Regular correspondent Otis Jefferson Brown inquires whether, in lieu of the precedent by which Sarah Palin claims expertise in foreign affairs because she can almost see Russian from Alaska, he is now a rocket scientist because, through his bedroom window, he can, on starry nights, see the moon.
Otis, I’m sorry to say, does not grasp the precedent. Of course he’s not a rocket scientist, because he’s not educated or practiced in that difficult field. However, he is certainly qualified, by the principle of expertise by proximity, to become the head of NASA, for which position I urge him to immediately apply, especially if he attended high school with Sarah.
Is each and every Alaskan equally qualified to be Vice President? Of course they are, but with a caveat. Those who live in the western part of the state are obviously more knowledgeable and are to be preferred to dwellers in the Alaskan interior. Eastern Alaskans have not achieved more significant expertise by proximity than what would prepare them to serve as trade representative to the Yukon, or perhaps, ambassador to Canada.
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