Minding our Ps and Qs
When the pugnacious Palin posed a question about the purpose of the vice president, pundits pounced, questioning her preparedness for the post. The primary point of a vice president is to wait patiently for the possibility that the pros in the Senate equal the antis and to provide a vote which punctures the parity. When one places the potential preparedness of our vice presidential pick against that of their presidential pick, it is quickly evident that our proposed VP is as prepared as their presidential pick. Perhaps more so. For their person possesses a penchant for proclaiming “present” when polled instead of picking a position.
A second pasttime for the president’s partner is to preside as our Republic’s representative at State funeral proceedings. Past that, there is not much to the position of vice president. The pundits’ preoccupation with Palin’s preparedness for the post is puzzling given the relative paucity of purposes that a vice president must perform.

