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I continue to believe that Sarah Palin is not yet qualified to be president, but my admiration for her continues to grow. Her interview with Sean Hannity, just aired, was almost pitch-perfect. It was dignified. It was well-modulated. It was strong. And it was thoughtful. She kept her composure even as Hannity put on the screen some of the vilest, most vicious attacks against her -- the sorts of things that were so bad that if they were said about me they might shake me to my core. She explained her thought process after hearing about the shooting in Tucson, and explained the timing of her videotaped message, and explained her use of the term "blood libel." She insisted, rightly, that strong and honest -- but respectful -- political debate should not be stifled, and noted that it only seems like the right is asked to stifle its views. She was correct on all counts.

The truth is, there is almost nothing this lady has ever done or said that merits the sorts of venomous vitriol to which she has been subjected. Her rhetoric is sharp but not hateful. Her views -- and even more, her actual record -- are mainstream conservative, not extremist. And her story of a plucky, self-made rise from unlikely (for a politician) origins, on the basis of hard work and gumption, is remarkably admirable. And, frankly, whom has she hurt along the way? The feelings of those who are appalled that she wouldn't abort her Downs Syndrome baby? The ideology of those who thought she should force her daughter to get an abortion? The corrupt old-boy network who plagued (and effectively robbed) Alaska, whom she defeated in fair-and-square elections? The self-important worldview of those who believe that women who aren't liberal are illegitimate political actors? Go ahead: Show where Sarah Palin has been mean-spirited, abusive, or hateful? Can't do it. She hasn't been.

Sarah Palin has been libeled for the past nine days, and indeed libeled ever since John McCain announced he was choosing her as his running mate. Amidst all the slings and arrows, she has retained remarkable composure. She's not my choice for president, but I would be happy for her to continue, at any time she wants, to put leftist folly in her verbal gunsights.

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JmsA| 1.17.11 @ 10:13PM

Thank you, Mr. Hillyer, for telling it like it is.

Mac McClure| 1.17.11 @ 10:13PM

Who is your choice for President?

Gina| 1.17.11 @ 10:20PM

She's *my* choice -- but other than that, this article was spot on!

Stephanie| 1.18.11 @ 11:04AM

Okay Quinn, you've make it quite clear that she is NOT your choice for president. Can you tell us why? And as Gina asked, who would be your choice? She is my choice as well and if she does decide to run, I will donate money and work my fingers to the bone to get her elected. There is no one else on the horizon who I can get behind and this morning I heard that the last Bush brother is making noises and some think he may throw his hat in the ring. Please God, no.

Doug| 1.17.11 @ 10:25PM

Why do so many Palin supporters resort to male bashing? They scream women are equal to men but bring up qualifications of childbirth and having a uterus as determining factors of what makes Palin a great politician. One has absolutely NOTHING to do with the other. Be a politician that happens to be a woman and leave all the other irrelevant perspective points out of it (abortion, childbirth, single mother, Downs Syndrome baby)! If Palin is all that she say she is, her POLITICAL record should be enough for her to stand on. Seriously!

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 2:06AM

Sarah Palin is a Social Conservative, Doug; her pro-life views --and actions--are not only relevant they are definitive to millions of us.
She could have easily aborted Trig (the vast majority of Down Syndrome babies are aborted), but the fact that she didn't, makes her heroic to me. The cruelty Leftists have shown Trig must be especially painful for Sarah to bear.

Male-bashing Palin supporters? It's not a gender issue, it's a Principle issue--a Conservative Principle issue. I love and respect Sarah Palin because she lives hers.

Nick| 1.18.11 @ 5:01AM

Abortion is murder. Thinking it's a heroic "choice" is utter liberal propaganda. Most people manage to go their entire lives without murdering anybody. Yeah, that's a good thing...but definitely not heroic.

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 12:26PM

You're clueless. Abortion hasn't been murder since you Leftist clowns and your "liberal propaganda" pushed its legalization through in 1973.

Sarah Palin is definitely courageous for choosing life--but you wouldn't know anything about courage, coward.

Nick| 1.18.11 @ 12:44PM

Conservative principles are stronger than your vapid politician worship. Lionizing a vacuous dimwit makes you the same as Obamabots who followed the pied piper down the road to Marxism. Dumb.

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 12:56PM

You're right; my allegiance to Conservative principles is stronger than the idiotic "politician worship" exhibited by you and your fellow Marxist fools.
If you had half a brain you would have understood that was the very point of my first post. Duh.

Nick| 1.18.11 @ 7:30PM

This is not the same "Nick" that is from Detroit, i.e. me. Every regular poster here knows that I'm a big Sarah Palin fan.

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 8:40PM

I know, Nick. You're one of the good guys. :)

Slinkiecat| 1.18.11 @ 7:24PM

Why do you think female supporters are using such inane "qualifications" as you list? Maybe you're frequenting the wrong sites. Most of us who like Sarah and believe as she does admire her for her strength, her refusal to bow to liberal accusations of inciting violence (in liberal crazy young people, of course), and her steadfast loyalty to family, principles, patriotism and religion.

Sarah's role as matriarch is just testimony to her strength, not her major qualifications to lead.

Cheryl| 1.17.11 @ 10:27PM

I was very impressed that she did this interview with a real journalist like Sean Hannity at Fox News which is notorious for asking such tough questions of everyone, even conservatives. This shows what a tough mama grizzly and pit bull with lipstick she is that she's brave enough to face Fox News.

Ralph| 1.18.11 @ 6:04AM

Nice of you to say so, Cheryl.

Old Fart| 1.17.11 @ 10:27PM

Yes oh I agree! Everything they say on Fox is so true. Sarah is so much smarter than Obama it's ovious to anyone with a brane.

Brian Crittenden| 1.17.11 @ 10:39PM

Least when I make a statement I am not ashamed of my name. Kind of makes me understand your statement.

bob| 1.17.11 @ 10:50PM

one of the funniest lines I've read in months. well done.

JOHNNY| 1.17.11 @ 11:54PM

NO, THAT'S BRANE, DUMMY!

Bill| 1.17.11 @ 11:49PM

Your sarcasm is noted. It might be more effective if you learned how to spell. You have shown your intelligence and education to be lacking.

NadePaulKuciGravMcKi| 1.17.11 @ 10:29PM

"She was very useful to Likud"

JmsA| 1.17.11 @ 10:31PM

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." T. Roosevelt

wodiej| 1.18.11 @ 9:16AM

That's Palin alright.

Jack Daniels| 1.18.11 @ 11:29AM

And it ain't obama.

PeteG| 1.18.11 @ 2:31PM

Reality check people--- Palin is the critic Teddy was talking about.

