[2ndDivisionVet]

Seriously?

[Talisker]

Her fans have come to view her as the living antithesis of everything they find offensive—the mainstream media, cultural elites, out-of-touch Washington. She so embodies this role that it is no longer clear whether her backers support her in her own right or support her because they so dislike what she dislikes.

LOL, see what Kimberly-of-J-School hath wrought for her theme.

It's, like, logic.

But not.

[GeronL]

WHat dimension is this article from??

[avacado]

Good grief! They (MSM, liberals, GOP elites) so want to put Sarah into their neat little box of what they think is best. All the while shaking in their collective boots at the juggernaut Palin has become. Regardless of who runs for the GOP ticket, if it's not Palin, they are going to have to go through Palin and kiss her ass. She has built a rock solid base that no one can win without their support and her approval.

[Hotdog]

I remember what wringers were for and why the term “put through the wringer” meant...”your all WET”...another old term meaning your full of crap...
Well..in all do respect...if your not full of crap then why run you through the wringer?
Makes sense to me...

[Finalapproach29er]

Women (this author) hate more than men.

Nobody has had more personal scrutiny and given less credit for her tenure in office.

The WSJ is lousy. IBD is usually good.

[4rcane]

in 3 years, she took more than mitt, tpall, newt took combined in their life time

[kittymyrib]

Another WSJ hatchet job on Palin. If they succeed in nominating another squishy Democrat-Lite, she really ought to run on a third party ticket and mortally wound the Ruling Class elite.

They wouldn’t have the House, or the Senate, or the White House after the election. And BO would have another four years to tax the rich and confiscate industries. Perhaps the WSJ should think about that possibility.

[pepperdog]

“at the hands of conservatives focused on obtaining a competent nominee”

should read “at the hands of rinos and closet liberals focused on obtaining a compliant nominee”

[lurk]

Yeah, she hasn’t had death threats, phone harassment, pernicious lawsuits, personal harassment, visual encroachment on her property, tabloid slander, media slander, and tell-all books by would-be sons-in-law like the others have had to endure.

[floozy22]

Mrs. Palin's initial mistreatment, by a press (on the right and the left) that was both jeering and patronizing, has in fact resulted in an unfortunate phenomenon. It has allowed Mrs. Palin to dismiss any criticism of her—no matter how straightforward—as yet more hostility from opponents, or as hoity-toity blather from inside-the-Beltway mopes.

This is a profoundly wrong statement.

She has never dismissed criticisms aimed at her, rather she has dealt with them straight on. She has been more than willing to take on legitimate issues of disagreement that exist between her and: the Republican establishment, the Obama administration, the MSM. Those of us who support her have dismissed the criticisms, out of a sense of fairness and perhaps overprotection. But Sarah Palin does not need to be protected. She'll likely never get a fair shake from the media, but she can and does, stand on her own and deal with the shots they take at her.

[RichInOC]

So I didn’t see and hear what I saw and heard the last three years, Kimberly, is that what you’re saying? Is that the best argument you’ve got? If so...you’re screwed.

[sickoflibs]

RE :”This isn't healthy. Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty—all have already been through the wringer, and at the hands of conservatives focused on obtaining a competent nominee. If Mrs. Palin wants the most powerful job on the planet, she shouldn't be averse to the same critical questioning”

I dont know that much about Pawlenty yet but Romney and Newt are pretty well known bad examples, yes Newt has been though the wringer, but he lost (and screwed up) at it having to resign. Yes, Romney made it as governor in the Ted Kennedy liberal state by acting like a liberal, maybe not what we need now.

Newt, been though...??? Still in shock.

[Psalm 144]

The author’s assertion so startled me that I spontaneously erupted with flatulence from both ends. Much like the author in the creation of this . . . analysis.