McCain announces Gov. Sarah Palin as his VP pick and Obama shows that when the rubber hits the road he’s still a chauvinist!

In case you missed it Senator John McCain announced his pick for a running mate, and for many it was quite a surprise – the governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.  For many, including myself, the announcement was a surprise.  My daughters and I watched and listened as Governor Palin spoke to a standing room only crowd in the Nutter Center in Dayton, OH.  Her demeanor, presence and words were exciting and gives this voter hope and interest in this year’s election.

It was also during her speech that the Obama campaign chose to release an official announcement about McCain’s VP pick.  Considering Obama proclaims that he is the candidate of change, that he’s a different kind of politician, etc., etc., etc.  His campaign chose to issue a press release that denigrated not only her as a person, and gave a back-handed slap to anyone who comes from or lives in a “small” town.  His announcement could have begun by recognizing the she is the Governor, but instead chose to begin with this official statement:

“Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Governor Palin shares John McCain’s commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush’s failed economic policies — that’s not the change we need, it’s just more of the same,” said spokesman Bill Burton.

This statement is not that a of surrogate and thus providing Obama the opportunity as he has done so many times in the past to pretend that such a comment is not endorsed by him, this statement is from his spokesperson so we can only conclude that it is representative of his true feelings for middle-Americans and I would go so far as to say for women also – and that not only is he an elitist (because only an elitist would look down his nose at a former mayor of a town of 9,000) but he’s also a chauvinist.

If Obama was indeed the candidate of change that he professes to be he should have congratulated Governor Palin on being not only chosen as McCain’s running mate but also her historic role as being the first women to be selected as the running mate on a Republican ticket.  But, as happens so frequently with someone who is acting a role versus living a role we can catch snatches of his true self.  From his comments about “angry people clinging to their bibles and guns”, that if he were President he would require people staying in the Lincoln Bedroom to read and not watch TV, these are all comments of elitism.

Am I excited about this choice, yes!  Is she perhaps a little light on so-called “national” experience possibly but no less than Obama, and as the governor of Alaska and a former mayor she has quite a bit more experience serving in a executive and a leader of disparate groups. And she has shown extreme capabilities to adapt and she appears to be a quick learner. She cleared and cleaned “the house” in Alaska and hopefully will do the same if McCain/Palin are elected.  Whereas Obama has little experience outside as that of a State Legislator since his time in Congress has been spent more on his bid for the nomination of his party instead of serving the interest of the constituents of his state.  I think that McCain made a very unexpected choice, but one that does jive with his often maverick reputation.  Today our 2008 election is to not only going to interesting, but historic.