Let us be real, she was picked for a reason and it was not totally her politics.  She is filling a gap in American politics.  Did anyone see “The Blob”?  That is what Palin is reminding me of…she, like the monster, is consuming everything in her path, especially logic and good judgment.  The voters are energized, but by what?  Because she is a woman?  Because she is a mom?  Because she lives in a town of 4 people and a moose?  What does any of that have to do with governing the country?  I have a quote I love, “Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of Ignorance”.  This phenom is living proof of the accuracy of that quote.

An article written by Rick Wollf for the Monthly Review.

If something is better than nothing, then Palin’s nomination gives Americans just that choice and so another chance for the Republicans.

For the last 30 years, Republicans systematically aided capital in keeping real wages flat while raising productivity.  That combination yielded exploding profits and exploding incomes for those who got their hands on those profits.  The Republicans actively altered government taxing and spending patterns to further boost corporate profits while squeezing the workers (via reduced state services and jobs, etc.).  The Democratic Party could or would not stop this process, often supported it, and only sometimes slowed it.

Hence the Palin choice.  One more Republican shot at repeating what worked so well, but now needs to be done more aggressively than before because Bush and Cheney wore the image thin.  Palin, as packaged, is the concretized fantasy of “home town family values” carefully combined with “personal flaws” to be identified with, enthusiastic patriotism, aggressive celebration of capital’s agenda, and status as maligned victim of elite and media hostility.  By naming her, the Republicans aim yet again and more dramatically to be seen as the best hope American working people have that something, rather than nothing, may possibly be done for them in this time of looming economic catastrophe.  Even something that is a long shot and a rerun of a fantasy not realized before is better than nothing.  Hope, however far-fetched, is often chosen over resignation.

Sadly, there is a possibility that the working class will fall for the lie.  As usual the American voter will once again vote against their own best interest.