Game Changer Blog Post- Xavier Rivera

1. Political vetting is important because as we saw in the movie when someone like Sarah Palin was not properly vetted, which was because they liked the look of the candidate but not the substance. It is also important because as learned in the movie it is important to properly vet people to make sure that they understand the policies that the candidates support and more importantly why we are fighting wars. Also because that way you understand what kind of candidate you are getting and in order to determine if they are mentally healthy and fit in order to do the job and represent your party well. Examples of the importance of vetting with in the movie were when she didn’t know why wars were started, or anything about foreign policy like when she said Russia was seen from Alaska. Also an example of this is when she constantly wanted to do her own thing and had many mental breakdowns, and when she kept going against Mccain's Opinions and made him look bad.
2. I do believe that Mccain should have kept Palin away from the international and big time media. She was ill prepared on too many topics in order to use the strategy of “ Fake it til you make it” and this made it especially hard considering that she did not want to prepare and had mental breakdowns. Also since these are well credited reporters and since she was uninformed and not good enough to engage in deep conversation and was weak on many issues I do believe that they should have kept her away from the international media.. But I do not blame Mccain from not hiding palin from the media considering the fact that he did not know that she was clueless considering his campaign kept him in the dark about that.