She was Mayor of Wasilla but only Governor for 3/4 of one term because she quit when things got tough.

Here's a quote for you "Never, never, never quit." Winston Churchill.

Since then, all she has done is criticize. She gives speeches, goes on Fox news, twitter, facebook, etc and criticizes Obama, members of her own party, etc, but doesn't do anything.

I have been a Republican my whole life. It irritates me when people compare her with the great conservative leaders like Reagan or Roosevelt. Look what Roosevelt accomplished before he became Vice President, the positions he had held, the successes he had.

Palin's big claim to fame is the "bridge to nowhere". She actually supported the bridge until public opinion turned against it but still held onto the 400 million in federal earmarks to support the Alaskan State budget. Palin talks a good game but is, in reality, a RINO who is using the Tea Party as a way to market her book and get paid on reality television.

Palin and Obama are in the same boat in that they are far too inexperienced for the job.

The only thing that her candidacy in 2012 would do is guarantee a second term for Obama.

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 3:21PM

You stupid trolls can't make up your puny minds. Which is it: Is Palin a rabid arch-Conservative as many of you claim or is she a weak-willy RINO as you just stupidly stated? That girl lives rent-free in your libtard heads, and it's so much fun to watch as your heads explode.

If just once you Palin haters offered a viable alternative candidate when you mindlessly spew your bs , perhaps we wouldn't automatically blow you off.

Nah, we'd still blow you off.

PeteG| 1.18.11 @ 3:52PM

If Huckabee runs, I will support him. He has the experience and credentials. I am not a big fan of Romney, Gingrich has too much baggage.

You call me stupid, but you don't provide any evidence of her being fit for president. What did she DO (not just tweet about) that makes her a valid candidate?

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 5:08PM

Does the name Maurice Clemmons ring a bell? Governor Huckabee's irresponsible pardon of said criminal resulted in the murders of FOUR! police officers in Washington state.

Huckabee will NEVER recover from the taint of this scandal, just as Romney will never recover from RomneyCare.

Not A Fan| 1.23.11 @ 11:04PM

Slight correction. Palin served 1.5 years of a 4 year term. That's less than half, and nowhere near 3/4. As for Obama's inexperience... I think he's experienced the shit out of the Rethugs despite the "shellacking" in the mid-terms. Awesome, awesome person and awesome, awesome politician. That's what you people can't stand. That, of course, and the fact that he can write and speak coherently.

Porchlight| 1.25.11 @ 1:08PM

Inaugurated December 4, 2006; last day in office July 26, 2009. That's 2 years and not quite 8 months. Google it and you'll get some moron answer on ask.com saying 18 months; this number has been copied and pasted all over the web by not-very-intelligent lefties ever since she announced her resignation.

Dan| 1.17.11 @ 10:31PM

She is not your choice? OK, that of course is your personal choice, but surely you must have found it SHOCKING that the so called men in the GOP mostly remained silent for the past week when she was being blamed for Mass Murder. That is not the type I want as President.

How come she is always the one fighting for us? Why is she always used as a human shield for the so called men in the GOP since they never stand up to the left/dems/media which are one in the same?

Palin 2012.......I will not donate one cent or volunteer this time around if we nominate another fraud coward who refuses to fight the left. I have learned my lesson. Tread carefully GOP.

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 2:09AM

I agree.

wodiej| 1.18.11 @ 9:19AM

I am w you on this. I don't know why else they have not defended her except they view her as a threat to their own political aspirations. If she was a man, she would already be the designated Republican nominee and that's a fact. Much lessor men of dubious flaws and character have been beloved.

Stephanie| 1.18.11 @ 11:31AM

Did you see Brit Hume and Charles Krauthammer hammering her too? WTheck?! I usually agree with Charles but this time he was off the mark. Hume has become too soft. Nice guy, but feels he's lost his Umpf.

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 12:19PM

Krauthammer's arrogant bullying of Sarah Palin turned me off a long time ago. Charles should "just leave the room" so to speak.

willegge| 1.17.11 @ 10:33PM

Sarah Palin is the most character prepared person for the presidency and greatness to boot. She has been in the crucible of adversity like no other politician in recent history . The greatest of characters are formed through great adversity. She is equipped with a level of experience, truth, and integrity with moral conviction that is not often seen today . Simply put, she will do what she says. She has my vote.

JimBob| 1.18.11 @ 3:35PM

Does she have your ashtray? You should put out that massive doobie right away before the last of your brain cells are zapped.

Jackie| 1.19.11 @ 12:06AM

You seem to know a lot about massive doobies and your incoherent post proves it.

Brian Crittenden| 1.17.11 @ 10:34PM

Are you folks nuts. Racist and an anti-Semite I am glad to see all the lemmings follow her off of a cliff. Just like Dick Army, Coulter, and the rest. It is all about the cheese. Snooky level. Maybe they could do a Jersey shore spinoff.

TParty Radio| 1.17.11 @ 11:09PM

The name's Snooki, comrade. Try and keep up.

Sticky Glue| 1.17.11 @ 10:35PM

Sounds like Quin drank the kool-aid.

Jackie| 1.19.11 @ 12:07AM

No, you had already guzzled the last of it, moron.

Jimmy| 1.17.11 @ 10:38PM

She is an idiot.

Mike| 1.17.11 @ 11:50PM

Jimmy:

I see that comment a lot, but I wonder what it is about what she says and does that is idiotic. Perhaps you can be a bit more expansive?

And before you respond, I'd ask you to first filter out anything that isn't unique to her. You seem to think politicians are geniuses, and that she's the exception.

You're wrong on both counts, I believe - politicians, as a class, are of below-average intelligence and above-average narcissism & extroversion. Palin seems to be no more idiotic than her peers, and, while probably just as narcissistic as them, she simply pulls it off better.

Nick| 1.18.11 @ 5:40AM

1. Palin volunteered to do a reality show Kate Plus 8, which puts her at an idiot level around Rod Blagojevich.

2. Palin was outsmarted by Katie Couric/Charlie Gibson which puts her at an idiot level of her own.

100 softball Hannity interviews won't change that she's dumber than Katie Couric.

Warrior| 1.18.11 @ 11:25AM

So now anyone who has appeared on a reality show is an idiot?

Obama was outsmarted by Joe the Plumber, what does that make him?

While Hannity is a softball interview for any conservative. Name one interview of Obama and/or Hillary on the national stage where they have been unscripted and been asked one tough question during their campaigns? You also seem to brush aside Obama advising us there were 57 states and Hillary rewriting history to suit her needs. The RNC and McCain's campaign people were rank amatuers when setting Palin up for these interviews and these questions.

Palin has made quite a bit of money for being such an idiot and she is still better qualified to be President than what is currently occupying the White House.

