I won't blame John McCain for floating the idea that Sarah Palin has more experience than anyone running; in a campaign of lies it is just one more.  But please, TPMers, don't fall into that bear trap!

Please stop perpetuating this myth:

Like it or not, she has comparable experience to our nominee..

She has governed a state that pretty much governs itself, but that isn't my point.  James Fallows explains it best:

http://tpzoo.wordpress.com/2008/09/13/gov-palin%e2%80%99s-worldview/

Excerpts follow (emphasis mine):

It is embarrassing to have to spell this out, but for the record let me explain why Gov. Palin's answer to the "Bush Doctrine" question -- the only part of the recent interview I have yet seen over here in China -- implies a disqualifying lack of preparation for the job.

Not the mundane job of vice president, of course, which many people could handle. Rather the job of potential Commander in Chief and most powerful individual on earth.[snip]

Each of us has areas we care about, and areas we don't. If we are interested in a topic, we follow its development over the years. And because we have followed its development, we're able to talk and think about it in a "rounded" way. [snip]

Here's the most obvious example in daily life: Sports Talk radio.
 
Mention a name or theme -- Brett Favre, the Patriots under Belichick, Lance Armstrong's comeback, Venus and Serena -- and anyone who cares about sports can have a very sophisticated discussion about the ins and outs and myth and realities and arguments and rebuttals.

People who don't like sports can't do that. It's not so much that they can't identify the names -- they've heard of Armstrong -- but they've never bothered to follow the flow of debate. I like sports -- and politics and tech and other topics -- so I like joining these debates. On a wide range of other topics -- fashion, antique furniture,  the world of restaurants and fine dining, or (blush) opera -- I have not been interested enough to learn anything I can add to the discussion.  So I embarrass myself if I have to express a view.

What Sarah Palin revealed is that she has not been interested enough in world affairs to become minimally conversant with the issues. Many people in our great land might have difficulty defining the "Bush Doctrine" exactly. But not to recognize the name, as obviously was the case for Palin, indicates not a failure of last-minute cramming but a lack of attention to any foreign-policy discussion whatsoever in the last seven years

I honestly think that most of us here at TPM would have much more nuanced, thoughtful, and knowledgeable answers to questions about foreign policy, the economy, and security than she does because we actually care and think about these issues often.  She clearly has not, or she would not respond with coached phrases that belie a profound lack of knowledge.

Barack Obama has spent years developing his "worldview" regarding national concerns, which is evident in his proposed policies.  His statements about the front for the terror threat is Afghanistan and Pakistan came far ahead of Bush's belated attention to the area.

Part of experience is thinking through things.  That is where Palin is woefully lacking.  Her mind has rightly been on Alaska; she wrongly thinks that is just fine for someone who might be president of the whole of our nation.

Thanks, but no thanks, Sarah!