lol, nice try there puffy, but the "one of us" comment i made was just to illustrate the "one of us" way of operating in American (and well, here in Canada too) politics, as in, if you're on our side (republican OR democrat) you can do no wrong. i made the mistake of not putting it in quotes like i should have. i don't align myself to either side. my views lean more towards the democrat side, but i certainly don't consider myself to be of their numbers. i choose to be an unbiased (yeah, i know you'll laugh at that) bystander, in that i detest both parties but detest democrats just slightly less.
hey, i never said Obama's inexperience shouldn't be an issue, it should be an issue as it is valid, but if it is, then it should be an issue with Palin as well. i still stand by my view that being the mayor of a small town and half a term as Governor in the least populated state in the union doesn't qualify as enough experience to be VP of a country of 300 million people. i don't expect that McCain, should he be elected, would die in office, but for anyone at his age, regardless of his current state of health, it is a real possibility.
you can make the argument (i certainly wouldn't disagree with you) that Obama's choice of Biden as VP was pandering as well, but at least it's helpful pandering. it makes sense that if lack of foreign policy is an issue, you should choose someone who can fill that void. McCain's choice of Palin benefits him how? well it can help to steal votes away from Democrats who wanted to vote for Hillary, but i don't see how choosing a Governor with very little experience as VP is going to help McCain at all should he get in.