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Best Web OpEds 9/4/2008 at 7:39 PM EDT

Palin: average isn't good enough

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She's not qualified to be president, and in picking her, McCain shows that he has little respect for the presidency. Americans have an unhealthy desire to see average people promoted to positions of great authority. No one wants an average neurosurgeon or even an average carpenter, but when it comes to the Presidency, Americans say they want a regular person. This is when narcissism becomes indistinguishable from masochism.

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