A Personal Reccomendation to the John McCain Campaign

Since the Republican National Convention, it has been all downhill for Sarah Palin. She has gone from the people's candidate to a Saturday Night Live character. After pondering what has caused this fall, I identified that the key problem with the image of Sarah Palin has been that following her interviews, Americans have started to question her intelligence. After thinking of ways to help Palin regain her credibility, I thought of the one network that would help her achieve her goal, Fox. After looking through Fox's lineup, I found a perfect fit for her, "Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader?"

After coming up with the idea, I started to visualize the show. Palin would have the ideal opportunity to succeed. Unlike in her previous inerviews, Fox could prepare questions that she would be capable of answering and in the case she struggles, there are lifelines to help her out. They could even throw in a few questions about snow mobile racing and add the lifeline "phone your husband". This would give her husband, a former world champion racer, a chance to look halfway competent. Not only would this be a fantastic opportunity to regain some credibility, but also a fantastic one to attratct undecided voters. Any logical person would know that anyone watching "Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader" is naturally confused anyway. In addition, Fox could throw in the question "Was there television in 1929 with a follow up being who was the President of the United States at this time?" If Palin could answer these 2 questions, she would automatically be smarter than Joe Biden who missed both of them in an interview a few weeks back when mentioning that FDR got on TV in 1929 to address the Stock Market crash.

In the end, Palin only stumbles twice, but ultimately wins the million dollars after a magnificent performance. When asked what the holy book of the Muslim religion is, Palin first takes the opportunity to talk about McCain's defense policy before remarking that she can not see the Middle East from Alaska. She is saved by the available cheat lifeline. Palin is also corrected by a 5th grader when she guessed that the purpose of the Associated Press was to "getcha"

Some may say, that an appearance on "Are you Smarter than a 5th Grader "could not possibly make up for failed interviews with Charlie Gibson and Katie Couric. However, I have learned from Sarah Palin to ignore what others think and simply ask myself, "What would a maverick do in this situation?" Maybe that quote was from Tina Fey, but who knows the difference anyway?