Relevant issues in Palin's candidacy

The Palin family dramas and medical histories are not relevant to whether Sarah Palin has a good enough head on her shoulders to be Vice-President of the United States. Rather, the following items are actually relevant:

• Her campaign speech was written ahead of time for her. Now, we all know that politicians don't write their own speeches, or if they do they have very good co-authors or editors. What's important here is that, not only did she not write her own speech, the speech that was written for her seems to have been prepared before McCain picked her. The one that the campaign pre-wrote for the candidate was "too masculine." There's a serious implication here, and not just that she wasn't the obvious choice. The bigger implication is that McCain was way out in left field making the choice on his own, maybe even on the spur of the moment. Looks as though McCain, and only McCain, thinks she's a good choice. Is it a good idea for only the Presidential candidate to have confidence in his back-up? Is this the kind of maverick decision-making the nation ever needs? Since when is reasoned deliberation a bad thing?
  
• When is Bristol Palin's birthday? When is the birthday of the father of her pregnancy? What's Alaska's rule on statutory rape? How come I haven't heard these questions asked yet? Is someone afraid to do the math?
  
• While the Palin family is pledging their "love and support" for Bristol and her unexpected blessing, Sarah Palin line-item vetoed over one-fifth of the funding for the Alaska branch of the Catholic organization Covenant House and its programs for unmarried pregnant minors. Passage House provides shelter and other help to pregnant teens who don't have the love and support of their family and the men who got them pregnant. Not sure if the funding cuts indicate whether Sarah Palin dislikes Catholics, or simply that she's a hypocrite who handles teenage pregnancy differently depending on whether the pregnant girl is someone she knows. (Setting aside the issue of giving state money to religious charities aside because, of course, if that were her actual justification, she would cut 100% of Covenant House Alaska's state support.) The image below is from the WaPo article linked to above and shows Palin's initials over the cut to Covenant House funding:
  

That, my friends, in black and white is what Sarah Palin truly thinks about unwed pregnant girls.