What The Patriots Loss Teaches Us About The Presidential Election!

In case you’re not a football fan or just blanked out this weekend, the New England Patriots lost their first game in almost TWO years.  Not only did they lose it.  They got routed.

Worse yet, it wasn’t at the hands of the Colts, Chargers or even the Giants (we’ve seen that one already:)

It was at the hands of the lowly Dolphins.  You might remember them.  At the same time as the Pats were looking to match the ’72 Dolphins perfect season, the ’07 version of the Dolphins was looking for some history of their own only it wasn’t the good kind. 

And how did this happen?  Well, for one BIG thing, Tom Brady wasn’t at the helm.  Matt Cassel, who oddly enough hadn’t started a game before this year since high school, stepped in for the injured Brady.  The results weren’t good to say the least.

Anybody get where I’m going here??  Let’s say that America is the Patriots.  And, although many may not agree, let’s say for the sake of argument that John McCain becomes the Tom Brady presidential equivalent.  Sarah Palin fits in nicely as the not ready for prime time understudy.  She is Matt Cassel.

Matt Cassel was thrilled to be part of the Patriots, I’m sure.  He’s worked hard and he’s a good guy, but I’m sure even he never seriously envisioned a situation in which the Pats’ fate would come down to his hands.  And yet… IT HAS.

What if Sarah Palin has to step up like Matt Cassel?  Does America really want to trust our national QB spot to Sarah Palin?  Do we want to end up getting whooped up on like the Pats did this past Sunday?  I’m guessing no.

Let me put this another way.   For the past several weeks, Sarah Palin has been kept largely away from the press and has (we’re told) been busy cramming.

Even Matt Cassel was allowed to take questions when he stepped in for Tom Brady.  And like Sarah Palin, Matt Cassel, I’m sure, crammed his brain out.  We saw the results on Sunday.

Does America at this point deserve a president who needs to cram?

Sure Palin isn’t running for president, but then again the Pats didn’t anticipate Tom Brady being done for the season either.

If he gets elected, I’ll be saying a special prayer for John McCain’s health each night so that Sarah Palin will have more time to cram.

But don’t we need and deserve more?