Half the posts on this thread are from people who go to anti-Republican websites and get their daily dose of professionally produced hate. Most Republicans are good people and Sarah Palin is charismatic and charming. She may be a little bit short of George H. W. Bush on qualification for the VP slot, but so was Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. So was Dan Quayle. In fact, there were "better qualified" people than Calvin Coolege, Harry S. Truman, Walter Mondale, Spiro Agnew, and most VPs throughout US history. The fact that Ronald Reagan chose a "more qualified" man than himself showed his level of self-confidence. Same with George W. Bush's choice of Richard Cheney. Please start talking about issues and stop sliming people. Mudcat has already had most of its grownups leave and nasty attacks on Sarah Palin and her children, or on John McCain about plane crashes ain't helping fix the problem.