Nick| 1.18.11 @ 12:49PM

Is this a liberal blog? Everyone knows Dimmocrats are dumber than dirt. Whining about victim identity politics and cavorting with Hollyweird reality show types is not a good way to earn the Republican nomination for president.

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 12:58PM

One thing we can agree on, troll--you Dimmo Dummocrats are dumber than dirt.

Nick D| 1.18.11 @ 11:05PM

You think abortion is not murder, FYI that's the liberal Dimmo position. I'm a conservative, I think abortion is murder.

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 11:34PM

It doesn't matter what you think, stupid--look up the definition and learn something. Assclown.

Stephanie| 1.18.11 @ 11:35AM

Go to Politico this morning and see the comments on Sarah Palin concerning her interview last night. It is amazing the, what's that word of the day, "vitriol", that is on display there. The ignorance in the words printed is astounding. Talk about lemmings! And I'd bet you a dollar they don't even know why they hate her.

Anne| 1.18.11 @ 12:21PM

Leftists are deranged, and Jared Loughlin is their poster boy.

Bill| 1.17.11 @ 11:52PM

That's the best you got? Pretty lame, Jimmy.

Jes' me| 1.18.11 @ 12:02AM

Jimmy, Jimmy, Jimmy...that was neither deep nor profound.
But, you did use a three-syllable word.
I give your comment an F+

kingfish| 1.17.11 @ 10:39PM

Cheryl, watch the video of Schiff on O'Donell's show and youll see why Palin probably will never go on MSNBC

Sunshine| 1.17.11 @ 10:40PM

Palin is a brilliant debater. And she has remain dedicated to her straightforward views.

Those who think she can't win will need to explain why when each primary debate is another Palin victory; and explain why we should choose another candidate defeated in debate.

dutch| 1.17.11 @ 10:42PM

Sarah Palin is despised by 7 out of 10 of us Alaskans. Before you start running your jib, come up here and see for yourself. Alaskans from all political corners see her as a consumate backstabber and dishonest freeloader. Cry me a river now...

Odysseus| 1.18.11 @ 8:20AM

Yeah, that's why she had an 80% approval rating while she was governor.

dutch| 1.17.11 @ 10:42PM

TJ Parker| 1.17.11 @ 10:42PM

LOL. Did you even watch the same interview? The lady can't even answer a question from a friendly interviewer.

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 11:35PM

You must have been high on crack because Sarah answered Hannity's questions brilliantly.

Dan Pet| 1.17.11 @ 10:47PM

Anti Semite?? You are crazy and demonstrate that you know nothing about Palin. there is No ONE that has been more supportive os Israel than Palin... Even when she was governor. She is smart and tough as hell. quin will come around to Palin and so will many many others.

cheri | 1.17.11 @ 10:47PM

Sarah Palin was absolutely brilliant. Courage, leadership and articulation of the founder's intent for our nation make me willing to walk over nails to see her as President of the US in 2012. I will travel to Iowa, NH or SC and contribute in any way that I can to help her cause. I am a former liberal, a Mom and see her as the only solution to the downward spiral of our nation . Others are waking up as well, she will win the Republican nomination and sweep Republicans in to the Congress and the White House. Praise God for Sarah Palin!

dutch| 1.17.11 @ 11:01PM

You poor foolish child, I will pray for your enlightenment. Our Lord would never allow a fraud like Sarah Palin to be anything other than an opportunist. Her fame and fortune will be her demise, and she is self destructing as I type this. Good night!

Sweeney| 1.17.11 @ 11:45PM

So you use the Lord's name in vain and then say "good night?" The only self-destructing that is going on in your little world is under your blankets.

Jack Daniels| 1.18.11 @ 11:40AM

And I will pray for yours.
Palin for President in 2012~

jimbob| 1.18.11 @ 3:37PM

You are as retarded as Palin's kid.

Anne| 1.18.11 @ 5:17PM

But not as hideously ugly as you, loser.

unseen| 1.17.11 @ 10:48PM

Gov Palin shows what a true leader looks like in this interview. It's sad that there are very few in the Gop at this time. Maybe Gov Palin can give a course to the other men in the GOP on how to be a leader

Joe| 1.17.11 @ 10:50PM

She is the awesomest most purfect in the repablicun partey. I hope she wins it the president in 2012. She has branes and class.

Bill| 1.17.11 @ 11:56PM

Please Joe, learn to spell. Your statements are embarrassing.

Joe| 1.18.11 @ 1:00AM

I am a Sarah patriott. I'm just like her. She is one of us patriotec Americans. Spelling right dont mean much. It's for elitissts like everyones been seying. Education aint as important. I know bout what makes America great.

Anne| 1.18.11 @ 5:18PM

That you, Jared?

Nick| 1.17.11 @ 11:58PM

Wow Joe!

You're really fooling us, you bleeding heart liberal troll.
Not!

Hezoriah| 1.18.11 @ 1:05AM

It's Sarah that's fooling you Nick. You and the other imbeciles here are her marks. Best of luck to us all. If she ever were to actually run (doubtful) and get elected do what you do best...PRAY!

Have a pleasant evening ya'll!!! Out of here forever. It's been a blast.

Roy| 1.18.11 @ 11:26AM

DLTDHY..OSTD(on second thought, do)

Dick Gozina| 1.17.11 @ 10:52PM

Governor Palin showed her true colors tonight. Say what you want but she is what she is. When the gates of hell open we'll find out which side she stands on.

Anne| 1.18.11 @ 1:01PM

Libtards are insane. I thought you freaks didn't believe in hell.

NVA Patriot| 1.17.11 @ 10:53PM

Folks,

Americans in 2012 will be looking for courage and a leader who can bear the weight of tragedy and come through smiling, stronger and ready for the next challenge.

The current President's policies will not restore prosperity. The current President's crony capitalism focussed on Washington, New York, and Chicago will ultimately lead to destitution for our great Republic. It's starting and we all see it in the rising prices at the grocery store and the gas pump. Soon heating bills will be coming due and people will see it there. We all know our home values have fallen and we sense apprehension as we see further devaluations in our future. The media looks for every oppotunity to make it look like we are turning the economy around, but the spin is so far removed from reality that we trust media and government economic statistics less and less.

As the crisis crests, many leftists think they will have their opportunity for 'revolution.' America will disappoint them. We will not choose that path.

We will choose liberty and we will choose a leader who has proven her worth by enduring and becoming More American with each crisis. If there is another candidate who can carry that mantle show them to us.

Mrs Lee| 1.17.11 @ 11:37PM

Thank you for thatk, Patriot. God be with you.

