PSoTD

Seriously, this Palin selection is going to be a disaster. I keep seeing liberal blog commenters fretting about it, as if there was some sort of comparison to be made between Palin and Obama on experience that would benefit McCain.

Hardly.

You know, I might be concerned about Sarah Palin if she had more moderate view points, or came from a swing state, or seemed to energize John McCain himself. If she had won an election in a big state, or had done something politically impressive enough to make her name known to most Americans.

But she doesn't, and she hasn't, and she won't.

These comparisons on experience between Palin and Obama ignore the most important experience to be considered in the next two months - electoral politics. I dare say that unless Palin is some sort of amazing hidden genius in politics, that the experience advantage is Obama's. When Sarah Palin has beaten a candidate of the stature of Hillary Clinton, maybe then I'll be worried. But she hasn't. And she won't. Hell, McCain himself hasn't beaten a candidate of the quality of Hillary Clinton.

The story about how McCain came about to selecting Palin is going to become well known, because since hardly any Americans have heard of her, the vetting process becomes more important. One meeting? One discussion? Is that how we want a President to consider the most important policy decision to be made prior to election day? I just don't think normal Americans are going to accept this as the proper process for such decisionmaking.

I don't believe that Palin has been tested in a campaign anywhere near what she's getting into for the next two months. It's going to show. You can count on that.

Still, I see these liberal blog comments from worrywarts saying this is a brilliant move, how it's going to hurt Obama, blahtedyblahblah. I don't know who these people are, but they're not living in any reality that I can see. Fear can warp one's view, I guess.