VP Presidential Debate Debacle

After watching the VP presidential debate, I have one BIG question... How did Palin get to where she is? I mean, the US is supposed to be the "leader of the world" and the Republican party pick her!!! So tell me again. How did she manage, out of all the possibilities, to get picked? I am aghast!!!

My brief observations from the debate:

Lazy vernacular -- darn, six pack
Childishness -- winking, making reference to her brother (or was it brother-in-law's) school
Lack of knowledge -- side stepping questions, getting facts wrong, hard to make sense of her
Lack of compassion -- robotic ignoring of Biden's emotions, flat lined delivery of 90% of her speech, rehearsed speech, little passion
Lack of control -- It's "O'Biden", slurring of words or is that slinging words?

I have a shiny ball theory. The Republican Party are very good at finding things, such as shiny balls, to distract people from what is really going on. I think that McCain thought that Palin was a great shiny ball. It worked in the beginning i am sad to say. I hope that the American people put on their sunglasses or avert their eyes in order to see what is going on. The shiny ball is only shiny on the surface. Scratch it and it is just ordinary, poke through the ball and it is hollow.

Palin's words were hollow, as was her heart.