A bit of news about the Beauty Queen who would be a heartbeat away from the Presidency.

She calls her husband ( who works for British Petroleum) "Alaska's First Dude." She has served as Governor for 18 Months and prior to that she was a mayor of a town of 8500 people.

She is pro-life. She is anti corruption (but involved in ways that are not yet clear in an abuse of power allegation involving a family member and involved in the bribery scandal surrounding one of their senators).

She plays with guns, rides a motor cycle and eats mooseburgers. She is a mother of 5 and her eldest will soon be going to serve his country in Iraq. She is a creationist. She supported Pat Buchanan in 1992.

She is pandering to Hillary Clinton Supporters:

" Hillary Clinton is not who I would want to see in the White House but given the choices Obama had, and the fantastic Campaign she ran, Hillary Clinton was clearly the better choice." ( As an aside- shifting the focus from qualifications to what kind of campaign a candidate ran is a great move for someone who has been Governor of one of the least populated states in the union for fewer than two years.) So the question: Do she and McCain and all Repugnicans truly think so little of women that they think women will vote against their own interest simply to get a woman into a position? Aren't these the guys who oppose affirmative action and quotas? This smacks of pure tokenism.

This pick for a VP candidate embodies the height of political cynicism. Attract women by choosing a woman. Attract blue collar people by choosing a candidate who apparently acts the way Repugs think blue collar people act.

While participating in the Miss Alaska competition she wasvoted Miss Cogeniality. Yeah- she is nice. And the one thing I have heard from every person who is speaking on behalf of Repugnicans She is a woman and she is 'an attractive fit' for John McCain.

The two women who are currently the most important women in John McCain's life - his second wife (who he was involved with before he dumped his first- the one who stuck with him during his whole POW experience) and his VP pick were both contestants to represent their states in beauty pageants.

Yeah, These guys value women. Bring on the swimsuit competition!!