Mark Steyn is master of language, not a conservative. He cannot empathize with a true conservative. He could listen to Sarah Palin’s entire speech today and not come away understanding what she meant. Conservatives understood instantly. Steyn has become irrelevant. I am astounded by the positive reactions to his article in this thread.
I agree. Steyn appears not to be a sharp judge of character. Sarah has never "cut and run" in anything she has ever done in her life, and it would be extraordinarily out of character for her to do so now. If concern for her family were the reason for her resignation, she would have said so. That she hinted at a fight "from another direction" means she has a political agenda.
Steyn has never quite recovered from the Nov. 4th election. He claimed that it represented a "sea change" in the U.S. from a center-right country to a center-left one. I think Ziegler's documentary, "Media Malpractice", pretty much destroys that argument; it shows cluelessness on the part of zerobama supporters, and it shows that people were kept in the dark about zerobama by a complicit media. Steyn is a very gifted writer, but I think he's unduly gloomy about this latest tactical move by Sarah.
Mark Steyn is both. Never ran for office with McCain either.