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Can Hillary of Kathleen Sibelius work a leather cat uniform like Samantha Carter?

Michael Medved goes over McCain's running mate choices today on Townhall. I'm grateful to Medved for his sound analysis, but he neglects one outside-the-box choice, former Stargate SG-1 team member Samantha Carter. The Asymmetric staff (thanks, honey) has prepared the following addendum to Medved's list:

Pros:

1. Military experience. Carter has served her country on all seven continents including Antarctica and two galaxies including the battleground galaxy of Andromeda- no chicken hawk here. She's single-handedly taken down whole Goa'uld mother ships, and we owe her our very existence several times over.

2. Multiculture. Carter's not multi-racial, she's multispeciel. As she's blended with the Tokral Goa'uld Jolinar, Carter knows what it's like to be a minority.

3. Smarts. Ph.D. in astrophysics (Beat that, Mr. Harvard.). Samantha Carter has developed alternate sources of power from Naqahdah, a find, in and of itself, that can break our dependence on foreign oil. She can directly help the United States auto industry with her knowledge of alien spacecraft (chronicled in the mini-documentary Space Race.

4. Dedication, loyalty. Samantha Carter has never abandoned a comrade whether on earth as demonstrated by her devotion to Colonel O'Neill in the frozen tundra (See the documentary Solitudes.) or in space. No Scott McClellans here.

5. Babe factor. Men shouldn't be over-estimated. Given a choice between Kathleen Sibelius, Hillary Clinton, or Samantha Carter, 20% of strait Democratic men would cross over to McCain.

6. Corruption fighting. Carter has consistently fought against corruption within the SGC against Senator Kinsey and the NID.

7. Age. Although some opposition researchers will claim that Samantha Carter is actually hundreds of years old due to the time dilation field she created to save the earth as documented in Unending; in earth time, she's only 39, younger than all but Jindal.

8. Terror-fighting experience. Her experience with religious extremism (Ori) gives her terrorist-fighting credibility.

9. Female appeal. Women can relate to her many hair-style changes. Carter lost her mom at an early age giving her a tragic, raised-by-daddy, Little Mermaid/Nancy Drew vibe. Feminists will like her blow for equality as told in Emancipation.

Cons

1. Canuckness. Some have circulated a nasty email rumor that Samantha Carter is Canadian, a fact which would disqualifying her from holding the vice-presidency (Some have suggested that this ban be lifted for all naturalized citizens except those from Canada.). Debunk: Her father, Jacob Carter (Selmak), was a Major General in U.S. Air Force before joining the Tok'ra.

2. No political experience. In this anti-incumbent environment, her outside-the-beltway origins might not be a bad thing.

3. Alien-ness. Many in the immigration enforcement movement may be confused by her nuanced position on aliens (merit-based, with strict enforcement procedures in place). On the other hand, her advocacy of the Unas cause can come across as compassionate.

4. Black Widow factor. Samantha has had an unconventional love life. She's been involved with alien men, something many Americans haven't yet come to terms with. Not only does her persistent singleness raise family-value questions, but many of her lovers, starting with Martouf, have died. Although none of the deaths were the direct result of her actions, it's still creepy.