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Today Sen. McCain announced his choice of running mate for the office of President of the United States: Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska.

Is this some kind of joke? Surely he can not be serious.

Governor Palin’s resume:

- Mayor of a town of 9000 people
- Less than 2 years into her first term as Governor of Alaska

That’s it… nothing more. No experience as a State Representative, no experience in Foreign Policy, no experience dealing with foreign leaders, nothing.

And this is the person that would take over the United States government in case McCain can not finish his term?

To see just how bad this choice really is, we might want to examine the role of the Vice-President:

a) To replace the President should the President be unable to perform his duties. This would unquestionably be during a time of national crisis due to the loss of the President.
b) To serve as a primary adviser to the President.

Is Governor Palin ready to fill either of those roles? Not at all.

A  time of crisis, such as the one that would take place if the President can not fulfill his role, requires a person of extensive political experience, a person that can step in with the full confidence that they can fill that emergency role that has been thrust upon them. Governor Palin does NOT have the necessary experience to take over that role at a national (and arguably international) level, an event that which may never take place, but could also take place a week after McCain’s inauguration.

And what about being an advisor to the President? This is where the choice of Palin at VP is really incomprehensible. How can she advise someone like McCain, with his 35 years of experience in government? So what will her role be? To sit at the back of the room, be quiet, listen and learn?

This choice also raises serious questions about McCain’s overall judgment and the type of people that will surround him.

So why was she chosen? The answer to this is fairly clear: politics. And it makes me openly declare that Senator McCain is putting Political Party above the best interests of his country. Think about it… there are so many people within his political party that are clearly more qualified to become Vice-President, yet he chose Gov Palin.

Gov Palin’s true qualifications:

a) Young - to balance off McCain’s age problem
b) Female - to provide the appearance of ‘balance’ within his party. (Look at the slate of Republican Presidential candidates for the truth about this subject)
c) Anti-Abortion
d) Long term member of the NRA (National Rifle Association)
e) Someone that can not steal McCain’s ‘thunder’ and make him look like a second-rate candidate.

In other words, she was not chosen because of her qualifications to serve as Vice-President, she was chosen because she can appeal to individual specific segments of American Society.She was not chosen because she is the best choice for America, she was chosen because she is convenient to the political party.

We can only hope that the American people see through this hypocritical ruse, and refuse to vote for this ridiculous ticket. That does not mean that they have to vote for the Democratic party if they don’t want to, but they should certainly consider refusing to vote for a Presidential candidate that would show either the bad judgement, or the self-serving reasons, or a combination of both that have resulted in Gov Sarah Palin being placed ‘one heart beat away’ from becoming the ‘leader of the free world’.