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If that possibility can be embraced and entertained as true, it might explain the enormous enthusiasm that Governor Palin is now eliciting. No rational person could judge her as ready now to step into the Oval Office, which Senator McCain announced was his first priority in choosing a vice president. Her attempts to turn 16 months as governor of the smallest state population-wise in the nation into "vast executive experience" and to make the fact that she can see Russia from Alaska into a foreign policy credential are laughably inept, revealing primarily how hard the spin doctors have to work to make her credible. The McCain campaign's attempt to shield her from the press expresses their very real fear that she does not have an adequate comprehension of the great issues and her ineptitude in dealing with them might become apparent. Her trip to the United Nations for a photo op with Henry Kissinger and Prime Minister Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan to enhance her foreign policy credentials was little more than inept public relations. The Governor appears to be a very bright person and, given time and exposure, might well become qualified for the Oval Office, but she is not there now. Yet despite these serious weaknesses and the field day the late night comedians have with her gaffes, her candidacy remains electric and her popularity steady. This suggests that her appeal just might be a subliminal or subconscious one.

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