Palin Doubts and Hysteria

Charles Krauthammer raises some legitimate concerns about the Palin pick in his most recent column. However, he does so in a reasoned and balanced way, completely unlike Andrew Sullivan's hysterical and unbalanced posting of every negative story about her. So, saying that Krauthammer "agrees" with him is a stretch. Krauthammer also says that Palin "is an admirable and formidable woman." Sullivan sees her as a fanatic Christianist who is only halfway educated and is just a telegenic sportcaster. His coverage is so biased and unfair that he's becoming a parody of himself. He interprets every part of her background in absolutely the most negative way while viewing everything about Obama in the most favorable light. Thus, she gets no credit for taking on the corrupt incumbent Republican governor (only acting out of spite and ambition) while Obama gets credit for "passing" the 2007 Ethics Reform Act. How does a single Senator pass a piece of legislation by himself? In fact, he co-sponsered the bill which was introduced by Russ Feingold. Another co-sponser was Joe Lieberman, a supporter of McCain-Palin ticket. Sullivan has sunk to new lows in attacking Palin by printing many stories that have been proven to be false such as the ridiculous rumour that she faked her pregnancy. Just because he's acting in the role of blogger shouldn't mean he totally disregards all standards of decency. A list of debunked Palin rumors is here. So far, McCain's pick of Palin is the best thing he's done and it gives him a fighting chance in a year that remains extremely tough for any republican.