Over the long weekend, I've been trying to understand McCain's choice of Sarah Palin, and it becomes more mysterious with each revelation about her. I've come to several conclusions, which I may still revamp if the drip-drip-drip continues.
Obviously, Palin was a surrender by McCain to the radical, regressive, social conservatives and purveyors of Medieval science. She's a gun-toting, pro-life, Creationist that doesn't believe in protecting bears, global warming or teaching sex education. She seems like Mike Huckabee on estrogen as McCain appears to have found Jame Dobson's G-spot.
The Romney and Pawlenty supporters are rightly angry, and one can only wonder what sacrifices McCain will have to make at their altars.
However, the choice is so disastrous that I'm left with several possibilities:
1) That McCain was much more pissed at Bush and the Republican Party than anyone realized when he flirted with a run as Kerry's VP in 2004. McCain appears to be running a campaign that will not only lead to Obama's victory and the undoing of the Bush legacy, but to the complete evisceration of the Republican Party. The GOP seems to be on the verge of self-destruction.
2) McCain's too old-school to believe a woman should ever be Commander in Chief, and Hillary's candidacy got too close for comfort. By introducing Palin as the peak of feminine political achievement, he either intended to make Hillary's head explode (eliminating her), or to repair the cracks in the glass ceiling while adding a layer of shatterproof Plexiglas.
3) McCain wanted to demonstrate his support for the 2nd Amendment by shooting himself in the foot.
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