters' baby. She apparently was taken out of school for several months. Granted, Downs Syndrome is much more common in older women but they do happen in younger women as well. I wonder how this story will play out.

And the truly radical Christian right-wingers will not like her leaving her family for work or politics.

But in the meantime, McCain has some nice tail to chase around.