[Wild Irish Rogue]

” Not a good move by Palin.”

The only one who benefits from this will be Kathy Griffin.
She lives to bait Palin .
She must be euphoric today because she now has more material for her act.
“ Did you hear, Sarah Palin called me a boy ( or bully )...” and then it will be
off to the races with more comments
which will eventually cause Palin to react
and the cycle continues.
The Bush daughters were skewered by Leno and especially Letterman for their margarita escapades.
Laura Bush did not personally engage in public spats
with Leno and Letterman because she knew that there was no upside.
And no point in redirecting attention back to the original story,
which would only give it more publicity.
The comics tired of making fun of the Bush daughters because the Bush family did not keep pouring gasoline on the fire.
Their silence deprived the story of oxygen.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

“Presidential” candidates or sitting Presidents who still have personal honor, do not fall prey to those petty personal attacks. They rise above it, and don’t give it the attention it seeks.

Only a mature and logical leader would understand this quality. One like Reagan. Who would never step into the Pig Pen with the Pigs and roll in the mud along with them.

[FreeReign]

She must be euphoric today because she now has more material for her act.“ Did you hear, Sarah Palin called me a boy ( or bully )...”

Why do you even repeat the lie, that she used the word "boy"? You make no legitimate point by adding it to your argument.

The comics tired of making fun of the Bush daughters because the Bush family did not keep pouring gasoline on the fire.

The Bush daughters weren't minors. The Clinton daughter was a minor and they defended her as they should.

Their silence deprived the story of oxygen.

Silence, hoping that the bad guy goes away is never appropriate. The entire eight year Bush presidency is the best example of that. It's ironic that you used the Bush presidency as an example.

Anyway, the following Palin response to the Griffin question, minus the two words that I crossed out, is appropriate.

“You know Kathy Griffin can do anything to me or say about me, because you know, she’s kind of this – she’s a fifty year old adult – bully really is what she is. She’s kind of a has-been comedian and she can do those things to me. I would just ask for respect of my children. As she had stated on CNN that her new year’s resolution was to destroy my 16 year old daughter – that takes it a little too far. Kathy pick on me, come up to Alaska and pick on me, but leave my kids alone.”

[truthkeeper]

Yep, you nailed it. Good post.

[Finny]

It doesn't matter. The whole liberal "comedy" schtick is so ugly and base and brutal that the whats are mere details. It will fail ultimately because it repels something in most people. It's doomed to fail, the same way that communism is doomed to fail. Palin provides material? Subject takes material and generates more ugly, base, and brutal garbage, and one by one, more individuals recoil in horror.

I'm okay with that.