Reading and watching the slowly-emerging Sarah Palin via rare, much-coveted interviews, I’m growing very sad for her. It’s been too much, too fast.
She’s been a small town mayor and the governor of a state with unique needs; she hasn’t spent much time thinking about national or international policy. And it shows.
There’s a reason she’s been bubble-wrapped.
I keep thinking of the lyrics from Janis Ian’s song, “At Seventeen”:
A brown eyed girl in hand me downs
whose name I never could pronounce
said – Pity please the ones who serve
They only get what they deserve
But did she “deserve” this embarrassment on the national stage? I don’t know that she’s been anything more than starry-eyed and idealistic.
Should she have known her limitations and declined McCain’s offer? I think so, yes. But for her, I have some pity.
On the other hand… the more confused she sounds, the angrier I am at John McCain who, looking for a mavericky game-changer, set Palin up for failure.