Sarah Palin accepting the vice-presidential nomination. September 3, 2008.
I’m sure my children will tell you that I’m an old fuddy-duddy, and they might be right. But I don’t think that I’m quite the Neanderthal that they sometimes think I am.
For example, is the U. S. ready for a female President or Vice-President? I think we very well may be. The excitement generated by the Sarah Palin nomination for Vice-President exceeds anything we’ve seen in a long time. I feel she has generated much more excitement than did Geraldine Ferraro did in 1980. Betsy has not been particularly interested in politics since we’ve been together, but she sure is interested now. She can’t get enough information about the new vice-presidential nominee.
Could Sarah Palin successfully handle the duties of Vice-President? Yes, I think she could. Was she the most experienced person John McCain could have picked? No, but Joe Biden isn’t exactly a a sterling example of ‘change’ for Barack Obama, either.
Maybe we put too much emphasis on experience. Most of the men and women in Congress are ‘experienced’, but they haven’t had a great record of accomplishment for the past ten years or so. Maybe we need a few more outsiders!
Can the McCain-Palin ticket win? I don’t know. But regardless of the outcome of this election, consider the choice we might face in 2012 or 2016: Hillary Clinton or Sarah Palin. Wouldn’t that be something to behold?
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