Loadmaster| 1.18.11 @ 7:41AM

I will continue to say this. Until a GOP POTUS candidate appears...Sarah is the lead contender. Not one of our male candidates have rising to the top...NOT ONE. The week of the AZ shooting they must have been hiding under their bed. They missed a great opportunity to come out and defend us...but they didn't do it. Their handlers must have realized they couldn't win that fight and they would get bad poll numbers from standing up to the abuse we received. That did not sit well with millions of us. Sarah is willing to stand up for us and get smacked around just to try and save this country.

So, I say to the GOP male. Get a set of "johnson's" if you want to run for POTUS or are you going to sit back and let a lady do all your dirty work for you? I be John Brown if you will get our vote. Sarah Palin has "earned" our respect and admiration. She will get my dollars and my support. The heck with that OLD slogan "she ain't electable". So who says that - the ones who got us in this mess? No sir, no more for me!!!!

Embloy| 1.17.11 @ 10:54PM

Evil knows no bounds. Beware her mark of Satan.

Claypoole| 1.18.11 @ 9:11AM

And what, precisely, is "her mark of Satan"?

sonny| 1.17.11 @ 10:55PM

Fools are ye who trust this one.

Sweeney| 1.17.11 @ 11:49PM

Embloy and sonny: you two crack me up. It will be even funnier when somebody kicks out the soap boxes you two are standing on.

Lose the Goth. It makes you sound so stupid.

john| 1.17.11 @ 11:02PM

Sarah Palin is only good at being Sarah Palin. All she did tonight was keep her base stirred up remind the rest of us why she’s only tabloid fodder. I truly hopes she throws here hat in the ring 1n 2012. I want to see her debate. That would be hilarious...

Bill| 1.18.11 @ 12:03AM

Proof read your work, John. "here hat" makes you look stupid. Only one period needed after your last statement. Now why don't you chug on over to your local college and sign up for English 101.

John| 1.18.11 @ 12:48AM

I'll give you that one Bill. I'm a lousy typist but have excellent English skills. "Here hat" may have made me look stupid but your defense of Sarah proves that you lack intelligence. She is an idiot. She is also self serving but your blinded by here inane charms. Chug on that.

Stephanie| 1.18.11 @ 11:45AM

Did you not see the debate between Sarah and Joe Biden?

Moo| 1.17.11 @ 11:05PM

I trust her more than any of the damned incestuous thieves and crooks who have run this country into the ground.

She's our best chance because no one owns her.
Palin 2012

EMC| 1.18.11 @ 6:03AM

"No one owns her"?

Oh, yeah? Google "Sarah Palin Giddings TX" and see how many times she's been there to huddle with her 15 Big Oil financier/speculators...who received $ 193 million from the State of AK in July 2009, as Palin simultaneously quit her job as governor of Alaska.

http://palingates.blogspot.com.....ve-in.html

Odysseus| 1.18.11 @ 8:29AM

I did Google that. You're an idiot. So, she went to Giddings a couple of times. I've been to Giddings. Nice people and great German food.

Even if she is huddling with a bunch of big oil executives, I prefer that to the gaggle of Marxists, Maoists, socialists, communists, and tyrants-in-waiting with whom Øbama regularly huddles.

Claypoole| 1.18.11 @ 9:20AM

Palin is a friend of Big Oil? Fine with me. Maybe with a Palin presidency, the United States would be allowed to drill for and refine its own oil. Maybe we would join other developed nations in building nuclear power plants. It seems as if the Obama administration wants us to remain dependent on ever more expensive foreign oil. Why?

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 1:03PM

Palin busted Big Oil's chops when she was Governor of Alaska. Only an idiot wouldn't know that.

jack london| 1.17.11 @ 11:06PM

Smart doesn't even begin to define her. Please let her run in 2012

Bill| 1.18.11 @ 12:05AM

How about tough as hell?

Patiot| 1.18.11 @ 1:05PM

I think brilliant and courageous are apt when it comes to defining Sarah Palin.

Firelight| 1.17.11 @ 11:10PM

Sarah Palin has exhibited courage and grace under fire. For all the stories we have heard about her, all the attacks on her and her family, we have never seen her loose her cool or talk off point. She displays incredible self-control and maturity.

As you say yourself, her views and her record are mainstream conservative. She is one of the few politicians who walk the walk and talk the talk. She is straight forward and actually answers questions, a rarity in politics. She doesn't lie, cheat or tell people what they want to hear. She is honest.

She has expressed opinions and ideas on important issues that are smart, accurate and spot on for conservatives. She doesn't back down and certainly isn't afraid to challenge twisted liberal thinking and attacks.

Palin has weighed in on foreign policy, economics, healthcare, energy, freedom, among other things. I have yet to disagree with her on anything. Even the pundits who claim they disagree turn around and offer the same opinions as Palin.

Exactly what is it about Palin that you deem not ready or not qualified? Perhaps that opinion was understandable when she was new on the scene in 2008 and somewhat unknown BUT it is hard to refute the fact that she has proven herself time and time again over the past two years. She has educated us on her record, views, ideas etc... enough to know that she is very qualified and very ready.

She stood with a steel spine during these attacks when no other potential candidate could utter a single consonant while hiding under the desk.

I will proudly vote for that kind of leadership anyday. What will it take for you Mr. Hillyer? Maybe you should really reflect on why it is you really oppose a President Palin. The answer might enlighten you.

Creed| 1.17.11 @ 11:11PM

Sarah is everything Obama thought he was.

JPM| 1.18.11 @ 7:30AM

Obama thought he was a beautiful woman? That explains a lot!

Stephanie| 1.18.11 @ 11:47AM

No, she's everything he PRETENDED to be.

Ran / Si Vis Pacem| 1.17.11 @ 11:17PM

Mr. Hillyer, many thanks - I'm in complete agreement. FWIW, here are a few observations on the origins of Palin Derangement Syndrome.

Fred| 1.17.11 @ 11:20PM

Thank you Sarah Palin for keeping your defensive story alive for another news cycle while the real victims recover in the hospital. The more you speak the more America learns of self pity Sarah.

alwaysfiredup| 1.17.11 @ 11:20PM

She is teflon. She is the next coming of billy jeff. The haters are gonna be kicking themselves.

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 5:14PM

LOL. Sarah's pretty tough but I'd prefer to compare her to Reagan rather than that Horndog in Chief, Clinton.

Hezoriah| 1.17.11 @ 11:29PM

The stunning narcissism and inability to even fake empathy show why she'll never lead the nation. She is a grifter, buffoon, clown, imbecile, quitter, greedy, self serving, vitriolic, sociopath. Those of you who love and/or respect her scare me. Watch the movie Idiocracy. It is a goofball movie but points to the direction where this country is headed. Please stop multiplying for the sake of humanity.

