McCain/Palin08: Age before beauty?

A few of the possible taglines I’m proposing for their campaign.

Another:   McCain/Palin – Because he’s too ugly to make it on his own.

Or:  McCain/Palin – Putting a 2nd place beauty queen a heartbeat from the presidency.

I’m still not quite sure what to make of John McCain’s pick for a running mate, but given what I *HAVE* found out about sarah palin, I’m quite sure he’s already regretting his choice.  From investigations into her own administratiion’s misuse of public funds, abuses of power like having her ex-brother-in-law fired from his government job, or even just the fact that a pro-life, pro-religion self-described “hockey-mom” can’t even teach her 17-year-old daughter about the perils of unplanned pregnancy.  Is this someone we need one 77 year old heartbeat away from the presidency?

My theories on his pick are as follows:

1. He’s desparately trying to win over the Hillary Clinton supporters who think that a woman should be in the white-house irregardless of her actual qualifications for the job.  (He’s done his best to prove that he doesn’t look at qualifications at all, which is cool.  Maybe I *DO* have a shot at the Secretary of State job)
2. He’s desparately trying to show how ‘young’ and ‘with-it’ he is.  (Hint: He’s not)
3. He’s looking for a replacement for Cindy. (Actually this was my wife’s suggestion)
4. He was trying to do something that would throw the Obama camp for a loop.  (It did – no one expected such a stupid move, even for him.)
5. Senile-Dementia kicking in.

Or the most probable reason.  The RNC picked her for him.  I’ve long since postulated that the RNC knows this election is in the trash, and they’re putting McCain/Palin out there so they have someone to blame when they lose.  They can say “it’s all his/her fault” and go on from there.  It’s the only thing that explains Mitt Romney pulling out when he did, because by all accounts he still had a chance when he bowed out.

I still think McCain is an idiot.  While there was a time, back in 2000, when I would have voted for him, his willingness to roll over and become Bush’s lap-dog killed any chance he had of ever gaining favor in my camp.