Sarah Palin!! Wow

I’ve been laying low for the whole week while I have a friend in town so I’ve missed most of the convention and then went and missed the HUGE news about Sarah Palin.

You realize of course that back in July I suggested that McCain pick a woman for his VP choice. Who knew the influence wielded here??? Palin was certainly one of the women that came up in the scuttlebut and the more I am scanning everything it sounds like she’s going to be a great pick! Hell – it energized ME!

I look forward to the VP debates.
I look forward to the reinvigoration of this election. (that’s JK at the link)
I look forward to having a response to those who know diddly about politics, yet want to vote for Obama because of the historical significance of it. (I can’t blame them – who wouldn’t and now they have a choice)

As a woman – I know tons and tons of smart women who get as ahead in their careers as they want to. I didn’t realize how very, very excited I would be to see a smart woman on a huge ticket here, but whoooooeeeee…..I am ready to start campaigning. And that’s with just a cursory glance at who she is. We know who McCain is. Yeah – whatever, I’ll send him some money.
But Wow!! A female VP!! I’ll make phone calls for this ticket. Bring on the yard signs!

Women don’t vote for women because they are women, however – women do vote smart and well, to see this…..its cool. I know he’s pandering but so what? I’m not insulted by that. It comes with the territory. ie You pick a southerner of you’re a northerner, or if he had picked Huckabee, he would have been pandering to the religious right. Palin IS smart. She IS a matching “maverick”. She doesn’t like pork. She’s not afraid to stand up against power. She knows about and gets energy. He didn’t have to choose her, but he did and I think it was a great choice.

Those who think Hillary was qualified based on being a wife and a senator are loony yet think that Palin is unqualified after being a mayor and governor can not see the irony in that bit of pandering can they?

Now let’s throw in the factor that I pretty much vote on. Character. She appears to me to be a person of great character. What with the nod to the glass ceiling pushers (Ferraro and Clinton), the Bridge to Nowhere response (if we need a bridge here, we’ll build one ourselves) and standing her ground with oil company cheapskates, this woman definitely has character that I admire.

Between Obama and McCain, McCain has good character up the wazoo and he would have gotten my vote easily, but now?, NOW he’s got my attention!

After the GOP convention I’ll compare the planks and let you all know whether I’m still a Democrat or not. Either way – I’m in for McCain bigtime.

From The Corner’s email on this

Simply great pick. The list is endless. Here’s just a few.
Every time the opposition claims she’s not experienced, it points right to the top of the Dem ticket.
She can’t be demonized. Dems succeed by stirring up hatred of their opposition, but it won’t work with Palin. It would be like trying to demonize Kerry Walsh or Misty May Trainor.
She’s made her own way – a classic American success story, with no help from the “establishment”
She’ll completely disarm Biden in the debates. He won’t be able to attack her without a significant backlash. And every attack he attempts will drip of condescending Washington blowhard insiderism
You can’t get more “outside the Beltway” than Alaska.
She’ll really galvanize the pro-life community and is somewhat uniquely able to not just “preach to the choir” but to speak to the other side. She chose life, fully knowing the hardships that can come with a Down syndrome child. She walked the walk. It will touch the hearts of those who have chosen otherwise, or are thinking about it. It could really move the debate forward in a very positive, uplifting way. I am pro-life, but am off-put by some of the aggressive tactics of the pro-life community. In contrast, I am touched to the heart by this woman’s real-life choice of life for her young son. I suspect I will not be alone.
I suspect the money race will be neutralized at worst, and quite possibly turned in our direction. I’ve been sitting on my wallet since 2004, but sent in a contribution to McCain the moment I heard of this pick. I suspect I am far from alone.

The Corner’s been a great site all day. Keep it up.