Gustav and Palin

Hurricanes have brought into contrast Governors Bush and Jindal who handled Gustav with competency and calm versus the entire political structure of Louisiana which panicked during Katrina with bad decisions frustrating an inexperienced Bush operative. No mandated evacuation. Utilization of a sports arena lacking conveniences as the storm hit the poorest ward in the city, media focused on the ninth ward, humiliating a president who mistakenly relied on the local government.
Gustav finds a government which learned its lesson. A young Republican governor with the president positioned in Texas to supervise and lead government. Private aid before locals could do any harm.
Enter Sarah Palin who demonstrated in an hour-long interview with Maria Bartolome that she knew more about oil and drilling at Anwar than Nancy Pelosi and all her congressional democrats. A two-thousand-acre footprint amid tens of millions of acres. A husband expert about the north slope. She tamed big oil and rewarded her taxpayers. She defined how government can bargain with Big Oil and benefit the taxpayer without new taxes.
The free choicers saw a mother of four choose to carry a Down syndrome baby to birth, accepting the financial and emotional cost for the love of a newborn child. Sending a son to Iraq to fight an unpopular war, stopping the construction of a bridge-to-nowhere, costing her Republican party two senators and a governor to establish her bona fides as a true reformer. Many Republicans and all of K Street tremble.
With her scoped rifle, this NRA supporter shoots caribou to enjoy her favorite stew while proudly showing a record of wildlife preservation vindicating the western population fighting for its right to hunt deer and quail.
Student, athlete, beauty queen—Palin contrasts with feminists who shudder at her reputation as point guard on her college basketball team.
Attacked for trying to fire an incompetent relative makes a Democrat attack on this competent Republicans seem ridiculous.
Against carefully choreographed Democrats, this freestyle Republican with her out-of-date hair-do is a refreshing look at what a McCain presidency stands for.
Perhaps the least qualified in foreign affairs president was Harry Truman. He drew his foreign affairs leadership from his heart. He responded to the needs of his people. His Berlin airlift and stand in Korea stemmed the tide of the Cold War. Palin would do no less.
Palin stands as a warning to unqualified Republicans. Neither Hillary nor the Obamas have such a standard bearer for ethics and reform. In debate, Biden will meet his match.