Palin is either Dan Quayle 2.0 or a performing seal (Salt Lake Weekly)

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Private Eye
Sarah the Terrible: Palin is either Dan Quayle 2.0 or a performing seal
By John Saltas
Posted 10/02/2008

... I’d never heard of Sarah Palin until last month. I’ve also never heard of Alan Mashburn, Hunt Willoughby or Brad Ramsay, either. By my take, each of those men are as qualified as Sarah Palin to be United States president, too, but for some odd reason, John McCain looked right past them and their small-town mayoral bona fides. Mashburn is the mayor of Vernal. Willoughby runs the city of Alpine just over the hill. Ramsay is the leader of one my favorite Utah towns, Richfield. Their three cities are nearly equal in population to Sarah Palin’s Wasilla, Alaska. Park City’s Dana Williams runs a city of similar size, too, but, thanks to his farming skills, care for the environment and his performing in a band, I’ve heard of Williams. That shouldn’t have disqualified him ...

It’s well known that Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. is a McCain supporter and has been for a very long time. He even bucked conventional wisdom and other pressures by not jumping on the Mitt Romney bandwagon. I’ve agreed with Huntsman on many things and genuinely like the guy. He let a crappy liquor bill get by, but that’s Kahlua under the bridge. If McCain wanted a strong and popular governor, why didn’t he pick Huntsman over Alaska’s governor? Especially since the Rocky Mountain states are going to be critical in November’s election. Two reasons: Left and right ovaries, which he lacks.

Sarah Palin claims that since Alaska is bordered by two foreign countries, she has foreign-policy experience. Using Palin logic, Huntsman could have delivered better political leverage for McCain: Utah borders Nevada, therefore Huntsman’s an expert on gaming and loose women. Our Wyoming border yields him knowledge of rodeo and oil, and Idaho lends him Farmer Steve potato-farming know-how. Colorado and Arizona deliver him the goods on water producers and users. Living in Utah has rounded out our guv. And that doesn’t even count his time as an authentic foreign ambassador. Palin thinks that foreign country was New Mexico — which also abuts Utah — but it was actually Singapore.

Huntsman would have been a brilliant choice compared to Palin. So would Kukla, Fran and Ollie, but why disparage those who cannot speak? Oh, yeah, that would be Sarah Palin, too. Be nice if you want. But if I want to watch a performing seal, I’ll buy a ticket to SeaWorld.

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1. well John has Cindy

so no need for advice on loose women...

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2. You know something...

You know what, I'm starting to get this odd feeling that McCain picked her because she was a woman. Like after the whole Hillary thing. Where dems where almost split. Some went to McCain because he has Palin now. At first, I didn't want to believe it was just because she was a women... But I am starting to think it is. Even Ms. Rice would have been more qualified than Palin.