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We see this time and again: women jealous of the success of other women. This is the ultimate sexism. Once they (MSM) find a woman willing to say this out loud, male commentators are free to jump aboard the bandwagon without being considered sexist.

In this case, they are referring to a political candidate as a disease. There is no precedent for this type of name-calling. Where are the editors of abcnews.com?

Sarah Palin is the black plague of this election.Spreading fear and hate-mongering where ever she goes. The voters will show exactly what we think of her kind on Nov 4th with a landslide for the Democrates.Republicans will need to take along hard look at themselves if they ever hope to rebuild their party again.

Well observed, Jan. And yes, I totally agree with David Brooks. With a forefront Palin, the GOP is starting to look and sound like those new European extremist right wing parties that are against the elites, against foreigners and against an exchange of ideas, for they have none.

It's a frightening development. So let's hope it will cost them this election, and let's hope that will inspire classic conservatism to rise from McCain's and Palin's ashes.

Tina - this has nothing to do with sexism. With Palin's nasty words, she is causing a mob mentality. People who are scared and desperate will follow anyone. Look at Hitler's 'success'. It scares me to think that these people are yelling 'kill him' and Palin does nothing to stop them. She is promoting hatred and ugliness just by ignoring the chanting crowds.

I find it unbelievable that some women find anything even remotely in common with Sarah Palin besides their anatomy.Palin does not represent one single value that I believe women should have.She is a hate monger. She does not have any solutions for todays problems, just criticism of anyone that does not absolutely believe like she does. This country was built on diversity. Let's continue to embrace it.

let us be clear on who has not been vetted...

AIP please please please

we need to start talking about this whacko group

founded by a domestic terrorist

and if you think Palin didn't know about it or wasn't involved let's be clear on the facts...

in 1994 when she went to their freakin convention

the centerpoint of this convention was drawing up a "constitution" to secede from the US.

Todd Palin then joined the party after going to this convention and was an active member for the next decade!

if you think she didn't agree with them...

she went back in 2000 and 2003

in 2006 she gave the keynote

in 2008 she videotaped a speech for them

Vogler who founded the group and that Palin's husband was an active member in for 7 to 9 years... until recently...

Vogler was killed trying to by plastic explosives for domestic terrorism.

This is all crazy...

true

but crazy.

talk about media avoiding stories

William Ayres has nothing on Vogler...Todd Palin

and his wife

Ms. Keynote speaker herself

Sarah palin

"hold your elected officials to answer you questions" sarah palin oct 2008 talking about Obama

good grief.

This article hits the nail on the head.

The rotting, stinking corpse of the republican party is not yet even evident to many of its rabble, who continue to shout "Country First" and "Terrorist" as their country burns to hell from 8 years of republican leadership.

Palin is no hitler but she is a MORON and sick puppy.

I'm still waiting for some constructive comments from Palin rather than snarkiness, snipes, insults and meaningless platitudes.

As for Obama, what is impressing me more and more is that in these dire financial times they seem to be very financially healthy. Seems like they know how to run a fiscally responsible campaign.

A conservative friend once told me how 'the pinheads' were responsible for everything wrong in this country.

'Pinhead', I asked. He helpfully explained that pin head was short for Pointy Head Intellectual.

Like Albert Einstein, I thought. Like Jonas Salk, who invented the Polio Vaccine.

The point is that anti-intellectualism, such as the attitude of my friend, has been the foundation of the modern conservative movement since the beginning.

Dishonest. Self-serving. Anti-intellectual. That sums up modern conservativism and the Republican party.

I might add 'unaccountable'. We are seeing the fruits of the look-the-other-way philosophy of regulation. Will Republicans own up to it?

It is a fact that Obama followed the Reverend Wright, who promoted hatred and ugliness. To befriend and follow Wright's teachings for 20 years, and to be a long-term friend with a former violent activist (for any reason, but particularly for political gain) is cynical and ugly.

Unfortunately, racism is alive within the Republican Party. They are their worst enemy. This will be the beginning of the END for both McCain/Palin political careers.

Let's all rise above this and show the world the REAL Leader for the USA, Mr. Barack Obama.

"In a typically thoughtful piece.."

don't let those biases show, sweetie

funny, obama and palin are two peas in a pod, yet the obamaites are so blinded they can't see it.

McCain = DISHONORABLE; Palin = SCARY!!!

news of the day:

The National Organization for Women has endorsed the Obamba-Biden ticket
> for just the reasons listed below. They usually do not endorse, but in this
case
> believed it was absolutely necessary to take a stand. if you agree, please
pass
> this on.
>
> Subject: Women and Sarah Palin
> Friends,
> We are writing to you because of the fury and dread we have felt since the
> announcement of Sarah Palin as the Vice-Presidential candidate for the
> Republican Party. We believe that this terrible decision has surpassed mere
> partisanship, and that it is a dangerous farce on the part of a pandering and
> rudderless Presidential candidate that has a real possibility of becoming fact.
> Perhaps like us, as American women, you share the fear of what Ms. Palin and
her
> professed beliefs and proven record could lead to for ourselves and for our
> present or future daughters. To date, she is against sex education, birth
> control, the pro-choice platform, environmental protection, alternative energy
> development, freedom of speech, gun control, the separation of church and
> state,and polar bears. To say nothing of her complete lack of real preparation
> to become the second-(and possibly first)-most-powerful person on the planet.
> We want to clarify that we are not against Sarah Palin as a woman, a mother,
or,
> for that matter, a parent of a pregnant teenager, but solely as a rash,
> incompetent, and altogether devastating choice for Vice President. Ms. Palin's
> political views are in every way a slap in the face to the accomplishments
that
> our mothers and grandmothers and great-grandmothers so fiercely fought for,
and
> from which we've so demonstrably benefited.
> First and foremost, Ms. Palin does not represent us. She does not demonstrate
or
> uphold our interests as American women. It is presumed that the inclusion of a
> woman on the Republican ticket could win over women voters.
> We want to disagree, publicly. If you agree that Palin is an irresponsible,
even
> dangerous, choice for VP, please consider participating in this drive.
> Gentlemen, send this to the women you know and care for. I know it's tough to
> understand the way this choice is impacting women, but I have never seen so
many
> women so outraged, angry and distraught in my entire life. We'd like our
voices
> heard.

Tina which of those two women are MSM ?

“At this point, if you still support Obama, you are OK with his very close relationship with a racist, anti-American pastor and priest. You are OK with his long-term friendship with an unrepentant terrorist. You are OK with his close friendship with a convicted felon. You are OK with the fact that he is complicit in the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac boondoggle. And you are OK with his attempts to steal the election through ACORN and voter intimidation. All of this has been reported by the MSM and is no longer a secret.

That said, in my opinion, if you still support Obama knowing all this, I have to question your patriotism. There is no political party or ideology which could coerce me into backing such a reprehensible individual to become the President of the United States. I just refuse to believe there are that many Americans out there who hate this country.”

Sarah Palin is a disgrace to the steps women have made in the past century. No intelligent woman would be proud of the sneering, snarky, mean-spirited personality that she portrays.

One has only to watch the reactions of the people at the rallies. Democrats seem political whereas Republicans seem hateful.

Watching new briefs, most Republican surrogates spew hatred and appear downright mean. Democrats seem the exact opposite.

It's unseemly that if the polls were reversed, Democrats would act like Republican.