Some have said that when McCain added a woman to the ticket, things got interesting. Perhaps. But I'm not so sure that Sarah Palin will be the one breaking that infamous glass ceiling. At first glance she seems to have all the qualifications: She's governor and a mom with five kids. That's got to count for something. She's married to a guy who appears to have stepped down from his career goals just to help her achieve the VP spot. She's gutsy and tough. She's a pretty good shot. Even downing dozens of wolves from a plane. (Definitely not a sport I support.) She is a regular mom attending her kids events. She told her supporters that hockey moms are like pitbulls--just add some lipstick. Impressive images for all those mom-icans, but the mom-ocrats beg to differ.
Palin's leadership profile:
- Foreign diplomacy skills are a must for a VP, but Palin has never met with foreign leaders.
- Does she have any foreign experience? Well, Palin has exaggerated that point a bit. She has visited three countries to meet with the Alaska National Guard: Ireland, Germany and Kuwait. However she didn't really visit Ireland as she has said, her plane only had a refueling stopover. She also has said she went to Iraq, but her trip to Iraq meant she went to a checkpoint at a Kuwait-Iraq border.
- Palin's famous "I told Congress thanks, but no thanks to that bridge to nowhere" was more than just an exaggeration. In fact, congress killed off the earmark first. (And initially Palin supported the bridge when she ran for governor.) She is not a tough reformer of earmarks as the campaign claims.
- Not all politicians possess integrity. The trouble is that you have to earn it. Which makes me wonder, is is okay for Palin to ask her town librarian just how she would feel about removing controversial books?
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