Jer979's Blog: The Palin Conspiracy Theory

Monday, September 01, 2008

The Palin Conspiracy Theory

Image via Wikipedia So, the weekend has dampened some excitement about Palin. Clearly, she's vulnerable, though I do like her story a lot.

It's made me wonder if there's something larger going on here.

Stay with me for a moment.

McCain had to do something BIG to stop the post-Obama speech momentum in its tracks. With Palin's nomination, he did that. Aside from Gustav, Palin has been the topic of the weekend. Obama's speech? Ancient history.

And what did Palin's nomination do? It brought up the topic of experience, supposedly Obama's Achilles Heel. People calling McCain a hypocrite, etc.

Now, what if, just what if the following is going to happen?

First off, let's say that Palin knows that she's at risk for the state trooper investigation. Her career in Alaska is in jeopardy, so she makes a deal with the McCain team, straight out of Sun Tzu's The Art of War.

Palin is a diversionary tactic. She agrees to be the sacrificial pawn to achieve McCain's short-term objectives (stopping Obama's momentum) and in return, she would (if he's elected) get a Cabinet post or an Ambassador position. Something like that.

Honestly, what is the next step in the political ladder for the Governor of Alaska, right?

So, with the intense scrutiny on her personal life (plus the revelation of the unwed teenage pregnancy now), she says something along the lines of "too much for my family" and then bows out.

This gives McCain a do-over and he says, "you know, everyone has been talking about experience, experience, experience and I have to, which is why I am going to nominate (fill in the blank) who has even more experience" and then his ticket becomes the ticket of experience, throwing the issue back at Obama.

It's a stretch, I know. Of course, if it happens, I'm a genius!