It's appalling. In less than 8 hours, every media outlet and Obama supporter trashed Palin for everything ranging including experience, integrity and absolute trash talk. Yet, for over 18 months, these same people have patently ignored Obama's glaring lack experience or legislative accomplishments and his 20+ years of relationships with racists, terrorists and felons. Each of the stones they throw demonstrates a criteria that their candidate has not met.

Let's assume (though it is patently false) that Gov. Palin is not qualified to be Vice President due to lack of experience. Were that the case, would it the same argument be even more true about Sen. Obama? Put more simply: if both candidates are inexperienced, which would have the least potential for causing irreparable harm- A President or Vice President?

Conveniently, this in not the case. Obama speaks endlessly about Change, but in 11 years of legislative experience has yet to accomplish anything other than running for subsequent offices, voting 'present' 130 times and falling infalliby in line with his parties positions. Palin, in comparison, has accomplished more in her time as Governor than Obama has accomplished in his lifetime.

It is clear that Obama cannot hold a candle to Palin's accomplishments, experience or integrity and is emminently more qualified to be President than him. But she is running for Vice President alongside the one politician in Washington who does not only speak about change, but has a 28 year track record of accomplishing it. Comparing Palin to Biden is similarly a joke. After 30 years in the Senate, you would think that he could get more primary votes than Stephen Colbert. Sadly, he could not. Biden, like the inferior man at the top of his ticket, unfailingly votes with his party and has a similar, unfailing record of publicly insulting people based on race, religion, national origin, intelligence and sex. Even at his VP introduction, he introduced his by saying, "Ladies and gentlemen, my wife Jill, who you'll meet soon, is drop dead gorgeous.She also has her doctorate degree, which is a problem."

So, not only does the Democratic ticket denounce women for their intelligence, but it also bans voting for women at it's conventions.

It is truly sad that on the anniversary of Dr. King's illustrious "I Have a Dream" speech, the Democrats nominated candidates in spite of the content of their character, not because of it.

It is even more sad that less than 24 hours later, their campaign's mysogenistic first response to Gov. Palin's selection. Obama later stated that his revised statement is what he really meant and everyone shout disgard the "hair trigger" of his campaign. Odd that it's his campaign's "hair trigger" that needed to be corrected, considering how often he and his surrogates condemn McCain's "hair trigger", which has yet failed to present itself in this campaign. 

But, this lastest inconsistency and after the fact revision is nothing new. Obama has done it with nearly every one of his policies and even in his statements about the Russia/ Georgia conflict. 3 statements and two days later, he comes around to making the same type of comments that McCain initially (and correctly) made and the Obama campaign condemned.

The President does not get multiple tries to get things right when his decisions are of national and global consequence. The President cannot vote 'present' no matter how politically expedient it may be. Thank goodness we have John McCain, who seems to not only get things right the first time, he generally hit things out of the park. His performance at Saddleback was the first significant evidence during the campaign of this glaring disparity between him and Obama. I suppose that the lack of further evidence is due to the debates that Sen. Obama vehemently calls for but has singularly failed to show up to. Sen. McCain had the invitation and chair waiting for months, but Obama was too busy on his marketing junkets to actually address issues. It is the candidate of Change that has insisted on only the standard debate template and conspicously avoids questions about policies, in favor of lofty and undefined rhetoric.

God forbid Gov. Palin should ever be called upon to fulfill the most dreaded responsibility of a Vice President, I for one fell confident that she has a consistent track record or Change that Can Be Documented instead of Change that we're trying to get  you to Believe but have no evidence of and no plan to achieve.

Perhaps a more fair comparison would be to the closest peer to the day to day job of the Vice President- to preside over the Senate. Sarah Palin has lead, from an executive role, the State of Alaska to implementing a comprehensive conservation and energy reform and developed new means to help meet our country's energy needs from the State that has produced the most domestic energy for decades. She has been to ANWAR and been a part of environmentally responsible programs. In contrast, Speaker Pelosi gives speeches about saving the earth while banning voting or debate on energy production and reform. Palin sold her State's executive jet and put the money back into the budget while Pelosi was demanding a larger and less fuel efficient plane so she wouldn't have to stop for fuel while commuting on taxpayer dollars. Palin seeks to drill oil while Speaker Pelosi seeks to "drill your brains".

