It's a cliche that the Vice President is "one heartbeat away" from the most powerful job in the world.
But in John McCain's case, it's more than a cliche: both his father (70) and grandfather (61) died suddenly of heart attacks.
So who did McCain choose to be "one heartbeat away"?
The 44-year-old first-term governor of the second smallest state who is embroiled in a corruption scandal and has no experience in Washington, in military affairs, or in foreign policy. What on earth was McCain thinking?
- She's not a Mormon. Sorry Mitt, but the GOP's Southern Baptist and evangelical base just wasn't that into you.
- She's not a white male. Sorry Tim, but this just isn't the year of the Average White Man.
- She's not old. Sorry Kay Bailey, but you're no longer hot.
Sarah Palin once competed for Miss Alaska, so she's definitely hot. But she has no qualifications to be one heartbeat away from the Presidency while the U.S. is fighting two wars and on the brink of two more.
Did McCain choose a Vice President of the United States - or his third wife?
No wonder Cindy keeps all the money and houses in her name. She's a lot smarter than the rest of the Republicans, who made the mistake of their lives in "marrying" John McCain. She knows that a man who ditched his first wife for a pretty young woman would do the same thing again - in a heartbeat.
Hopefully the American people will have the good sense not to make the same mistake as the Republicans.