What's Palin's Governorship actually worth?

Sarah Palin was the governor of Alaska; a point which the Republicans like to throw out as somehow indicative of her fitness to serve as the second most powerful person on the planet. But let's put that into perspective. Palin essentaly held sway over an entire state with less people than a lot of US cities. Lets name them.

Are you ready?! Let's play "Alaska has a smaller population than!"

Alaska's population of some 670,000 is LESS whan which of the folowing US Cities?

1. Charlotte, NC? YES -- (695,995)

2. Austin, TX? YES -- (743,074)

3. Columbus, OH? YES -- (747,755)

4. San Jose, CA? YES -- (939,899)

5. Dallas (1,240,499), Phoenix (1,552,259), Indianapolis (795,458), Philadelphia (1,449,634), Chicago (2,836,658), Memphis (674,028), Jacksonville (805,605), San Francisco (764,976), Detroit (916,952), San Antonio (1,328,984), Houston (2,208,180), Chicago (2,836,658) and Ft. Worth (681,818).

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES, YES and...YES!



Ok, let's move to Round 2 of America's favorite new game show, "Alaska has a smaller population than!"

In this round, let's try something smaller than US cities. Let's try PIECES of cities!

1. Brooklyn, NY, NY? YES -- (2,465,326)

2. Manhattan, NY, NY? YES -- (1,620,867)

3. Illinois 1st congressional district? NO! This district, one of the 40 smallest in the US geographically, only has 653,647 people, which is NEARLY the population of Alaska, but not quite.




I'm not saying that Alaska doesn't count, that experience at its helm shouldn't mean *something,* but when Sarah Palin gets smarmy and condescending to Senator Obama about his political experience, she might do well to remember that by title, she's been the Governor of Alaska, but by sheer amount of responsibility, she's only been its Mayor.

That McCain probably would have got anyway.