The simple fact of the matter is that McCain paniced and picked Palin to shore up the rightwing lunatic vote.
ST. PAUL, Minn., Sept. 2 — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin was not subjected to a lengthy in-person background interview with the head of Sen. John McCain’s vice presidential vetting team until last Wednesday in Arizona, the day before McCain asked her to be his running mate, and she did not disclose the fact that her 17-year-old daughter was pregnant until that meeting,
The McCain vetting team arrived in Alaska on the day she accepted.
In fact, a McCain team didn’t even arrive in Alaska to investigate Palin’s background until Thursday, the day she accepted the running mate offer and a day before she was introduced to the nation and world as McCain’s VP selection.
According to ROLL CALL, just prior to the being surprised by being asked to join the ticket, even Palin said that the questions she was asked did not rise to the level of a vetting.
The bottom line is that McCain lost his grip and made a snap decision based on …who knows what?