Sun Aug 31, 6:06 PM Pacific • posted by Jed Lewison
Flying blind
McCain, who first met Sarah Palin when she was six months pregnant, did not ask his staff to vet Palin by checking the archives of her own hometown newspaper.
It's just another piece of evidence that John McCain selected a running mate who neither he nor his campaign know anything about. Whether or not she ultimately is proven to be qualified is not even all that important; the point is that John McCain made the most irresponsible choice for VP imaginable.
He was flying blind. Well, maybe not totally blind: