Palin oils up her guns

In her recent address to the Tea Party, a group of right-wing mad-hatters, Sarah Palin, the flash in the pan-handle of Alaska, said something the press seems to be ignoring but is the most important thing to remember as time moves forward to 2012 - and it is equally important to Canadians as it is to Americans.

Palin offered some political advice to President Obama. She told him that in the midst of this economic crisis and  budget deficit; while engaged in two wars; and with looming deadlock in Congress and the Senate - if Obama wants to raise his popularity he should declare war on Iran.

If that doesn't qualify for the bone-head comment of the decade, I would hate to know what will.

Bonehead move

In an election campaign you can do three things.  Good things, bad things and bonehead things.  John McCain just did a bonehead thing.

The Republican have been hammering Obama on his supposed lack of international experience.  They were making their point.  Then they shot themselves in both feet.

They selected Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, as the VP running mate for McCain.  They have selected a person with absolutely no experience to be within a heartbeat of the presidency.  And with McCain's age and medical history, that is a serious concern.  .

Why select her? 

She is a darling of the religious right as an anti-abortion zealot and an attractive young (44 years) women.  The Republicans need to appeal to women and an old-white guy just can't do it.  She's a mom with five kids including one with Down's Syndrome and one about to deploy to Iraq.  She loves hunting and fishing,  She has spent two years as Alaska's Governor during a time that oil and gas royalties hit the roof and she thinks of  herself a fiscal magician.  She has a lifetime member of the National Rifle Association and wants to drill for oil in the Alaska Wildlife sanctuary, all the while saying she has fought big oil and wants to see the US go in a new direction.

Where do I sign up?