I heard that McCain wanted to choose his favorite lapdog Liebermann to be his running mate but the evil powers that be that follow Karl Rove wanted him to choose Mitt Romney, so in his typical impulsive way, McCain said, "Fuck it, I'll choose someone no one has ever heard of -- Sarah Palin".
Why do I get the feeling that McCain chose her, over many other much better qualified women (if he absolutely positively needed to choose a woman, that is), only so that he could throw the election? If he'd chosen a good VP, and lost, he'd have to admit that he was no good in the first place, but this way, he could throw up his hands and say, "Well, I gave it the old college try, but that colored guy, he's too smart for me...it's not my fault!"