Lowest Common Denominator

Sarah Palin.  How in the world have we ended up with this person as the Republican VP candidate?  How could McCain pass over the truly qualified Republican women such as Kay Bailey Hutchison, Olympia Snowe, Condoleezza Rice, Liddy Dole for a woman who, as my friend told me yesterday, is a governor of a state that has fewer people than New Orleans AFTER Katrina?  Does he think that all women are interchangeable?  When she invoked Hillary Clinton in her first speech, I was speechless.  The only thing she shares with Hillary Clinton is gender, but that isn't a reason to vote for anyone.  

Our world is a dangerous place.  It isn't the world of 1949.  No amount of wanting it to be will make it so.  We need the best, the brightest, the most educated as our leader.  We don't need the lowest common denominator as President of the United States, which means the VP can't be the lowest common denominator.  John McCain has endangered all of us with his choice of Sarah Palin.  

On top of it all, she has a 4 MONTH old infant with Down Syndrome.  What is she thinking?  So much for Republican "family values."  Although she is against a woman's right to choose, she has chosen to leave her infant to go on the most grueling campaign trail in the world.  Fathers can certainly take care of babies and I assume Mr. Palin will be taking care of baby Palin.  That's great.  That isn't my point though.  As a mother, although my sons are grown, I can't imagine leaving them when they were infants to go on the road for three months, not when either of them were 4 months old.

This isn't a job where you can work late hours, but come home.  This is leaving home and family behind.   In my opinion this is not a responsible choice and it reflects the narcissism of the person making it.