As far as I can tell, she was chosen simply because she is female, which is a pandering ploy to win over the Clinton supporters, but she's an ID proponent (apparently she announced that explicitly over the weekend), and she's anti-abortion, which makes her not quite against any of McCain's big issues.

I agree that McCain probably doesn't know anything else about her and I am insulted that he thinks I would vote for a woman simply because she's a woman, even though she's in direct opposition to my values. This kind of misinformed belief on how to reach the citizens of the nation is frightening. I just can't stomach the thought of a man like that running the country. He is completely out of touch with the people he wants to rule. Whether I agree with Obama or not on any given issue, he at least has made quite wise decisions on how to reach out to people - he seems to understand people and how to appear to give them what they want without significantly compromising his own beliefs.

And I find that infinitely more valuable in a presidential candidate than one who is completely out of touch with reality.