Francis| 1.17.11 @ 11:34PM

Sounds like you just described Obama.

Sweeney| 1.17.11 @ 11:51PM

It sounds as if Hezoriah is an angry person who needs to carry around a thesaurus to make a point, and a lame one at that.

Hezoriah| 1.18.11 @ 12:57AM

Sorry I didn't use Sarahspeak. Let me rephrase. She is as you know not what she seems to be as we are are what we appear to be. That said she as an idiot will continue to chastise us in a way that lends itself to patriot while diminishing what is really believed by the people, the patriots as it were for all America is the greatest. Blah, blah, blah.

I'm less angry than amazed. The stupidity of some people in this country baffles me. She is a con artist who left her Alaska post to make money. Period. She is a reality show personality. Nothing more. More and more people are seeing this so love while you got her. She won't run for President either. She is keeping up the suspense as it continues to extend her fifteen minutes. It's all about the money.

Hezoriah| 1.18.11 @ 12:57AM

Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 5:12PM

It's all about the the money alright, the money you troll whores are making at Palin's expense.

Troll Whore| 1.18.11 @ 6:29PM

What the hell is a troll whore?? Patriot? Doubtful. Moron..probably.

Patriot| 1.22.11 @ 1:12AM

You are a Troll Whore most definitely, moron.

Bill| 1.18.11 @ 12:07AM

Lighten up, Jared.

Alex| 1.18.11 @ 12:15AM

Since you are recommending movies, I have one to for you to . Watch the "distinguished gentlemen" Pay particular attention to the victory speech. Just remember this movie was made 9 years before the buffoon you call president was elected. You will see a lot of "hope"and "change" in that speech.

lady4liberty| 1.18.11 @ 3:07AM

Hez, Your character developed from "goofball movies"?
Telling.

Texgal| 1.17.11 @ 11:33PM

I bet Obama hasn't slept a wink since she finally defended herself. Love that gal!

Legal voter| 1.17.11 @ 11:35PM

We haven't had a president with the natural ability to speak so eloquently and from the heart since Reagan. She's the one!

Nick| 1.17.11 @ 11:39PM

I see that the ranks of the tin-foil hat brigades, who suffer from Palin Derangement Syndrome, have joined this thread.

These people should not be allowed access to sharp objects, nor the Internet.

Fred| 1.17.11 @ 11:44PM

No, just happens to be one of the front page blog stories when you google plain... I thought this was a comedy site.

Nick| 1.17.11 @ 11:47PM

Really, Fred?

When you google "plain" it lists this blog post? That is some neat trick!

You are some deep thinker, ya' know Fred?
You betcha'!

Fred| 1.17.11 @ 11:40PM

Latest poll today...Obama 56...Plain 30. From Real Clear Politics.

Kini| 1.18.11 @ 12:05AM

Don't know who Plain is, but Gov. Sarah Palin has my vote and my full support to replace the Teleprompter in Chief pretending to be.... queue the Greek Columns.... King of the World, and the President of the United States.

EMC| 1.18.11 @ 6:13AM

Your idol used a teleprompter in her ill-timed self-serving "poor me" video on January 12, and again last night as she doubled down stubbornly in the pity party hosted by Hannity.

You can see the reflection of the screen in her glasses.

Patriot| 1.22.11 @ 1:13AM

I didn't see a teleprompter, must be that bad crack you got again, loser.

Henry| 1.18.11 @ 12:37PM

That would be .5 Gove Palin to be precise :)

Patriot| 1.22.11 @ 1:13AM

She still beats the loser Obama.

idesign| 1.17.11 @ 11:42PM

Sarah is like the Buddha.....

Their arrows, fall like flowers at Her feet.

holy crap| 1.18.11 @ 6:31PM

Holy Crap

Alaskans Against Palin| 1.17.11 @ 11:47PM

She accomplished absolutely nothing up here besides lining her own pocket.

Nick| 1.17.11 @ 11:49PM

You lie!

Sweeney| 1.17.11 @ 11:55PM

Don't worry about AAP. He/she doesn't even live in Alaska and has "absolutely nothing" to prove the point that he/she made. That's a liberal for ya.

Kini| 1.17.11 @ 11:54PM

Stop eating the yellow snow!

Kini| 1.17.11 @ 11:53PM

I would be very pleased to address Sarah Palin as Madam President in 2012. Not because I feel sorry for the vitriol thrown at her for the past two years, but for her leadership to rise above the hatred and keep focused on the issues of responsible governance.

Sweeney| 1.18.11 @ 12:00AM

A few months ago I was still looking for a candidate even though Sarah Palin keeps rising to the top, far out-distancing herself from the Pres, lowly RINOs and other assorted Dems.

Fred| 1.18.11 @ 8:15AM

Huh, what country do you live in?

Texmaster| 1.18.11 @ 12:01AM

What is Sarah Palin really….I mean what does she do for a job that should make me care what she thinks?

She’s not a politician, her TV show was canceled, she doesn’t have a talk show so what exactly does Plain DO?

She’s like Paris and Snooki….another “personality”……a media whqre

Kini| 1.18.11 @ 12:12AM

Oh, so not worthy of a comment, except, learn to type and proof your comments.

Nick| 1.18.11 @ 12:20AM

Media whore?

You mean like Al 'sharpy-sharp' Sharpton, Keith Olbermann-child, Chris Matth-spews, Rachel Madcow, Paul Crudman, Bill "#1 john" Maher, Hanoi Jane Fonda, Ed Putz, and Michael 'snore' Moore.

Yeah, what has Sarah Palin done?
Only, gone from Wasilla City Counsil; to Mayor of Wasilla; to Chairman of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission; to beating the sitting GOP governor, and head of the Murkowski dynasty, in the primary; to become the 9th Governor of the State of Alaska. In fourteen years.

Yeah, what has she done? Dope.

Fred| 1.18.11 @ 8:13AM

She quit.

Nick| 1.18.11 @ 7:31PM

Governor Palin saved the citizens of Alaska millions of dollars. Like a good conservative should.

CurtisJasper| 1.18.11 @ 12:09AM

People love Palin like they love Lindsay Lohan. They enjoy watching the inevitable car crash, but nobody sane wants to be in the car with her in the driver seat. I really want her to pull off an upset in the 2012 primaries, because they will yield an election cycle spectacle the likes of which this country has not seen.

CurtisJasper| 1.18.11 @ 12:15AM

One other point -- she is about the most Narcissistic politician on the political scene in 20+ years, which is saying something considering the size of the average politician's ego. Instead of taking the high road she decided to draw attention from the Arizona shooting back on to herself and politicize the shooting, and she is STILL doing it, even today.

