On the hottie mom and the pregnant daughter...

It makes me ashamed that politics in our country are being handled like a beer commercial on the one hand and like a tabloid on the other.

McCain's camp needed something to lure average voters to their side because John McCain comes across as an old curmudgeon segregated from the real world by money and politics. So what did they do? They went out and recruited an attractive woman who is a mother, an outdoors woman, and unheard of politically. Need to distract the American voting public because the other side is gaining too much celebrity status? Bring in a beautiful woman. It sells beer to the public, why wouldn't it sell a candidate? Is she qualified to lead a country? Hardly. Does that matter? Hardly.

Obama's camp took the natural course and began investigating this beautiful unqualified woman. What did they come up with? Ok, the solid part they came up with is that she is currently under investigation for ethics violations. She plays the same dirty games she preaches against. Big surprise. They came up with several viable attacks on Palin as a VP. What is sick, though, is the pregnant daughter angle. She has a 17 year old pregnant daughter. And this is relevant because...? The Democrats are making an effort to play the game like Republicans because the Republicans always get away with and win big with their dirty tricks. This is just too much. Sarah Palin is wholly unqualified to lead a country but the fact that her daughter is pregnant has nothing to do with that. Whose do you know that has a say over what their 17 year old does, anyway?

So in the end, remember that it is McCain's camp and not McCain, himself, who chose Palin as a running mate. Likewise, it is Obama's camp, and not Obama, himself, who made issue of Palin's daughter. Don't let the shenanigans of a misguided political campaign lead you to believe that it is the candidates calling the shots. I think you might be surprised how rarely that is the case.