| Description: | Gambling With America
But Palin, with her anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage principles could not be further from Clintonian ideals.
Irresponsible -- because Palin has lived her entire life, except for four years in college, thousands of miles away from continental America. Has she ever stepped foot in New York, in Miami, in Los Angeles, in Chicago? She may know a lot about salmon fishing and oil drilling, but has she any knowledge of mainland America? -- The vast farmlands, the inner cities, the industrial towns, the transportation hubs, the financial infrastructure, the cultural centers.
Let us hope she's been to Washington, at least as a tourist; she has never for a minute held a seat in Congress. Her underwhelming experience has been simply to serve as mayor of a small town (pop. 8,000) followed by less than two years as governor of Alaska.
McCain has met this woman only once. Love at first sight? Or was it a shotgun marriage? (Palin is a lifetime member of the National |