The only people who admire her for this characteristic are in all probability self-absorbed and out-of-touch as well.

jmo| 1.18.11 @ 12:18AM

"I continue to believe that Sarah Palin is not yet qualified to be president"

But to make your point, you must dispute yourself. I think you must have some kind of monkey on your back, Quin Hillyer.

Troy Riser| 1.18.11 @ 12:20AM

I simply don't understand why some on the Right still profess not to believe Sarah Palin is qualified to be president. Take a look--a very close look--at our current Commander-in-Chief, whose only executive experience prior to assuming office was managing his own perpetual campaign. Or even better, our current Vice President, a clownish buffoon and walking, talking gaffe machine one heartbeat away from the Oval Office. Are you telling me, with a straight face, that Joe Biden is qualified to be POTUS and Sarah Palin isn't? Really? Wow.

Of course she's qualified to be president. The problem, I think, is that all of us are susceptible in greater and lesser degrees to the constant bombardment of messaging so unremitting and relentless we no longer hear it.

'But,' you claim, 'I am immune to such messaging.' My response? No, you aren't. TV commercials tell us to buy a certain kind of soap. We watch those commercials and develop associations with that product, and then when we go shopping, we buy that soap largely based on those associations and rarely give that choice much conscious thought--unless we think the advertisements are particularly clever. Good or bad, slick or cheesy, the point of those commercials--and all propaganda everywhere--is to create connotations and guide inclinations. The memories of that soap commercial are treated by our brains as real memories, as real as that day in the park with our children.

We on the Right are forever exposing and blasting away at unfair media coverage, but just because we are aware of it does not mean we are immune to it.

censored silent| 1.18.11 @ 12:30AM

I'm recording hannity w/ Palin now. Did he show her the video of Gabrielle Giffords warning her about the bulls-eye map and that kind of thing having consequences? Although Giffords wasn't necessarily saying she would be specifically targeted, the seemingly prophetic nature of her statement made back in March is quite startling if not troubling.

CurtisJasper| 1.18.11 @ 12:35AM

Come now. You can't expect Hannity (the guy who is upset that the Kuwaits/Iraqis are not repaying us for liberating them) to be reasonable enough to present something like that on FOX News, can you?

Mara| 1.18.11 @ 1:53AM

He didn’t show the bulls-eye Markos Moulitsas put on Giffords during the last election either. So, which one troubles you the most, the one Kos put up or Sarah's?

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censored silent| 1.18.11 @ 4:23AM

He probably didn't show Moulitsas page as it is not nearly as "damning" as Palin's. The Left targeting it's own or the Right targeting the Right does not really mean a whole lot in this context. If Michael Steele had drawn up a list of all Repubs. to lobby about some issue it wouldn't have been that big of a deal. Even if the Left had a graphic image targeting Right wing figures, it wouldn't mean as much because the view of liberals is as bleeding heart pacifists allergic to any sort of forceful confrontation, disallowing the rise of any substantive consideration of an actual threat, right? Hannity knows what he is doing. I think he did mess up a little bit though with his Michael Reagan interview. I was watching Beck tear apart John Dean for his claim that conservatives need a leader to follow. Then I turned on my Hannity recording and there was Michael Reagan saying that conservatives need somebody to follow as opposed to liberals, who are led by ideology. Oops! Get on the same page there, guys!

Nick| 1.18.11 @ 9:15AM

Hypocrite.

censored silent| 1.18.11 @ 4:07PM

I wonder if you know what "hypocrisy" means? Unless you're referring to the inconsistency between Michael Reagan's view and Glenn Beck's view. In which case I would defend with "fair and balanced" representation of viewpoints on Fox News' part. A more clear case of hypocrisy, which it sounds like a lot of folks here might agree with, is the fact that most Republican politicians railing against the evils of government run health care are actually themselves recipients of government run health care. A substantive gesture against hypocrisy might include outrage, a demand by sincere adherents to Conservative principles, that all Republican politicians dump their government sponsored health plans immediately, don't you think?

Nick| 1.18.11 @ 7:10PM

A hypocrite is someone who claims that even if the left did use "a graphic image targeting Right wing figures" (which the DLC did in 2004, using bullseyes,) it's not as bad as when the right does it.

censored silent| 1.20.11 @ 3:27AM

Oh, so you may be one of those who believes that, in general, when a white person uses the "n" word, it's just the same as when an African-American rapper uses it? If you think it's the same, I guess there's no more to say. If you think it's different, than why?

Super Sachiko| 1.18.11 @ 2:31AM

no, but he did show a clip of palin speaking a while back, ironically in tucson, saying that she denounces violence and violence is not the answer.
but people who blame palin for the shooting will just ignore that part.

toadold| 1.18.11 @ 2:17AM

Well Palin is not my first choice for the Presidential nominee, but more and more I'm willing to vote for her just to spite the enemy.
I long to hear the lamentaions of the trolls. To see the unemployed leftist media people begging on the street corners, to hear about the deportation of George Soros, to be told of the fight in the dumpster behind the KFC between Rosie O'Donnel and Michael Moore over a chicken leg with a few morsels of meat still on it.

NVA Patriot| 1.18.11 @ 2:43AM

What makes you think she's not looking for that vote?

Most pols divide the electorate up by geography, racial type, income, education, etc. Those are important ways to segment a voting polulation to be sure.

However, after watching SP for a while, I believe she has outsmarted a great number of people. She's segmented the population by 'audience'

Why does SP's daughter go on dancing with the stars? Because she can reach an audience of low information voters (in a political sense). Why does she do a bio-book, policy book, and a travalogue TV show? Audience (voter) segmentation. Why bring Kate on the show? Because when you see Kate next to SP you see SP is NOT a reality show star - more audience segmenting. Look at Dennis Miller - he represents the - I-like-SP-Because-she-ticks-off the-left-crowd. Pollsters mis the true level of her support because she's playing to audiences and pollsters don't poll by audience, they will after 2012.

dude| 1.18.11 @ 2:19AM

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Duderonomy| 1.18.11 @ 6:36PM

Get off the pipe dude.

Super Sachiko| 1.18.11 @ 2:27AM

some of the comments here are really pissing me off. the people who don't like palin, why don't you explain WHY. quote her speech or her hannity interview and explain what you had a problem with. you can repeat "she isn't qualified" "she's vain and money-hungry" "she's..." whatever bad name you want to call her, but it means nothing unless you can back it up. what specific quote in this interview or the speech did you have a problem with? i bet you can't even find a good problem with it because she speaks very, very well. oh wait, you'll just create a non-existent problem, like the blood libel quote.
oh and i am really angry that people dare say she brought herself into the situation, that is a flat out LIE and it's despicable that you would even say that. the lefties WANTED her to respond, they ASKED her. you know what? palin even mentioned this in the interview. which i bet none of you palin haters even watched, you just keep mindlessly repeating the same meaningless falsehoods about palin. it's really pathetic.

