McCain sticks to his guns on exper... oh wait

McCain sticks to his guns on exper... oh wait

My apologies to Hillary Clinton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton) for giving her crap about trying to run on experience only to go on to face a more experienced opponent. Had I known John McCain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McCain) would throw out that advantage by picking a running mate who is younger and less experienced than Barack Obama (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama), I would not have dismissed the long-term wisdom of that strategy.

Apparently McCain thinks experience is critical for being President, but not so important for the second-in-line, as evidenced by his choice of Sarah Palin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin) as his running mate. Now, I don't know anything about Palin, but it seems to me if you criticize your 47 year old, 4th year senator opponent for not being ready that you wouldn't pick a 44 year old, 2nd year governor as your #2. You'd think the guy aiming to be the oldest person elected President would pick a back-up who doesn't fit his own description of "not ready".

If that wasn't ironic enough, not only is there no history made by picking a female running mate, but the last guy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Mondale) who did it suffered an overwhelming loss to his "celebrity" opponent (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Reagan). I commend McCain for not letting that precedent stop him, but when Republicans try to evoke the memory of Reagan, I think they're supposed to try to make themselves remind folks of Reagan, not their opponents.
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