Posted on 10/01/2008 11:59:28 AM PDT by presidio9
Allow me to introduce myself. I am a traitor and an idiot. Also, my mother should have aborted me and left me in a Dumpster, but since she didn't, I should "off" myself.
Those are just a few nuggets randomly selected from thousands of e-mails written in response to my column suggesting that Sarah Palin is out of her league and should step down.
Who says public discourse hasn't deteriorated?
The fierce reaction to my column has been both bracing and enlightening. After 20 years of column writing, I'm familiar with angry mail. But the past few days have produced responses of a different order. Not just angry, but vicious and threatening.
Some of my usual readers feel betrayed because I previously have written favorably of Palin. By changing my mind and saying so, I am viewed as a traitor to the Republican Partynot a "true" conservative.
Palin's fans say they like her specifically because she's an outsider, not part of the Washington club. When she flubs during interviews, they identify with that too. "You see the lack of polish, we applaud it," one reader wrote.
Of course, there's a difference between a lack of polish and a lack of coherence. Some of Palin's interview responses can't even be critiqued on their merits because they're so nonsensical. "Let Sarah be Sarah" has become the latest rallying cry among my colleagues on the right. She'll be fine if we just leave her alone, they say. Between prayers, I might add.
Not all my mail has been mean-spirited. A fair number expressed polite disappointment; others relief and gratitude. Still others offered reasonable arguments aimed at changing my mind. I may yet.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Kathleen Parker is in favor of abortion being enshrined as a legal “right”.
Sarah Palin presents an immense danger to that position.
They just love using labels to mislead people. For instance, they treat Rush Limbaugh as if he's a "journalist" and expect him to be "an unbiased reporter". Then when he blows them out of the water on an issue using his Conservative principles, he gets re-labeled as "just an entertainer."
“Parker is taking a flier that McCain/Palin will lose and she is trying to stake out her claim on one of the lucrative MSM house conservative slots. George Will and Peggy (reaganwasmysockpuppet) Noonan have a lock on two of those slots. Krauthammer is making a strong bid for a seat at that table. Parker has some pretty strong competition for the few slots available and, therefore, needs this kind of stimulus-response to get her house republican creds in order.”
Interesting point. Job interviews with the MSM, minus the travel expenses.
Oh well, there you go.
So... in what way is she a “conservative commentator”?
actually, she likes obama. i heard it from someone who has been around her.
actually, she likes obama. i heard it from someone who has been around her.
I was just going by what was posted on FR yesterday about her being a supporter of Romney and how she was apparently upset when he wasn’t chosen for VP.
“I love Obama for his style, grace, intellect, and his way with words. I want the healing power that an Obama presidency could deliver to this country.”
Kathleen Parker, September 19th, 2008
“in what way is she a conservative commentator?”
In no way I can think of!
If shes been silenced then why can I still hear her whining?
Do you really thing she is a traitor?
I mean, in the legal sense?
Parker is an utter moron, or she has been living in a cave this past year. Does she really think that someone like Barry, surrounded or supported as he is by the likes of Michelle “American is downright mean” Obama, Fr. Pfleger, Rev. Wright, Farrakhan, Ayers, Dohrn, Rezko, the whole chorus of left-wing moonbats, et al., is going to bring any kind of healing or peace to this country?
Why'd you do that? Townhall is one of the best conservative sites on the web. You should have let it be known that you disapprove of KP and state that you would no longer read her articles, but don't cancel the subscription.
Nope; in the common sense of “Betraying those who trust y ou.”
Read the other comments to my original remark (the one you replied ). They’re pretty interesting.
“The same thing that qualifies any of the rest of us to declare otherwise: having an opinion and a forum for it.”
The only thing that having an opinion qualifies anyone to do is to express an opinion. Declaring someone qualified or unqualified for a particular position needs some greater rationale than an opinion.
My remark was addressed to the columnist, Parker, who declared Palin unqualified. And I often declare Obama unqualified, and have a long list of reasons for saying that.
Boy her standards are low if that's the case. Uhmmm, ehhhh, stutter, stutter...that's above my paygrade, Obama, who has had 18 months or so on the campaign trail to fine tune his goofy delivery; the same guy who did so poorly at the Saddleback Forum where spontaneity was a necessity, that his campaign had to accuse McCain of cheating....Palin has 2 months to fine tune her rhetorical abilities, she has a middling interview and Parker is bailing out and excoriating her. What a chump.
It's a law of nature, asshole. Now go take a prozac or a midol or whatever gets you through the PMSing.
Parker's objection to intemperate words is perfectly justified. Her pretense that her words were not immediate ammunition for the Obama activists is either naive or disingenuous or both. She's welcome to her opinions and I'm welcome to ignore them from now on.
I was one of the ones who wrote her a polite e-mail in which I gave my reasons for supporting Sarah. I ended it, “With best wishes.”
I do not care whether she changes her mind or not. I now have a mental list of those who claim to be conservatives but are knifing Sarah. I will keep it in mind when I encounter their opinions in the future.
shes been getting angry emails since 1988???
Cool.
Yep, after the Challenger disaster Bill Clinton pulled the country together with a youtube video.
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