UnstChem| 1.18.11 @ 4:13AM

^^^ +1000 percent

Lefties have nothing to back up their hatred of Sarah Palin, or their claims that she resigned for money despite the clear evidence to the contrary. Right-wing establishment types and RINO's criticize her but can't put forth a "leader" that even comes close to epitomizing conservative values the way she does when asked.

Anyone who makes their baseless claims about Palin when there's hard evidence showing otherwise are no different than the Birthers. I am as much against Obama's policies as the next ultra-conservative, but the only hard evidence about his birthplace shows he was born in Hawaii. Whether or not he's a natural-born citizen according to Constitutional interpretation is a completely different matter that is off topic for this article.

blackbird| 1.18.11 @ 3:45AM

Thank you Mr. Hillyer, excellent post.

Grad Student| 1.18.11 @ 3:51AM

Hillyer, I agree. Impressive interview.

I am a woman and it was awesome to see a female politician not back down when she knows the truth; and defend herself. I was impressed and my admiration for her continues to grow as well.

Irene Flick| 1.18.11 @ 4:07AM

Hillyer, admit it, Palin is not qualified because she does not have that 'certain part' of the male body. If she did we would not be having this discussion. Why don't we just add that to the constitutional requirements and quit kidding ourselves.

Steve in Pittsburgh| 1.18.11 @ 4:12AM

I'm not sure about Palin for president. Then again, Bobby Jindal is the only other one I kind of like. But it seems I'm the only one who likes him.

That said, SP is the only one who seems to be able to stand up to scrutiny. And not too many prominent men on the conservative side are saying something...anything, nice about her.

And I'm still waiting for her critics to share something...anything...substantial about her, why they don't like her. Other than " consumate backstabber and dishonest freeloader" or "They enjoy watching the inevitable car crash, but nobody sane wants to be in the car with her in the driver seat." or She accomplished absolutely nothing up here besides lining her own pocket." or "She is a con artist who left her Alaska post to make money.".

Ok, but what other potential candidate has accomplished something...anything...other than RomneyCare, or leaving his wife when she had cancer or all the other shortcomings of the various potential "candidates".

Claypoole| 1.18.11 @ 9:35AM

Please, please do not make Mitt Romney the Republican candidate for the presidency in 2012. He is the face of state-controlled, state-rationed health care. Main stream media would have a field day ridiculing conservatives who voted for him.

Steve in Pittsburgh| 1.18.11 @ 4:13AM

And not too many prominent men on the conservative side are NOT saying something...anything, nice about her.

Sorry, my bad.

Steve| 1.18.11 @ 4:15AM

It's late and I'm tired. And screwing up my typing.

Bill Hussein O'Stalin| 1.18.11 @ 5:43AM

Barack Obama is not qualified to be President and he's the president so that comment that someone is unqualified is irrelevant.

Steve in Pittsburgh| 1.18.11 @ 6:45AM

Bill, very true.

However, we need our guy/lady to be qualified. We need to take the high ground.

JP| 1.18.11 @ 7:38AM

Sarah Palin is a political gadfly; Mitt Romny is a bored businessman with lots of money; the Huckster is on an ego trip; ditto for Newt; Jindal is clueless; Jeb is still chasing the Hispanic vote; Pawlenty would like to run as a Progressive. But, there is already one in office. And unfortunately, the Gipper has gone West.

That is the state of our party. Obama wins re-election easily unless something changes in a hurry.

Hockey Dad| 1.18.11 @ 8:39AM

My sentiments exactly.

Canary| 1.18.11 @ 9:06AM

Thank you Quin. Your statement at the top of the write up does not make sense, as the only qualification for President is > 35 years old and a US citizen born in the USA. If you think the current president qualified, you must be out of your mind. If you talk about other people on the right more qualified than Palin, please tell me on what front and what records.

I hope you will come around. If you want to know more about her. Read conservatives4palin. I was an apolitical person 2 years ago, I did not even understand what people said when people said "liberal" vs. "conservative". I came to the US from a foreign country. Now that I am a US citizen and pledged my allegiance to the USA, I pledge my allegiance to Gov Palin since she is the only one I see having integrity, honesty and courage. I don't see those characters in other men seeming to run for the office.

apnep| 1.18.11 @ 1:40PM

"the only one I see having integrity, honesty and courage"

This is it. THIS is why people don't like her, aside from that fact that she is a good looking woman. She tells it like it is and doesn't play any games. It's not that she isn't qualified or doesn't have a high IQ with Harvard/Yale/Princeton bookworm intelligence. She has common sense and common sense is the antithesis of Washington D.C. politics.

OLDRAY| 1.18.11 @ 9:47AM

Sarah Palin. The REAL THING. This lady can stand the heat. She has proven it time and again. She is great on the issues ,foreign and domestic and is just the type of strong character to lead the USA back to the position of strength (economic,moral and military) needed now. No other Republican contender has come close to Sarah Palin .

wodiej| 1.18.11 @ 9:50AM

I love how people say they just think Palin is great except..........she's not qualified to be President.

It's ok to be trashed, have her kids drug through the mud, have her kid called retarded, insinuate a baseball player committing statutory rape with her youngest daughter, be threatened w death, rape-accused of mass murder, be a loyal and accomplished public servant for 20+ years, traveled all over the country to help the GOP win majority in the House and essentially saving this country from going completely off of a cliff, be criticized, insulted, demeaned and attacked every single day and still came out gracious and often times even funny. But she's still not qualified for President. Perhaps your standards are a bit off the mark. I don't see anyone else remotely close to being as qualified as Palin. So STICK IT.

All the troll remarks won't change it so save it.

jimbob| 1.18.11 @ 3:39PM

Palin is as retarded as her kid.

Nick| 1.18.11 @ 7:23PM

Go away, hateful troll!

Sierra Blanca| 1.18.11 @ 9:55AM

Poor Sarah--caught between her own crosshairs.

Anommynous| 1.18.11 @ 10:45AM

Qualified? She is obviously qualified, under Article 2, Section 1 of the United States Constitution.

Now, if you don't think she's experienced enough to be President, then that's a different question. However, Sarah Palin is more experienced than Obama, and yet the voting public deemed him experienced enough to be President. Since Sarah Palin is more experienced than Obama, logic would dictate that clearly she is experienced enough to be President, too, wouldn't you say, Mr. Hillyer?

