One of the questions asked in “Answer Jake’s Question” is:
Would Sarah Palin, given her breadth of experience, history, views and issues, been selected by Sen. John McCain as his running mate if she were a man?
It is an interesting, thought-provoking question that is getting lots of interesting responses in the comments section.
As the (modified) saying goes, one good question deserves another, or perhaps better, one provoking question begets another.
This is the question “provoked” by Jake’s question:
Would John McCain have picked as his running mate a person with exactly the same qualifications, experience, background, political affiliation, etc., etc., as Sarah Palin—with the exception, of course, of gender and gender related factors and with the exception of ethnicity—if that person’s name had been Barack Hussein Obama, and if Republican Alaska Governor and ex-Wasilla-mayor Obama had still been available?
The author is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and a writer.