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This is a new low. MSNBC is a disgrace, and I never expect anything remotely fair or ethical to emerge from their dealings with conservatives, Sarah Palin in particular, but their recent smearing is way over the top--and I'm just...FED UP! Why can't the Left just deal with the real issues? That would be "too much like right," so what do they do? You know what they do because you've seen it so many times before.

When Sarah Palin abruptly announced that she was planning to leave office, it was clear whom she blamed for her early exit. ... Blasting her adversaries for paralyzing the Alaska governor's office with charges of "frivolous ethics violations," Palin and her representatives accused these unnamed "Outside interests" of harming her ability to govern after returning from the presidential campaign. ... There's no doubt that Alaska's state government has been paralyzed since Palin's return, with anger and frustration emanating from both the governor's office and the state legislature. All of Palin's major bills failed to pass this year's first 90-day session....

By R. A. Mansour The following letter to the editor was published in the River News Herald in Rio Vista, California: "FIRING BACK at “Taking Aim” There seems to be a national epidemic of obsessive compulsive behavior commonly known as “Palin-itis”. While most often observed in mainstream media, it was most recently manifested locally in last week’s column by Al Eaton. The symptoms are an irrational and overwhelming need to mock, demean, denigrate and ultimately destroy Sarah Palin and her family. It can be done by lies, innuendo, half-truths, and of course, the ever popular unnamed and anonymous sources. I...

In a presidential race in which unexpected factors like lipsticks and pigs have driven questions about sexism and feminism, a central question remains: What do women want? This is especially true now that Alaska's Republican Gov. Sarah Palin, a self-described hockey mom, is a major player in the race - and is shaping its coverage and its issues in surprising ways. "Palin was incredibly clever political strategy," said Rosemary Camposano, spokeswoman for WomenCount.org, a nonpartisan campaign group founded to support Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's presidential effort that now is working to advance women's political issues. "It shows the Republicans asking...