Here’s the Votemaster’s blurb on the Palin news. Pay particular attention to the final sentence:
Update: John McCain fooled everyone and chose Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) as his running mate. People had talked about her but not many people took her seriously. She comes with an unusual mix of characteristics. First, she’s a woman. Second, she’s a woman. Third, she’s a woman. McCain is betting the farm that the female Democratic PUMA voters who said they would vote for McCain will now really do it. The (unspoken) reasoning, of course, is either McCain is old and has had cancer four times and might die in office, leaving us with a woman President or in 2012 or 2016 she can run for the office on her own. It is likely that the working-class male supporters of Clinton, especially those in the rust belt will think she’s a hot chick (she’s a former beauty pageant runner-up and fond of motorcycling) but whether they will vote for her is something else again. She is a very devout Christian with five children, the youngest of whom has Down’s syndrome. She is very strongly against abortion. This pick allows him to say to the Base: “You had doubts about me. Look who I picked.” It will give him enormous credibility with the evangelicals. In that respect it was a brilliant choice. She is a member of the NRA (and likes to eat mooseburgers), which will be popular with gun owners.
Oh man, I thought you were mentioned in there. Yeah, I had heard that earlier on the news. Pretty funny. I guess I had never really thought through your name, I just assumed it was some kind of funny redneck reference. Perhaps mooseburgers taste good, but they sure don’t sound good.