I stumbled upon this article, posted two days ago, and found it so completely absurd that I’m not certain whether its author is being serious or sarcastic.
Surely no one in their right mind could possibly believe that Sarah Palin could help Mitt Romney win the presidency! TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Yahoo
By Mark Whittington | Yahoo! Contributor Network – Thu, Apr 19, 2012
COMMENTARY | As Mitt Romney basks in his triumph in becoming the presumptive republican nominee for president, his thoughts inevitably turn toward choosing a running mate. He is getting a lot of unsolicited advice in that regard.
Michael Barone, in RealClearPolitics would like him to choose another boring white guy, playing it safe. The Washington Post, quoting Mike Huckabee, suggests the young, conservative Hispanic Sen. Marco Rubio. Gloria Borger, writing in CNN, advises that Romney must not, under any circumstances, choose a female conservative, which is to say Sarah Palin.
Borger’s snippy advice points to a tried and true principle that whatever the lamestream media suggests is not good for a Republican is likely the correct decision. Romney should ignore Borger’s advice and repeat the one sound decision that John McCain made in 2008 and ask Sarah Palin to run with him in 2012. There are sound reasons for him to do this.
Palin does provide an ideological balance for Romney. Conservatives are lining up behind Romney, not out of great affection for him, but because they realize that he is all that stands between the United States and four more years of Obama misrule. Palin will provide much needed enthusiasm for the ticket, just as she did for McCain four years ago,
Is there any politician in America who has been more thoroughly vetted than has Palin these past four years? There is nothing about her life and career that is not already known.
She will be controversial, proving to be an advantage as the left, whose image of Palin is that of the psycho bimbo caricature from “Game Change,” will go after her with the full force of their fury, Bill Maher will curse and smirk. Jon Stewart will roll his eyes. Stephen Colbert will leap the length of his chain. The left will go too far in attacking Palin while Romney marches on, serene and presidential while his surrogates sigh about the liberal war on women.
The expectations will be set so low for Palin by the media that it will be absurdly easy for her to exceed them. Indeed, four years of practice, including campaigning in the 2010 midterms, has pretty much assured that she will take on all attackers and give them a sharp thumping.
Palin’s experience, her ability to drive the left mad, and the right delirious make her the obvious choice for vice president.
