Posted by JumpyPants
John McCain chose Sarah Palin.
John McCain could've picked lots of other people, people like Mitt, Joe, Rudy or Mike -- all varying degrees of a shitload-more-qualified than Sarah P.
John McCain could've picked Anthony Phillips. Mayor Phillips is the mayor of the small village I live in on the shores of the Hudson River (which leads directly to the foreign country of Canada). While our village is about the same population as Wasilla, Mayor Phillips has been running this village for nearly two decades -- much longer than Sarah Palin's tenure in her "executive" position. The Mayor is also a combat vet and a Marine, having seen action in Vietnam. He's never hired a lobbyist, nor does he have any history with earmarks, nor does he charge rape victims for their own rape kits.
I'm actually not a huge fan of the Mayor myself -- he's got a combative style and a temper, plus some other things I don't love -- but the fact is, he's far, far more qualified than Sarah Palin.
And there are thousands of mayors of small towns and villages -- not to mention big cities (Rudy?) -- across this nation that are more qualified than Sarah. And of course then there are all the governors who have more experience, the senators, the congresspersons, the former cabinet members, ex-ambassadors, and even heads of industry like Carly "42 mil" Fiorina. I mean there are literally tens of thousands of people more qualified, if not hundreds of thousands.
But McCain didn't pick any of these people. He picked Sarah Palin. He did.
That fact alone, that choice, should be game set and fucking match on this pitiful, power-mad egomaniac.