Sarah Palin Related E-mail from a Friend
G and I both live in Prague, me for 15 years and he for three times that, both married to Czech women. We watch our native America from the elevated limb of geographic distance and Internet immediacy, energized but perhaps a little seasick from the constant bend of left-right winds. I came home from a weekend in the country to his e-mail:
John McCaine’s choice of a vice presidential running mate was politically crass and totally at odds with his professed belief that a candidate should be experienced and capable of governing. By choosing a woman/evangelist Christian, his choice was strictly a cheap, opportunist design to win votes, with no serious consideration that the candidate was in any way qualified to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. This act clearly shows that McCain himself lacks the serious judgment necessary to rescue our country from the morass the present opportunist president has plunged us. G
To which I replied this morning, after having seen the news last night at…