That pitbull is wearing lipstick

I got a chance to rush home, because I wanted to hear the Gov. Palin speech. I wasn’t disappointed. The Republicans set a very low bar for her and by golly gee willikers, she nailed it!

Now, traditionally, the speech the Vice Presidential nominee gives at the convention doesn’t contain much in the way of policy. This is mainly because when elected, the Vice President is kept as far away from policy making as an infant is kept from a chainsaw. Vice President choices are primarily made in order to pull a few favorite son votes from the state/region or to shore up the side of the ticket not covered by the Presidential nominee.

Obama chose Biden, pissing me off to no end, but that’s another issue altogether. But no matter what I think, Biden does brings experience to the Democratic ticket — and a hell of a lot of whiteness. I’m speaking specifically of his hair. Biden’s popularity might swing Pennsylvania to the Dems.

McCain chose Palin because… well, because McCain’s background didn’t lend itself to attract the all important fundamentalist hockey mom vote. Seriously, what does Palin actually add to the ticket? How can she possibly improve upon McCain? Maverick, one who opposes their own party politics? Nope, McCain has had that for years. I was rooting for McCain to change parties to the Dems after the Republicans rejected him so hard some years back over his oppositional politics within the Republican ranks. The big swing state of Alaska, then? No, that place is already solidly Republican — there’s not anyone who knows her that could swing any sort of marginal Western state. Experience dealing with oil drilling? I know the Republicans think that making this election a referendum on oil drilling in America would favor the Republicans, but this can’t be the reason Palin was chosen. Palin was chosen because she’s a fundamentalist Christian pitbull. In a skirt. It’s almost impossible to attack a strong woman without seeming to attack womanhood itself. In Texas, the Democrats had someone like that. Ann Richards. Her race for Governor was considered close, until her opponent was heard making a joke about rape. No, he didn’t imply the joke be referred to or about Ann Richards, but you then had the governor’s race defined into the “bastard vs the nice lady” instead of boring old policy differences.

But America isn’t interested in what the choice means, they’re interested in meeting her for the first time, and Gov. Palin got to tell her story, and everyone got to see how she can throw red meat to the crowd.

I really didn’t want this election to be about the vice presidential picks, but the two choices are just so stupid, it defies explanation.

So, the VP nominees will go and throw some red meat at partisan audiences, and Biden will get some swing voters and Palin will attract…

People who like pitbulls. With lipstick.