from HuffPost:
Chris Kelly
Governor Sarah Palin Has What It Takes To Be The Next Dick CheneyPosted May 27, 2008 | 12:24 PM (EST)
With Sen. McCain's imminent announcement of Sarah Palin as his vice-presidential running mate, the Huffington Post is re-featuring Chris Kelly's May 2008 piece on the Alaska Governor
Sarah Palin keeps showing up on short lists of John McCain vice presidents. She doesn't have a weird thing growing on the side of her head, so she brings that to the ticket as balance. She also has a few other obvious things going for her:
She's the Governor of Alaska. (A state that's 22 years younger than John McCain. Shows he can adjust to new things.)
She's a lady.(Take that, Hillary. Or Obama, for slighting Hillary.)
She's what they call Nice Looking for a Politician.(Don't look at me like that. I didn't say it. For one thing, Nice Looking for a Politician is what they say about anyone prettier than Haley Barbour. For another, I think Sarah Palin looks like an anchorwoman on a newscast no one wants to watch. And even if she didn't, I'm not shallow like that. I vote for the candidate with the most flag pins.)
Over the weekend, the Anchorage Daily News discovered a whole new reason Governor Palin is the perfect person to be the next Dick Cheney:
She can look you in eye and tell you black is white.
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The complete piece is at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-kelly/governor-palin-has-what-i_b_103702.html