This afternoon I've been thinking of how Palin could have impressed me when she spoke at the Republican convention. It would have been easy, actually - if she had spoken passionately of the USA Constitution and the abuses it has undergone, if she had spoken knowledgeably of even a few of the issues facing this nation for at least a generation (Interest alone on the deficit is costing us more than 25 million a month and almost half of the debt is owed to foreign lenders), our physical infrastructure from bridges to water works are deteroriated and in danger of failure, and if she had quoted statesmen and thinkers as to how to address these problems, if she had outlined pet projects of McCain's and pledged to do her part, I would have been mightily impressed.

Instead she spoke as though she were the spouse of a potential vice president. As though we cared.