Ma'am;... Sarah Palin is history... The world already has a Pat Robertson in panties, and it does not need another one in drag. As a target; she is like a fly to a fly swatter, and that is why you seldom see flies hanging out in two's... And no one with brains is going to get palin-ed for no gain... She cannot manage more than forty percent nationally, and where she could get more she would be unnecessary because there the voters would elect a mad dog under the republican banner... Leave her to fade into obscurity where in anonymity she can finish her first book...If you worry about anything, think about the possibility of her beating you out of a job... If you think of her as the competition, maybe her hate won't taste so sweet... Thanks...Sweeney

Ms.Charen,
I am a woman and though I try to give Gov.Palin the benefit of the doubt, it is possible to believe that her knowledge of Geography is abysmal like not knowing if Africa is a continent or a country. There are the disastrous Katie Couric interviews which even though I make excuses like she was not prepared properly, she was thrust into the limelight too early, she had bad advice, she was nervous because she was interviewed by this New York journalist it does not convince me otherwise. It comes down to two things, the McCain campaign and Gov.Palin. The McCain campaign for picking her mostly because they picked someone who was supposedly so unqualified to replace a 72 year old stellar politician with a history of cancer that the minute they lost, it was all Gov.Palin, only Gov.Palin and not their fault. I, for the record assign the blame to them for failure to prepare Gov.Palin and thrusting her into the national spotlight. But Gov.Palin for all her ambition does not seem to want to put in the work necessary to get to places. She seems to want to do it because she is a woman. She is a good looking woman, but I wish her behavior was more professional. The whole winking thing offended me personally. If I want to be considered a serious candidate for a professional job, I would be laughed at if I exhibited the almost flirting behavior Gov.Palin exhibited during the debates which was essentially a job interview for the job of VP. I would vote for her in a heartbeat if she exhibits some of the same intellect like a Hillary Clinton, Meg Whitman, Carly Fiorina, Condeleeza Rice who I am sure worked extremely hard to get where they are. Even like a Katie Couric and a Diane Sawyer who are both attractive women but did the work to get where they are. Gov.Palin's appeal is only to the extreme religious right and I find it interesting to find that she is a member of a group called 'Feminists for life' after the election. Why did this information not come before ? Sounds like she is trying to broaden her appeal to a larger base. Who knows what will happen in 4 years, but until she drastically alters her image, her tag line to the voters would be, 'you lost us at hallo' instead of 'you convinced us to take a second look and we like what we see'.

Why would we want anyone in the White House who needs to take 4 years to "bone up" on the issues. I prefer someone who has been informed all along. As for her firm values, I don't consider having her daughter and her daughter's boyfriend drop out of high school to begin a family prematurely a decision based on firm values. In my opinion, she should be championing an education, no matter what, as the best value choice one can make in todays society.