What Sarah Palin might look like if she were a Democrat

Gorgeous? Check. Designer glasses? Check. But...

I know quite well the young woman pictured in the ad and I can tell you this. She has spent a good deal of time abroad. She was brought up in a relatively affluent family in New York, where she was educated at private schools. She's a graduate of Cornell University. She's been a small-business owner and now has a managerial role in a publicly traded company that specializes in high-end home furnishings. She's as witty, as chic, as sophisticated, as cosmopolitan -- and as liberal -- as they come. And I have no doubt that she'd more than hold her own in a conversation with Katie Couric, or Joe Biden, or just about anyone else for that matter.

She does have one ability that might appeal to Palin's fan club. Some years ago, taking advantage of one of the enrichment experiences her parents were pleased to be able to offer her, she went on an Outward Bound adventure to the deep North -- in the course of which she learned to track moose by following their scat.

Did I fail to mention that she's my daughter? :-)