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Twenty Questions Pondering Palin. (But Seriously, Folks...)By Rick Horowitz • Surprise is nice. Isn't this more like "Shock and Uh...."? • The last time they went through this process, George Bush put Dick Cheney in charge of the veep search, and Cheney picked: Cheney. This time, John McCain put himself in charge of the veep search, and McCain picked Sarah Palin. Is it time for a better process? • Executive experience is nice. Would knowing something about the subjects she might be "executing" be useful, too? • If women are interchangeable, then Palin is a perfect pick for Hillary Clinton's supporters. Do you think women are interchangeable? • When he introduced her on Friday, McCain had to look down at his notes to make sure he got her name right. Did you find this especially comforting? • The PTA. He actually told Brian Williams about her work with the PTA?!! • "What is it exactly that the vice president does every day?" • When I said that Palin will be great on foreign affairs because Alaska is right next door to Russia, I was making a joke. When Cindy McCain said it, was she making a joke? • I live across the street from a gas station -- does that make me an energy expert? • How do you think Mitt Romney feels? • Did you happen to notice that, when New Orleans was almost totally evacuated before Hurricane Gustav, the few people remaining still outnumbered the population of Wasilla, Alaska? • Palin showed plenty of guts taking on corruption in her own party. What was she showing by referring to John McCain as "my running mate"? • When was the last time an unknown vice-presidential nominee's first public remarks included the phrase "My fellow Americans..."? • Do you get the feeling that this running-for-national-office thing has been on Palin's "To Do" list for a while? • Are you confident that we've heard the last of the revelations? • If the more problems she has the more "real" she is, why bother vetting people at all? • Before last week, he'd met her exactly once. How long did it take you to decide on that swimsuit? • When did "impetuous" become a synonym for "erratic"? • They say he chose Palin to recapture his self-image as a maverick. Isn't that why they invented Corvettes? Posted
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