Sensible Criticism of Sarah Palin

Ever since several left-wing gay blogs linked some of our posts on Sarah Palin, our spam filter has been inundated with nasty comments, some repeating the tired tropes about how self-hating we must be, others making wild, inaccurate and mean-spirited allegations about the next Vice President of the United States. That said, some bloggers and pundits have offered some thoughtful criticism of the Alaska Governor and questioned her qualifications for the second highest office in the land.  In the interest of having a civil discussion on the benefits of John McCain’s choice, I thought I would share some with you. Of the conservative web-sites I check regularly, the folks at Powerline  have expressed the greatest amount of criticism of Sarah Palin.   John Hiinderaker fears “ she may be the Geraldine Ferraro of 2008. ”  Given her lack of “ foreign policy and national security background “  Paul Mirengoff is similarly disappointed. My friend Dale C...