John McCain picking Sarah Palin was a bad move!

As we all are well aware of, John McCain announced about a week or two ago that Sarah Palin, former governor of Alaska, would be his VP nominee. At first I thought this move was genius on his part: Hillary is out, so why not pick a WOMAN as your VP?! Then you'll get all the Clinton supporters. However, the more I find out and research, the more I realize that this was one of the dumbest moves he could make! Especially in terms of PR. P1. Let's start with experience. Palin served from 1992-1996 on the Wasilla, Alaska city council, then mayor of Wasilla in 1996. Now, Wasilla has a population of approximately 7,025...VERY small town to say the least. Now I know, I know! "well obama doesn't have experience! so why is it so bad for her?!" is what you might be thinking, but here's an eye-opener...Obama served in the US Senate for 4 years, that means that he has INTERNATIONAL experience too, and deals with government on a NATIONAL level, not the 7,000+ people and the lack of, or rather, NO INTERNATIONAL experience, that Palin has. And isn't our problem right now international relations? With Iraq and other countries?! She's never had to deal with ambassadors and treaties and diplomacy. Now, considering she is VP, she doesn't do much. But let's face it, McCain is 72 years old! The chances of him dying are high, so it's very possible that she COULD become President. And no international experience is a problem. She's going from leading a less than 8,000 population town to the 3rd largest nation in the world! P2. As we all know, gas is sky-rocketing. The average cost for a gallon of gas is $3.68 (unleaded). Now, Palin strongly promoted oil and natural gas resource development in Alaska, including in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), where such development has been the subject of a national debate. So instead of finding sources of natural energy to try and REDUCE gas costs, she ENCOURAGES it?! Excuse me, but I'd love to go to the pump and NOT have it cost me $50. Wouldn't you?! P3. It recently came out to Fox News that McCain only picked Palin because she is a younger woman, in an attempt to attract both the youth and former Hillary supporters. I'm sorry, but explain to me this: Yes, some Hillary supporters were feminists who voted for her SOLELY BECAUSE she was a woman. But the majority of us were voting for her because of her policies. So explain to me how McCain thinks that the women WHO WERE voting for a democratic, liberal, pro-choice woman are now going to suddenly vote for a REPUBLICAN, *VERY* CONSERVATIVE, PRO-LIFE woman?! Also, the youth (those between the ages of 18-26) want CHANGE. We are tired of Bush and we don't want 4 more years of the last 8 years! It's an insult to our intelligence to think that just because you picked a woman closer to our age, that we are going to vote for him REGARDLESS of his policies. We're not stupid John! P4. Her PR is becoming increasingly horrible. She has a 17-year-old daughter who is pregnant out of wedlock, a child with downs, and their is an investigation going on right now suggesting that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power in firing Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan who did not fire an Alaska State Trooper who went through a messy divorce with her sister. Now granted, the pregnant daughter and downs child do NOT make her look bad, but this is why it is bad PR. She's got a pregnant teenage daughter and a downs baby. Any parent of a downs child you ask will tell you that it is a full-time job. Being President is a FULL-TIME job, not to mention one of the most STRESSFUL jobs in the country. So how is she going to do both, one will have to suffer, and it's not going to be the country. In order to win this debate, my opponent needs to prove that Sarah Palin IS the absolute BEST choice as McCain's running mate in all areas. And that picking her was a good move because she is the MOST QUALIFIED AND READY to lead this nation if need be.