VEEP - a candidate with SUBSTANCE!

Andrew, if the Democratic Party and voters aren't willing to take seriously the issue of EXPERIENCE in selecting their No. 1 candidate on the ticket, why should we Republicans be expected to take it seriously for our No. 2 pick on our ticket?

Does experience matter, or does it not? Make up your mind. If it DOESN'T matter, then your post is meaningless spin. If it DOES matter, we win on the strength of the TOP OF THE TICKET.

By the way, I just Googled it. Not a single one of the four at the top of the two Presidential tickets has any experience as either President of the United States OR Vice President of the United States. Hmmmm.

I kind of agree with you on Mark Sanford as running mate for McCain, WPD. The problem with that is, if he had been the choice, he would've been back in South Carolina by November 5 because he would have added NOTHING to the Republican ticket.

Going back to Sarah Palin's experience, I can only imagine how far she could have risen in politics had she not wasted so years of adult life doing such meaningless work as RAISING HER KIDS.

Part of the reason for the disparity of wages between men and women (remember that ol' Democratic argument about "equal pay for equal work?") is that many women take time out of their careers to raise children. When they re-enter the workplace, not only do they not get credit for doing that heavy lifting in our society, but they are PENALIZED for it when they are consistently passed over for promotions and ignored when career-enhancing opportunities come along.

It is absolutely fascinating to me that the Democrats are now attacking Sarah Palin mercilessly for taking advantage of an opportunity to break through that "glass ceiling" despite having sacrificed many years of her potential political career to do something so "disgusting" as to be a mother.

John McCain has handed her an opportunity. She has taken it. Now, let's see which party is SERIOUS about equality of opportunity for everybody and which party is just empty rhetoric designed to pander for votes. We're already getting some serious hints here.

Sounds like what he said, Ed. Maybe we just misread that. Surely Andrew didn't type the TRUTH when the truth might damage his Messiah.

Of course, Ed, if we're going to talk about EXECUTIVE experience, Sarah Palin actually has more of that than Barack Obama, John McCain and Joe Biden combined (unless you count McCain's experience in the Pentagon in the late 1970s and early 1980s or filling out obscure military forms in triplicate.)

Lack of "executive" experience is the reason no U.S. Senator has gone directly from the Senate to the White House since John F. Kennedy pulled the stunt off in the 1960 election. That 48-year-old streak will broken this year, for sure, but let's face it: Sarah Palin already knows more about running the executive branch of government than either of the others does.

Don't forget, she's a lifetime member of the NRA. Freezer full of wild game. Husband is an oil fields worker, fishing boat captain, presumably they lived on his earnings while she was home raising their family. Guess that takes care of the "connection to the working people".No mention of NASCAR yet.What's not to like?Besides, President of the US is an OJT kind of job, anyway.

-stringcheese

Except for Hillary :) And don't forget, String, Hillary stayed in a Holiday Inn Express....

Sarah Palin was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, a town of 6,500, less than 2 years ago.That's the size of Belton.You'd think given McCain's advanced age, they'd at least take the VP position seriously.And can anybody really say with a straight face that a man with the same credentials ever would have been considered for the VP slot?

-ahammett

Take the Veep position seriously, you say.  Is this about as serious as the Dems are selecting Obama?  I mean, this woman has more experience Governing than either Osama bar-den, individually or combined.