Sarah Palin who?

I know a lot of people out there do not follow politics and certainly haven't shown very much interest in the current Presidential Elections. I'm here to tell you that you need to be aware of what is happening on the national stage.

John McCain has made a point of attacking Barrack Obama's lack of foreign policy experience. This, along with his accusations of elitism, have been the largest attacks coming from the McCain camp. McCain can no longer make those accusations.

Sarah Palin is no doubt a wonderful person, the mother of five (including a Downs Syndrome baby born just this past April 18th. She has been a force of ethical integrity for the last few years. She's married to a blue collared oil worker on Alaska's North Slope. She has a degree in journalism from the University of Idaho. She was the mayor of a small town (5500 people) in Alaska until December 2006 when she became the first woman governor of Alaska. Now, in 67 days this self proclaimed "hockey mom" could be one heartbeat away from being the most powerful person in the world.

You see, this morning, John McCain proclaimed in Dayton, Ohio that Sarah Palin would be his Vice-Presidential running mate.

Let me explain about John McCain. John McCain, if he was to win the office of President would be the oldest person to ascend to the position of President at 72 years, 144 days old. This should scare everyone to death. McCain has survived cancer (and while his most recent exams have shown him to be healthy and cancer free) yet at age 72 anything could happen. If it did, the station of President would fall to Palin, and therein should be where we are concerned.

When asked if Palin would be interested in the job of Vice-President Palin refused to comment stating that [paraphrasing] she cannot be qualified to speak on how well she could do without first knowing what the VP job was all about. Palin has absolutely no experience in the world of foreign policy yet Republicans have claimed she is qualified because her son leaves in September for a tour of duty in Iraq.

Palin has no national experience whatsoever. Palin has less than two years as the governor of Alaska. Palin has less education than anyone in this election. Palin isn't qualified to be our President yet she is on the doorstep of that office because of John McCain's decision to put her on the ticket.

I'm sure Sarah Palin is a wonderful individual. She is a beautiful woman with a record of being tough on rule benders and a house cleaner who takes no prisoners. Yet she is still so young (she could have went to my high school had we grew up in the same area of the country), so inexperienced and so distant from the Washington political scene (both in experience and physical distance).

I hope the American public sees the risk McCain is taking putting her on the ticket. I really feel as we cannot elect him now, simply because there is way too much risk with her on his ticket. I really hope Palin has a wonderful political career, but she isn't ready for the top office. Not yet.