The Veep Competition - Sarah Palin
PROS
CONS
Her keen eyesight and
proximity to Russia will make
her the leading Russian policy
expert in a McCain
administration
She'll have to move to
Washington, D.C. to be
Vice-President, which means
her foreign policy expertise
will have to shift to whatever
foreign nation she can see
from D.C. (Bermuda maybe?)
She believes she has the
foreign policy expertise to
bring France and Italy
together, as she once brought
french fries and spaghetti
together during a dinner at the
Wasilla Cheescake Factory
Her unwillingness to combine
borscht and sesame chicken
in the same meal does not
bode well for trilateral
discussions with Russia and
China
Her skills and expertise at
hunting moose from a
helicopter will come in handy
as we deploy helicopters to
Pakistan to try to hunt down
Osama Bin Laden
Her skills at not shooting old
guys in the face while hunting
(a la Dick Cheney) will cause
foreign leaders and enemies
to not fear her like they did
Dick Cheney
Her folksy charm and
"down-hominess" could win
over recalcitrant dictators,
terrorist and evil-doers who
would otherwise continue to
try to destroy our American
way of life
Her inability to answer any
kind of remotely probing
question in English (let alone
a foreign language) will make
it impossible for her
translators to communicate
with any non-Americans (and
most Americans)