While I have been impressed with Sarah Palin's enthusiasm, speaking ability and energy, I cannot endorse her experience as being sufficient to serve "one heartbeat away" from the presidency of the U.S.

I received the following from a friend. In the interest of bi-partisanship, I'd say it applies to both Governor Palin as well as Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and if I thought about it further, probably a number of other elected and appointed officials in our government...

While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas
rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor
struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got
around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being
President . The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Palin is a post
turtle.'

Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what
a post turtle was. The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a
country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on
top, that's a post turtle.'

The old rancher saw a puzzled look on the doctor's face, so he
continued to explain. 'You know she didn't get up there by herself,
she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she is
up there, and you just wonder what kind of dumb ass put her
up there to begin with."