I hope that all the ignorant have fun with your post partisan smear campaigns. Gov. Palin has work to do.

Some years ago, there was a bar I used to go to on occasion that was noted for it's chicken wings and comic decor. Prominently displayed near the bar was a sign with the message, "FREE BEER TOMORROW". The sign, of course, was displayed everyday and tomorrow, regrettably, was always tomorrow. Today, while reading Michael Goodwin's column After Barack Obama hype, a backlash (http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2008/08/19/2008-08-19_after_barack_obama_hype_a_backlash.html), the memory of that infamous sign came immediately to mind. It occurred to me that speculation this week about the Democratic VP pick by the fawning media and the "FREE BEER TOMORROW" sign have a lot in common.

Saturday evening, we all witnessed the reality of this Presidential campaign. All the campaign camp and media spin was stripped away. There were no concerts preceeding the event, no banners banned or signs handed out by staff. No telepromters or prepared speeches. What was left was only the two primary candidates for the office of President sitting down for what resembled a legitimate job interview. The result was that one candidate dominated the interview and shone better than any prior public engagement in his extensive career and the other stammered his way around each question, frantically trying to pad his thin resume and sound intellectual where he was woefully out of his depth. For the first time in this campaign, the discussion was not about job approval ratings soon to be irrelevent Presidents, who's marketing department was most adept and making someone look Presidential, nonsense internet rumors or vague suggestions of Hope or Change. It was about taking an in depth look at two people, one of who will be President. McCain unequivically demostrated that judgement is of immese importance and good judgement only comes from experience. Obama demonstrated that, while he is a talented and intelligent individual, he completely lacks the judgment that he has been waving like a banner for nearly 2 years. It is the President's job to make decisions and deal with the ineviatable consequences, good or bad; not to theorize on opposing ideas and offer no conclusion.

This clear cut distinction was disaterous the the pop culture image that the media and Obama's campaign had spent more than 24 months construction and promoting. The idea of having Hope is inspiring and uplifting; but unless it's backed up with a plan and action it amounts to nothing. Almost everyone on earth can agree that they would like to be in a better position than they are right now, our world has become a place with more questions than answers and that we have all seemed to, at best, tread water rather than swim in the grand scheme of things. The insistence that the grass is certainly greener on the other side of the fence is fundamental to human existance. Change seems the only answer, until you ask the questions: What will Change cost? What will we sacrifice in the name of Change? What is our actual plan of Change?... No one on earth would knowingly throw out a winning lottery ticket, no matter how small the sum; yet few take the time to add up how much they spend on losing tickets or realize how much interest they would have gained on that alternative sum, had they simply put that money into a savings account. "Free Beer Tomorrow" the the promise of Utopia, yet tomorrow lacks a date.

But the idea of "Free Beer" is pervasive; not easily dismissed by cold, rational logic. Once you stop believing in Santa Claus, the world is a far less Hopeful place. The reality that mom and dad stressed and saved the previous year and went into credit card debt for the next to pay for the illusion is not very heartwarming. The people who hung the "Free Beer Tomorrow" signs had an investment to protect and more importantly an image to maitain. So, rather than discuss the distinct realities that we all witnessed, those with the emotional, financial and credibility investments dealt with grief in the same way we all do- they moved on to denial. Grandma can't be dead. I just talked to her yesterday and she looks like she is sleeping in that box with all the flowers around it. I know the sign was up every day for the last month; but it clearly says, "Free Beer Tomorrow". Obama has told us that he will bring Hope, Change and Judgment for months! Surely one hour that proves the opposite is not enough to overturn all that! There is clearly something else to this story. Someone has cheated! It was an unfair set up from the beginning!

Our media friends seem to move through grief more quickly. They moved rapidly from denial to distraction. "Obama's VP to Be Announced Tomorrow". Yes, they have raise that banner each day this week. If people have doubts about the "Free Beer", perhaps we can keep this sharade going with the promise of "Free Chicken Wings Tomorrow" and people will just have to accept that they have to pay for the beer.