Remember how Karl Rove slammed Tim Kaine when his name was being bandied about as a possible running mate for Barack Obama?
"Will all due respect again to Governor Kaine, he's been a governor for three years," Rove told Bob Schieffer. "He's been able but undistinguished. I don't think people could really name a big, important thing that he's done."
Rove even dragged Richmond into his sights. "[Kaine] was mayor of the 105th largest city in America," Rove said. "And again, with all due respect to Richmond, Virginia, it's smaller than Chula Vista, California; Aurora, Colorado; Mesa, or Gilbert, Arizona; North Las Vegas, or Henderson, Nevada. It's not a big town."
So, is Karl Rove going to be consistent and follow up with a statement like this about Sarah Palin? No? Well, then, let me help him out:
"Will all due respect again to Governor Palin, she's been a governor for less than two years," Rove told Bob Schieffer. "She's been able but undistinguished. I don't think people could really name a big, important thing that she's done."
Rove even dragged Wasilla, Alaska into his sights. "[Palin] was mayor of a town with a population of just 6,715 people," Rove said. "And again, with all due respect to Wasilla, it's just one-thirtieth the size of Richmond, Virginia, which has a population of 200,000. Wasilla is not a big town."
By the way, the population of Virginia is 7.7 million. The population of Alaska is 683,478, about 9% the population of Virginia. So, does that make Sarah Palin just 9% as qualified for VP as Tim Kaine in Karl Rove's eyes?