It started innocently. A McCain sign and an Obama sign. Two neighbors exercising their right of free speech. About as wholesome and American as you can get. All it took was one of them to add a second sign. I don't know who pulled that trigger first, but after that there was no turning back. [...]
So John McCain has picked Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his running mate. The first question most people asked (after "Who is Sarah Palin?") is why did her pick her. It was actually a fairly shrewd choice for a variety of reasons, most of which have nothing to do with November 2008. Let's take [...]