Sarah Palin: What does the VP do?

The joke of the week has been vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin's statement that she doesn't actually know what the vice president does. The real joke, however, is the one played on the American public by the media, who overwhelmingly have taken Palin's quote out of context for no other reason (that I can think of) than to make Palin sound stupid and unqualified.

I don't know if she is either stupid or unqualified; I haven't heard enough from her to know. What I do know is that what Palin said - when taken in it's entirety - makes her sound challenging and productive.

She may or may not be those things, but any media who think I'm too stupid to figure it out for myself is unqualified to call what it reports "news."

What Palin really said:
When Larry Kudlow of CNBC's "Kudlow & Co." asked her about the possibility of becoming McCain's ticket mate, Palin replied:
"As for that VP talk all the time, I'll tell you, I still can't answer that question until somebody answers for me what is it exactly that the VP does every day? I'm used to being very productive and working real hard in an administration. We want to make sure that that VP slot would be a fruitful type of position, especially for Alaskans and for the things that we're trying to accomplish up here for the rest of the U.S., before I can even start addressing that question."

It seems obvious to me that her question about the VP position was rhetorical. Like labeling some crimes "hate crimes." What the hell are the others? "Love crimes"?


Sally Bacchetta - Freelance Writer
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