I’ve noticed that the most vitriolic hatred for Palin comes from women, many of those who could have been McCain voters.
Perhaps it is because they felt the McCain campaign was trying to manipulate them by nominating Palin? Could it be that they know that Palin would not have been McCain’s running mate, nor the object of all this discussion today, if it were not for her gender?
Perhaps could they resent that?
Perhaps they feel insulted by those who hold Palin up as the best their gender has to offer?
I smell Peggy Noonan.
I think that's true for some women. There may also be a "class" thing going on. Sarah did not rise up in a profession through the traditional route of education. She is a bit too "roughly" self-made for some conservative women.
I find myself in the awkward position of strongly defending Sarah to those who rose from the ranks of the lower class through education, but also accepting some of the criticism of Sarah that seems fair. The latter earns the scorn of people who worship at her feet.