What's the deal with Palin?

Test case number 1. Sarah Palin is a self-described "hockey mom" who has been governor of the 4th least populated state, Alaska, for 1.5 years. Before that, she was the mayor of a town with less than 10,000 people. She has no foreign policy experience whatsoever, and is against abortion even in the case of rape or incest. She thinks that creationism should be taught in schools and that global warming is not caused by humans. She was merely picked so that John McCain would win over more womens' votes by running with a woman. In truth, many women are offended that he thought he could win over their votes by simply choosing a woman (whom, by the way, he had only met once before). Many Alaskans also think she is gloriously underqualified to be the next VP (and possibly P, if melanoma has a say). Not to mention she has been involved in 2 scandals: Troopergate where she fired a state official who failed to fire a state trooper who was locked in a custody battle with her sister, and one that may come to be named Travelgate. Apparently Palin charged the state of Alaska with the bills of her kids' airplane flights and hotel rooms, totaling more than $20,000 overall. But does any of this matter? It seems to me that there are 2 kinds of people: those strongly opposed to Palin, and those strongly in favor of her. As these ugly truths and new scandals surface, it is likely that they would not sway people on either side, but rather only people in the middle. How many of those I am not sure, but it is probably not many. And I know that most of this is old news, but I can't stress enough how underqualified, misinformed, underhanded, and "post-turtle-y" she is! How she got here we may never know, but we do know that if America chooses right in November, she will be headed straight back to the Seward's Oil-Rich Folly!