I started this article right after Palin´s interview with Charlie Gibson. I was going to title it "Hope John McCain lives long." That was at a time when John McCain still looked acceptable. Since then, we have come to see a lot of John McCain and Palin during the financial crisis, in debates, and interviews. I have also now seen Palin´s debate with Biden. Although I must say that she did better than her previous days, I am still afraid of both or either one of them being in the oval office. When one compares the two tickets, Obama and Biden appear to be calm, confident, and steady men who know what they are doing. McCain and Palin on the other hand emerge as dangerous leaders for separate and different reasons. The question one is left asking is who is more dangerous, McCain or Palin? Where as, McCain is dangerous for his lack of deliberation in his decision-making process, Palin is dangerous for her lack of knowledge in national affairs. Either way, we must pray and do everything we can to save ourselves from danger.

For those of us who had somewhat admired McCain in comparison with his Republican colleagues with the exception of Chuck Hagel, there is no more admiration to spare. Contrary to his somewhat believable slogan of "Country first", in his first decision as a probable president, McCain has recklessly chosen a person who has not been adequately equipped for the Presidency. Has John McCain, the "man of integrity" and the lover of his country abandoned his slogan of "would rather lose an election than let my country lose?" I do not get it. How could he have chosen such a person as his vice-presidential candidate? Does he now love us less or he is just a dangerously reckless decision-maker?

There are many things his campaign staff can be blamed on, but this one was his decision. Only he can be responsible for this decision. There were many decent and prepared Republicans he could have chosen, but he chose Palin. This tells us something about his decision-making process. This was a reckless decision of a gambler who acts on impulse, and lacks a good judgment. In his attempt to win the election , he has put his needs above the needs of his country's security and interest. As he would say, he is saying to us "me first."