Out Of Her League

In the article "Palin is Ready? Please" Fareed Zakaria PhD in political science, editor of Newsweek International, discusses Sarah Palin's lack of national political knowledge and inability to answer questions. Zakaria, like many Americans, myself included, do not believe Palin is qualified to become VP. He points to the Katie Couric interview as a good example. When Palin was asked how living near Russia gave her foreign policy experience, she responded "[i]t's very important when you consider even national security issues with Russia as Putin rears his head and comes into [Alaskan] Airspace...we send those out to make sure an eye is being kept on this very powerful nation, because they are right there.
Zakaria points out, along with John Stewart, that maybe flying over the North Pole makes him an "expert on Santa Clause". Although this is a completely ridiculous statement Zakaria is making, I believe the logic is very similar to the statement that Gov. Palin made. I do wish he would have explored this topic a little more because such a statement without qualifying material following it, becomes easily dismissible. However this is a very important argument because it shows not only a lack of intelligence but a very flawed thought process in terms of understanding foreign policy. How can we be expected to vote for a person as VP who "wants someone to tell her what the vice president does" and claims to know about foreign policy just because she lives near Russia.
Zakaria also points to the question Couric asked Gov. Palin about the 700 billion dollar bailout.
Palin made claims like "ultimately this bailout helps those who are concerned with healthcare reform...its got to be all about job creation too...we've got to see trade as an opportunity, not a competitive scary thing...[t]his bailout is part of that."
Zakaria called her response "nonsense-a vapid emptying out of every catchprase about economics that came into her head." Which some might argue harsh, but with such a response Palin demonstrated how little she knows about this bailout plan. However she is not alone on this issue, 33 percent of Americans polled have admitted that they are not well enough informed to decide whether or not to support or oppose this bailout (MSNBC Poll Sept 25th). We don't expect our citizens to be informed on the intricacies of our financial markets, that is one of the reasons we elect politicians. Zakaria also states "Sarah Palin is utterly unqualified to be vice president...she has never spent a day thinking about any important national or international issue."
This article is meant to target undecided voters. Zakaria is geared towards steering voters away from Sarah Palin and ultimately towards Obama. Unfortunately this argument has no effect on the Republican base; it is quite apparent that people who support John McCain and Sarah Palin do so no matter what they say or do.
It is incredible to me that John McCain has the balls to look the American People in the eye and say he is a man of the people and Barack Obama is an elitist. This is a man who has 150 million dollars, owns 7 houses and 13 cars and has lived a privileged life. Obama needs to put a monocle and a top hat on this guy and expose him as the "Monopoly Guy" he really is. (Tip of the Hat to Bill Maher)