Let the fighting commence...

The scraping and clawing in the now defunct McCain-Palin campaign has already begun. McCain has not come out and said anything, but his aides and advisers have started to deflect the blame to the Palin side of the ticket. And it's not too hard to believe.

Palin did not do the homework and preparation to fully step into the role she accepted. We can only speculate why. But it is obvious that she believes that she has, and is worthy of, a national political future beyond this election. I don't think she is worthy, because she took the best opportunity she had to really make a splash and she squandered it. I know she squandered it with me. I was seriously considering a vote for McCain because of his experience, but his choice of her and how she handles herself after accepting the position of his running mate made me run too- AWAY.

If she is serious in her political aspirations, then she needs to use the next 3 years to seriously bone up, venture outside of Alaska and the US, do a stellar and unimpeachable job as the Governor of Alaska, and develop some expertise on areas that do not directly affect her daily life in Alaska. She also needs to do some soul searching and learn some tolerance and appreciation for viewpoints other than her own and the differences in the people of this nation.

The US is not Alaska, and Alaska is not representative of the US. To lead the American people as a nation, Sarah Palin needs to stop thinking like an iconoclast whose opinions are the only ones who are right and start thinking as an individual with a unique viewpoint to contribute for the benefit of the whole. When you become a national leader, your viewpoints are no longer your own to act upon, your actions affect the welfare of the whole. You must be open to what is in the benefit of the whole and act accordingly, even if it is not what you personally believe in.

Until Mrs. Palin can do that, she has no business being a leader on the national stage. She needs to stay up in Alaska with people who are just like her and who think just like her. Those are the people she would best represent and lead. Maybe one day she will be ready, but with her flippancy and smug self-satisfaction, I'm not sure she'll ever really get it. The mountain of the American people will never come to the Mohammed that is Sarah Palin.