Jack Daniels| 1.18.11 @ 12:48PM

So clear, so simple and right on target. Thank you. Oh! will the word "target" cause a lefty to murder someone?! My bad....

nohype| 1.18.11 @ 10:47AM

The people who keep trashing Sarah Palin are largely the same people who thought that Barack Obama would be the greatest president since Lincoln. How is that working out? Despite having overwhelming Democratic majorities in both houses of Congress for the past two years, he is currently presiding over an unemployment rate in excess of 9% and a budget deficit of 10% of GDP . These people were also gullible enough to take John Edwards seriously, a man whose phoniness could not have been more obvious if he had had the word "phony" tattooed on his forehead.

If Obama were even a moderately competent president, there would be little interest in Sarah Palin. Attacking her does not make Obama better, but it does distract from the disaster that we elected in 2008.

Ken (Old Texican)| 1.18.11 @ 10:57AM

Quin,

I always get a chuckle out of you...may I say "straining at gnats" RE Sarah.

I won't ask you who you would like to see elected President in 2012. First of all, it would cause you endless grief. Second, it would put you in someone's "camp".
As a columnist, that puts you in an awkward position vs a vis your readers.

Having said all of that, I have made my affection and admiration for the woman pretty clear over time.
Yes, she stumbled in two "gotcha" interviews; the only times I ever saw her loose her temper.
She admitted as much later when asked about the interviews.
(One question of course a bout "the Bush doctrine". The other of course about if she read anything.)
If I had been in those interviews and asked those questions, I might have gone off like a roman candle.
My "should have saids" would have gone something like these:
"Why would you ask such a dumb-ass question ?"
or
"What particular 'Bush doctrine' are you interested in...dumb-ass! The man has been in office eight long years."

Instead, as she later wrote in her first book, "Going Rogue", she had been muzzled to the pap the McCain campaign was spouting.

She was "admonished" to be a good girl and not to rock the boat.
I was frustrated watching her do her slow burn during those interviews.
As I have gotten to watch her more over time, I have learned her "eye-flash" means..."Look-out! I'm ready to hoist you on your own petard, Stupid!"

OK, Sarah. I'm speaking to you, now. The very best trick when a "gotcha" question or a truly dumb question is asked of you: "Ask the questioner to re-state the question!!!!!!!!!!!!

Let the audience have a chance to sorta' catch up to what is going on, and how shallow...or mean the question truly is as the case may be.

Quin,
You know?
I again state my hope and my prayers that the woman will run.
I would not blame her if she did not, but she has stated MANY times that she is NOT going to sit down and shut up, regardless. With four children at home she might not want to leave them orphans.
I would point out to you and any other reader that should she run, she will get some Secret Service protection...and they are the best in the world.

In a sense, she is right these days in the
"Garden of Gethsemane".....praying "Not my will Father, but Thy will...be done".

Let's talk about the "negative poll numbers" a minute. I think we can safely say that Jesus Christ seemed to have "negative poll numbers" in relation to Barabas. Barabas was voted to go free, and his zealot faction led to the destruction of the Temple and the Diaspora of the Jews for two thousand years.
Quin,
we have read a LOT about a "polarized country".
I agree.
My take on that is that the forces of good and evil are aligning and dressing ranks.

On the one side, the communist atheists, (pardon the shorthand), and the atheist Islamists who are promised 72 mutilated virgins for a PRIZE for murdering innocents...

On the other side, are those of us who are for truth and justice, and agape'.
"Choose ye therefore whom you will serve!"

Richard Baker| 1.18.11 @ 10:59AM

She must have the lefties scared to death. I think of Rush's comment that the liberals will always tell you who they fear by the amount of time and energy spent attacking. I pose a question to you critics. How many of you would sit idly by if you and your family were attacked constantly and consistently in THE most vicious manner?

Notsoscared| 1.18.11 @ 12:44PM

Scared? Please...This all makes for great comedy. She will not become Pres people. She is as most describe her. A reality icon. She has no substance. It's fun trifling with her supporters because you take the bait. Not suprising as you are all easily manipulated. America will not vote her in. She went on Hannity to appeal to her base only by design. She doesn't care about bringing around those that don't already like her. She is in this for the $$ only. She is appeasing you all so she can continue making more money until the day she is on shelf. She is milking her 15 long, drawn out minutes. This is all so classic. What a bunch of duped dopes. LOL!!!

Jack Daniels| 1.18.11 @ 12:51PM

Sort of like dopes like you were duped into voting for Barry Soreto?

WTF| 1.18.11 @ 6:44PM

A birther rears it's ugly head. Keep drinking Jack as it's probably what you're best at. Stay away from your cousins please. No more mongrel low IQ babies needed in the US. We have an overabundance already.

Oldefarte| 1.18.11 @ 11:29AM

Outstanding, brilliantly stated article, Quin....and THANK YOU! THIS is WHY I've viewingly followed your writings through [now] three states, and why I will continue doing so, as long as my tired old eyes can read!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jenna| 1.18.11 @ 8:44PM

Got to laugh at the notion that Sarah has "weighed in" on foreign policy, economics etc. Yeah, that would be the same Sarah Palin who's so freaking ignorant that she doesn't know the difference between North and South Korea, doesn't know that Africa is a continent etc. She's just a manipulator who is adept at charming the ignorant and uneducated folk that make up her base - all the while picking their pockets. It's laughable.

Oldefarte| 1.19.11 @ 12:45PM

At least she didn't give England's PM a box of CD's, walk out of a meeting with Israel's PM to go to the White House's living quarters, or provide another head of a foreign state with a piece of unusable technology, LIKE OUR CURRENT PRESIDENT HAS DONE WITHIN TWO YEARS. At least she wouldn't wear old floppy, dingy, casual clothing attire whene returning from a Hawaian vacation, LIKE OUR CURRENT FIRST LADY [?] DID RECENTLY. The only ignorant and uneducated folks that I'm aware of are the STUPID MORONS WHO VOTED IN NOVEMBER OF 2008 TO ELECT THIS SOCIAL WORKER WITH A HARVARD LAW DEGREE AS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. [and which all of us taxpayers are now paying dearly for now]!!!!!!!!!

Trish| 1.21.11 @ 2:08PM

"Show where Sarah Palin has been mean-spirited, abusive, or hateful? Can't do it. She hasn't been."

Guess it depends on what you consider "mean-spirited, abusive, or hateful." Personally, I consider her characterizing an author as a pedophile merely because he moved in next door to be abusive and hateful. Similarly for when she characterized a late-night host for a lame joke. Making jabs at Michelle Obama for her campaign for healthy kids seems a bit mean-spirited to me. And making Kate Gosselin cry and then make fun of her? Also mean-spirited. And in my book, it is mean-spirited to go around calling people "limp" and "impotent" just because they don't agree with you.

But I guess I must just be over-sensitive to consider the above incidents "mean-spirited, abusive, or hateful."