Tinkerpeach
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You forget, comrade, I was a voting US citizen in that election. I witnessed her rise and fall.
The only reason why the Republicans nominated a woman was to counter the Democrats running an African-American. The Republican campaign was essentially doomed after 8 years of Bushism and the quagmire of Iraq....which is the only reason McCain got the nomination.
Notice all the other major Republican candidates bowed out early because candidates who win the nomination and fail are rarely run again. The 2008 election was the Democrat's election to lose. The Republicans were not only fighting an uphill battle but staring up at a cliff the size of Mount Thor.
Sarah Palin was nominated because she was attractive and had a vagina. It was equivalent to Hollywood stunt casting.
No, she was a well respected conservative governor.
Did her being a woman play a role in that decision?
Probably to some degree.
She was what would be considered a very safe pick.
Unfortunately the left hated seeing an attractive conservative woman and attacked her relentlessly then McCain refused to back her up and left her out to dry.
I believe she had an approval rating somewhere in the 90's in Alaska when she was picked for VP.
A case of revisionist history.