First of all, unlike our current Vice President, Sarah Palin, the future Vice President of The United States is a MUCH better aim.  Secondly, from what I’ve seen on the Internet, the Governor is also adept at using a laser-sighted rifle.

Food for thought. 

(And of course I’m joking!)

For those who have enthusiastically supported the selection of Governor Sarah Palin to be McCain’s VP, it was rather a tough day.  Today Governor Palin announced that one of her daughters, 17-year-old Bristol, is about five months pregnant.

According to the Palin family, Bristol is engaged to her boyfriend and the baby’s father, and they have asked for the same kind of privacy often afforded by the media to family members of political figures.  To his credit, Obama stated publicly today that he agrees with this and thinks that family members are off-limits.

The problem, however, is not anyone on the Obama Campaign or in the mainstream press.  The problem comes from some of the most radical of the left-wing bloggers who love to start salacious rumors about any conversative for whom they feel threatened.

So, shortly after Governor Palin appeared with Senator McCain last week, the lefty blogs were already engaged in hurtful debates over whether Governor Palen’s young baby, Trig, was really hers.   These losers speculated that the baby was actually Bristol’s, and her mother claimed that she had the baby to cover up this embarrasing secret.

Well, the good news is that the whole world knows for a fact that Trig is indeed Governor Palin’s child.  The bad news is that we know this to be true because Bristol is five months pregnant with her own child.

There is already a new line of attack on Governor Palin.  This personal attack centers on whether Palin is a proper mother to her children.  You see, Governor Palin was travelling when her water broke and labor began with Trig.  But she didn’t panic, rather, she called her doctor, finished her business, then got on a plane and returned to Alaska to have her baby.

Of course, if Governor Palin were a Democrat and radical right bloggers were questioning her judgement as a mother, the mainstream media would pick up the story immediately.  Not so if you’re a Republican.

Why attack someone like Governor Palin, who is so obviously a great leader and Governor?  To discredit her as quickly as possible of course.

If you haven’t noticed, one thing that liberals began to do from day one of McCain’s announcement is to run Obama against Palin.  You see, Obama vs. McCain is a big problem for their campaign.  Obama vs. Palin, however, is much more of an even match.

And by trashing someone like Palin, who immediately energized Republicans across the country, they are trying to blunt the positives she brings to the McCain Campaign.  At worst, if the McCain-Palin ticket wins in November, those on the left hope to so hurt her image, that running for President in the future would be nigh impossible.

This is all very sad, and quite transparent.  The problem for these lefties is that this whole revelation about Palin’s daughter may well insulate the Governor against even worse attacks.  To have this kind of thing happen now is very likely a blessing in disguise.

In the past, when Senator McCain was accused of being ‘Senator McNasty’ for his hard-nosed style of negotiation in Washington, he has said, “I’m not running for Miss Congeniality here.”  Ironically, Governor Sarah Palin did once run for, and won the Miss Congeniality title in 1984.  You can see her picture here from that time period.

That said, if Obama and Biden are hoping that Governor Palin is again running for the title of Miss Congeniality, they are sadly mistaken.  Biden will find that out when he takes her on in the debates.  My money is on Governor Palin and I think this quote from the WSJ spells out exactly why she’s going to surprise him, and everyone else:

For starters, we’d say Governor Palin’s credentials as an agent of reform exceed Barack Obama’s. Mr. Obama rose through the Chicago Democratic machine without a peep of push-back. Alaska’s politics are deeply inbred and backed by energy-industry money. Mr. Obama slid past the kind of forces that Mrs. Palin took head on. This is one reason her selection — despite its campaign risks — seems to have been so well received by Republicans yesterday. They are looking for a new generation of leaders.

Finally, let me make one more point for those who are already insulting all women by trying to paint Governor Palin as a “token” candidate.  If McCain wanted a “token” candidate, he could have gone for another woman with a much higher profile, like Secretary of State Condi Rice, whom I had once hoped would be McCain’s nominee.  He could also have chosen the well-respected and known Kay Bailey Hutchinson or Libby Dole, both admired by conservatives like myself.

Instead, McCain went for an outsider, someone who, while Obama supporters claim she has “zero” experience, has two more years of executive experience than McCain, Biden, and Obama combined.   She’s a “hockey mom” with a husband who is a union worker, has pushed back on oil interests in her state, making them pay for improvements to the gas and oil infrastructure, and whom enjoys popularity ratings of over 80% with her constituents.

She’s not a token, she’s a leader!  You can see why the Obama camp is looking nervous, even fearful, over such an innovative pick for Vice President. I would say that picking such a great candidate underscores the fact that McCain is committed to change in Washington.  Obama’s choice of Biden for a running mate underscores his commitment to the old-boy network in Washington.

The Obama Campaign should be afraid… Very afraid!

On my way to work this morning (I ride a bus between Annapolis and DC every morning), Julie IM’d me with this cute little story regarding my youngest daughter, Marleigh, who is 5-years-old:

Marleigh is funny….she asked me how much Mikaela’s baby bed was….so i verified that she was asking about the crib. I told her $300-$400 and she put her hand up to her mouth (like, “oh, no”) and I asked her what was wrong….she said, “I was just wondering what if I changed my mind and wanted to have babies” I told her not to worry that we would buy her a crib—she was happy with that.

You see, she has been insistent that she was never going to get married and we have been always replied with an answer like, “that will be your choice honey.”  What made her suddenly think about marriage, babies, and cribs, I have NO idea.

Personally, my plan once the girls get to be dating age — which I’m thinking will be age 24 or 25 –  is to buy a shotgun and put it in a glass case with a little sign that says “Break In Case of Boyfriend.”  There’s no doubt in my mind that I’m going to be “Jack Byrnes” crazy.  Byrnes is the father played by Robert De Niro in “Meet The Parents.”  You know, the one who gives Focker (Ben Stiller) the lie detector test and has his friends at the CIA run a background check?

That will be me.  You know, background checks are not that expensive these days.