It seems that McCain fooled everybody when he picked Alaska governor Sara Palin. It seems that hardly anyone knew anything about her, except the residents of Alaska.

Having lived in Alaska back in the 80′s I find that her being elected to be the states governor not at all strange because Alaska is not just a place to live it is a mind set and about as far as you can get from the “lower 48″ and still be on the mainland in the United States. Besides folks up there just for the good paying jobs there are folks that went there because of an independent spirit and a real desire to get away from all the BS in the rest of the country.

As you may know The Brass Monkey Blog .Net is not inline with either of the major political parties and will go after anyone that it seems to us is wrong.

That being said I think her being picked as John McCain’s running mate was a stroke of genius on his part. Heck I would vote for her if she was the number one on the ticket. Why is that you may ask? Well lets take a look. The first thing that pops to mind is the fact that she is without question and beyond doubt not a Washington insider. She said in a speech that when she was elected Governor that she was going to clean up the “good ole boy” politics as usual in Alaska. Darn what an idea! If any place needs a change it is Washington. All of the “good ole boys” need to be sent packing. The fact that her 17 year old daughter has “a bun in the oven” and not married should have no effect on her being the vice president. I would bet that a lot of her detractors have had the same thing happen to them or there family members.

To wrap up I think that she would make a great addition to Washington DC and I hope that she can for a lack of a better description bring some of that Alaskan “mindset” to our capitol. Just like looking at all of the fireweed and the first snows in the fall, the Northern Lights in the winter, the rapidly gaining sun light in the spring, and the short sweet summers that create massive quick growth of the flora in Alaska. Sara if you get to live in DC please bring some of Alaska to the “lower 48″.

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