>> As for Palin doing a 180 on the "bridge to nowhere" because it was no longer PC....Obama basically did the same thing about his pastor. :/

IIRC, Obama's pastor didnt cost taxpayers several billion dollars. Nor did Obama's pastor cost the several million in earmarks that went to her town of 7-8,000.

Sorry, but there is a difference.

She's had more direct dealings with foreign governments than Barack Obama has, if the "experience" argument is the way that anyone wants to go.*

She has? She's been a small town mayor and governor of Alaska for less than two years. What foreign governments? Obama's trip to the Middle East and Europe pretty convinced the foreign leaders there that he's presidential material. Did Ms. Palin make a similar trip and not tell anyone?

Sorry, but that's absurd. Palin knows pretty much zip about international relations because she's never had to learn. Now we're trying to make up some kind of skillset that says she's prepared if ol' John keels over on Inauguration Day?

Honestly, I cant believe the Republicans are taking this nomination seriously. Out of all the people out there, she was it? Is the Grand Old Party that desperate? Please, someone explain this decision so it makes sense because, from where I'm sitting, it's just another short-sighted shot in the dark.

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