"So be it"

I don't usually get exercised about political things, but now I am. So here goes.

This morning I was listening to NPR and there was a story about Palin and one of her supporters who (what glee!) got to ask her a question yesterday in Michigan.

The question went something like this...
"People have accused you of not having enough foreign policy experience, what skills do you bring that rebut that claim?"

Palin's long winded answer can be summed up as (a paraphrase)
"I am a Washington Outsider, so they feel they can criticize me. But I am prepared, I'll be ready. If you want specifics, you can ask me and even play stump the candidate if you want."

NPR then went back to the lady who asked her the question, Kimberly, and looked for a response to the candidate's response.
"She knows that she is lacking in that area, so be it." Kimberly said.

"So be it" !!!!!

Wow.

I am floored by the complete lack of consistency. It's ok to be inexperienced because she's breaking new ground here, she's a woman, a mother and how awesome would it be to break that glass ceiling! So what if she has no applicable experience? She's pretty and she's good at saying folksy things which make people feel secure.

Watching the financial markets this week and the train wreck that may become our economy, I wonder how people can't make the connection that we already hired someone who looked like a good-ole-buddy. He is also an educational underachiever who made good. And look where we are now?

I am so giving money to Obama today.

Here's the story if you want to listen to it for yourself.