Is Lack of Experience a Bad Thing?

So why do I like Sarah Palin and hope she is the next Vice President of the United States?
It is because she has lived a life outside of politics. She has raised children, been involved in their activities and schools, helped with the family business. She has shopped for groceries and filled her tank with gas.
Why is this so important? Nowadays it seems all of our candidates (and I include both parties in this) have come from "political candidate training school". They go to elite schools, major in political science (full disclosure: as did I) and immediately set out on a political career. Decisions on where to live are based on opportunities to run for office. Churches are selected based on who attends that church. Potential spouses are evaluated for their potential as a political spouse.
They often migrate to political or government jobs. Many go to work for officeholders and make plans to be the boss' successor.
A lifetime of public service can be admirable, but it also can be confining. The political class talks to each other, not the rest of us. Often they are at political events and miss out on the conversations on the sidelines of soccer games or the parking lot at school. They don't hear what it is the rest of us really care about. Government work tends to provide more job security and better benefits (granted, at a lesser salary) than the private sector , so they do not really worry about losing a job or the financial implications of seeing an out of network health provider.
They end up making laws because that is what they do, whether or not it is what we need. They decide it is in our best interests to ban fast food or hair salons from the community, despite the evident need and desire for both. Why not? When lobbyists buy your lunch and you get your hair cut by a fancy stylists you don't really worry about what other people want to eat or where they want to get their hair cut.
In short, the political class loses touch with reality.
Public service is noble, but the Founding Fathers never intended it to be a permanent career. George Washington recognized that it was time to go and let others serve. We did not need term limits to tell people it was time to move on.
Sarah Palin has served masters other than her own political career. That "lack of experience" works for me.