Sarah Palin has steamrollered the McCain campaign into submission, they are so reliant on her looks and appeal [both sexual and religious] to the base that they cannot hold her in check. Sarah may be inexperienced but she has a driving ambition and the belief that she has a god given right to lead. In some ways Sarah is the ultimate symbol of what the GOP has become, she is their creation. However like Victor Frankenstein's [more precisely Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's] monster Sarah may well have slipped out of their control and will slowly tear the party apart.
McCain will probably be beaten, however unlike Mary's monster Sarah is hardly likely promise to leave this world. I expect her to hang around for a long time to come. Now I will try an explain why [wish me luck].
They have had the sewing kit out, robbed a few graves and stood out in the storm to create
The GOP's dream Candidate
The George Bush connection
They have the same folksy error prone method of expression with the same hard undertone and self belief that they know how to lead.
"The most important job is not to be governor, or first lady in my case." --George W. Bush, Pella, Iowa, Jan. 30, 2000
"That's exactly what we're going to do in a Palin and McCain administration." --Sarah Palin, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sept. 18, 2008
The Cheney Connection.
They both sneer at oversight.
"Go fuck yourself." --Cheney to Sen. Patrick Leahy, June 25, 2004
"I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'" --Sarah Palin
Separation of Church and State connection
What separation?
The First Amendment is not without limits.
Jerry Falwell
"Believe me, I know what I am saying — where God has sent me, from underneath the umbrella of this church, throughout the state."Ms. Palin told the gathering in June of young graduates of a ministry program at the Assembly of God Church
NRA / Gun connection
Sarah is a life-long member of the NRA
NRA-ILA Executive Director Chris W. Cox says "Governor Palin doesn't just talk about supporting the Second Amendment, it's part of her life, and she did her part to vindicate the Second Amendment for all Americans when Alaska joined 30 other states in signing a legal brief supporting Heller's challenge to the D.C. gun-ban."
The Monster revealed.
So to sum up quickly, God, Guns, and self belief all wrapped up in a beautiful package, Sarah really is the GOP's fantasy come to life. Sarah is not a pit-bull with lipstick but a full-blown fanatic.
She didn't make a mistake when she said it's the Palin/McCain administration.
Unlike Mary's monster her ugliness is below the skin and she generates no pity, hence this final glorious quote.
"Our opponent ... is someone who sees America, it seems, as being so imperfect, imperfect enough, that he's palling around with terrorists who would target their own country... This is not a man who sees America as you see America and as I see America." Sarah Palin, 10/4/08, Englewood, Colorado.