Comments on: Now that nothing much has been found so far in the Palin e-mails…

By: JuliB

JuliB — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 19:23:32 +0000

Completely off topic, but I was thinking about the Sarah Palin bus tour, and the closest thing I could come up with (in my memory, at least) was Reagan’s funeral procession. You could see how much the average person loved and would miss Reagan. Perhaps the vitriol is stemming from the fact they can see how much Gov Palin connects with people while on her tour…

By: Ymarsakar

Ymarsakar — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 04:18:26 +0000

I don’t want their apology. I’d happily settle for their heads or their cut off fingers.

The Left is the enemy and that is something they chose of their own free will.

By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 03:39:10 +0000

Pat Dooley,
I second your thoughts about Todd Palin. He is an impressive man. Many men would be threatened by a woman as strong and Sarah is. Todd knows who he is and they are a team. It impresses me and I think more people would take notice of that.

By: Pat Dooley

Pat Dooley — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:36:08 +0000

When one looks at Sarah Palin, one should also consider the nature of her husband. When Sarah found out Trig would have Down’s syndrome, she asked “Why us?” and Todd replied “Why not us?”.

Yet, he thinks nothing of racing a snow machine 2000 miles in arctic conditions at 80+mph. When Sarah wondered if she could do the race, he firmly put her in her place, by asking whether she could change out a broken front ski while standing waste deep in freezing water (from memory, you get the picture). He ran a successful commercial fishing business and worked long shifts on the North Slope. He personally built their home in Wasilla.

He’s not the power behind the throne but he is her bulwark. When you have a partner-in-life who epitomizes old-fashioned American manhood, it makes it easier to bear the crap thrown at you by the likes of Andrew Sullivan, Chris Matthews, George Will and the rest of the elitists. They denigrate her and her family, but they would last two seconds doing what Todd does, day in and day out.

By: J.J. formerly Jimmy J.

J.J. formerly Jimmy J. — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:49:49 +0000

One e-mail in particular has shown Sarah Palin as a person of great faith and love. It was an e-mail about the coming birth of Trig.

By: M J R

M J R — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 18:22:54 +0000

“CharlieSays” (12:57AM), thanks, and your point is well-taken.

Others, thanks as well for your very kind responses. I’m glad, if only from an intellectual curiosity standpoint [as opposed to coming up with a practical solution], that we might be getting to the bottom of what’s underlying this most bizarre situation.

By: Alex Bensky

Alex Bensky — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:05:51 +0000

A lot of it, and I think OB has picked up on this, is sheer class bigotry. Remember all the sneering about her degree from the University of Idaho? Or that she went to several other schools before she got the degree?

Of course, one reason she went to other schools is because she had to work her way through, as opposed to those who either had the money or got scholarships based on what they were rather than what they’d done.

In short, we should all aspire to an Ivy League-type education, a certain way of living, and adopting a certain constellation of opinions. Those who have aspirations otherwise are ipso facto ignorant and/or stupid.

And now that the e-mails reveal her as an intelligent, conscientious, and principled person, we ought to see some apologies. We won’t get them, but we ought to.

By: Libby

Libby — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:58:14 +0000

For every inquiry she receives about her time a Alaska’s governor, she should say something along the lines of: “I discussed that in an email you already have in your possession. You can find the details yourself. Next question.”

By: SteveH

SteveH — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:19:43 +0000

Sarah is really hated because she goes a step beyond battling liberal’s bad policies. She mocks them on the taboo subject of massive character disorder being the genesis of their policies.

Basically it’s the equivalent of taunting a child in the middle of a temper tantrum to please try and be louder.

By: Louise Franke

Louise Franke — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:22:26 +0000

I keep thinking that the hysteria around Palin is similar to a witch hunt. It is a way to displace all the disturbing emotions concerning, the economy(especially the dwindling dollar), the wars in the Middle East, politicians behaving badly, the slow disintegration of the mainstream media.
Palin is a wonderful distraction- particularly because the venom directed in her direction is really focussed on a fantasy object
The worst thing that will happen with the examination of these emails will be the realization that she is authentic and straight forward.