Dear Sarah Palin

Dear Sarah,

I have to say I've been a little obsessed with you over the past week. I guess it's kind of like when you meet someone at a party and you want to get to know them, so you ask them all sorts of questions to get a basic idea. I've got to say, I now know a lot about you. What I've decided is that while you are certainly a lovely person, I'm not really sure what makes you qualified to be VP. Actually, and don't hate me for saying this, I'm not even sure you were qualified to be the governor of Alaska. Somehow, though, you got elected (I suppose it's not difficult to get 115,000 people to vote for you...I could probably do that).

Here's my deal...you have a couple options. You can either take the role of the far-right conservative Christian to ensure McCain's base. Or you can play yourself as a moderate to earn displaced Hillary voters' hearts. In either case, you're failing. Hillary supporters refuse to vote for someone who tries to play the gender card. They want someone capable of making policies that somewhat align with their political beliefs and you, my friend, are not that person. As for McCain's base, good luck. Most of those people will vote for McCain whether he had chosen you or Pawlenty or the pope. But for any conservative who is on the fence, they'll need assurance that you're capable of being president should something happen to John. My guess is that your experience as PTA president is like being president, except there were no real responsibilities. You can also tout your executive experience...as long as your indiscretions don't get in the way.

About your speech the other night...it did teach Americans a couple things. First, you're capable of reading off a teleprompter. Congratulations...I guess that makes you more qualified than Cindy McCain. Second, it teaches us that you're snarky and unfriendly. Candidate image means a lot, dear. You've not helped that image in a positive way.

Best of luck to you...I liked you a lot more when I didn't know you.

Regards,
Sean