2. McCain Chooses Palin β Continuing on the same topic, the world was shocked when Republican candidate John McCain went with an extremely left-field choice for his Vice President β Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Presumably picked to counter Obama's youth appeal, Palin did give the Repubs a bump in the polls β until she opened her mouth. Turns out, she wasn't qualified to be VP of a feed store, let alone the most powerful country on Earth, and by the end of the campaign even McCain's own staffers were disgusted by her. |