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Palin mistreated

If a Democrat did and said the things that Palin has, you conservatives would be roasting her alive. She's nothing but another hypocritical conservative who loves to play the victim, and I can't wait until she returns to obscurity.

George. I am amazed you understand even a bit of the surface, thank you. Anchorage has been home most of my life as I attended school in the Territory of Alaska and watched the political arenas here and nationally since before statehood. We never subjected any locally or nationally to such mistreatment by so many. Media were irked to know nothing when she was selected on the national ticket and set to discredit and crucify her. Sad.

She is a regular person, without polished political career goals, each step serving just to make a difference. Obama to date has been given a pass but Sarah was under microscope with reporters flying up to crawl under trees and bushes looking for some dirt asking all of us in AK! E-mails from remote addresses just to find ANY scrap. Folks believe most of the refuse written as true but outsiders are a majority of daily bloggers here. Odd, sad. Thanks for caring and recognizing it was wrong!

KJB no Dem was been mistreated as SP, Chelsea Clinton, Amy Carter, Caroline/John Kennedy, Obama girls were allowed their childhoods but Palin children have been ridiculed and demeaned constantly. SP was asked to produce DNA to PROVE her baby was not born from her daughter (expecting at the time) idiocy uncontained and beyond belief! Our country has stooped to a new low, no Dem has been attacked by media or people like it, let's not give them equal mistreatment because it is WRONG. What SP has said often has been twisted for humor, AK and Russia are within miles and the natives do boat between the islands to visit relatives in the other country. Tina Fay said "see Russia from my house" not SP, most comments were out of context or misquoted - no surprise since that does happen to the rest of us. You think you have a crystal ball to KNOW her reasons, intentions and goals? REALLY?

No George, she is just another politician, and not a very good one. But she sure did fool a lot of people.

If Sarah Palin does not return to politics who could blame her, her young children were under attack from day one, any mother would have to protect them. Some things are beyond politics, maybe the US doesn't deserve her or any other decent person to run. Shame on the gleeful ugly people who threw their dirty darkness at an American family.

George - your not-so-subtle reference (crucify, crucify) linking to Sarah Palin to the sacrifice and suffering of Jesus Christ is both offensive and idotic. Sarah Palin received national consideration for the office of Vice president and still, to this day, enjoys the support and backing of a sizeable portion of the population. To enjoy that level support for someone who took 6 years to obtain a journalism degree from the University of Idaho (my beloved alma mater) and who proved her lack of understanding of national and international issues with her daily pronoucements of ignorance is truly charitable on the part of the nation's citizens. Whatever Governor Palin's future plans are, I wish the best for her and her family. But please don't try to claim she has been mistreated by the media or the public. She has been given far more leeway than she deserved and any pain and suffering she has experienced to date has been mostly selfimposed.

Let's not forget the mistreatment during the presidential election of allowing her to go unquestioned and avoid interviews whenever convenient.

Her quote from the VP debate after not addressing the issues directly: "I may not answer the questions the way that either the moderator or you want to hear..." ie "I don't answer the questions asked, I just ramble about hockey moms." BTW - has anyone bothered to tell her yet that hockey isn't that popular in the states?

Palin is in no way a victim. If she has any decency she'll go home, shut up, and try to be a better mother than she has to date (that little boy of hers needs and deserves a lot better treatment than he's received so far). She's had more than her 15 minutes of fame. Enough is enough.

You said "If a Democrat did and said the things that Palin has, you conservatives would be roasting her alive."
Palin gets crucified because she buys a couple of expensive dresses.
Michelle gets praised every time she shows up in a new outfit.
Now who's the hypocrite?

The Democrats are scared to death of Mrs. Palin. They think that 'smearing' her somehow actually changes her values. It only shows that they have no values and no consideration for womanhood - or truth. They will say anything and do anything to win - honor and virtue is never part of their thought process.

Sarah Palin was no fair fighter. She played the attack dog well. For whatever reason, she QUIT.

Palin was great until she opened her mouth. She knows nothing about economics, international relations or even geography. A very bad choice...

You jest, don't you? I listened to Palin give her speech and she is as empty as they come. Get over it the GOP can do better than Palin.

To KJB - Since everything out of Palin's mouth is of a conservative slant, how could she have done and said the same things as a Democrat? Your comment makes no sense. We conservatives don't even care about Democrats of a similar stature as Palin. Name one Democratic governor of so little consequence as Palin who is so relentlessly "roasted alive" by the conservatives over such things as "slutty attire," sexual activity of children, colloquialisms, and other completely irrelevant points. Palin would quickly return to obscurity if the liberals and the media would only stop their obsessive nit-picking at her.

The wacky far-right led by Palin, Limbaugh, etc.
have been noticed by mainstream America and will be rejected every time they try to impose their intolerant, fascist-like philosophy on others.
This, thank God is the way it always will be in any free country.

While a small niche of the GOP love her, the so-called 'mistreatment' of her as a political figure is well deserved.

She really has not offered any new ideas or policies that can advance America's security or future. Her "Drill, Baby, Drill" slogan was silly as all it promoted was the status quo of keeping America addicted to oil. To drill in Alaska was self-serving for her oil-dependent state, and she didn't explain that it would take 10 years to get Alaskan oil to markets -- meaning America in 10 years could really address its oil addiction where Alaskan oil may not be needed. Indeed, many analysts perceived that the foreign oil companies would probably divert that oil to Russia and China by 2019, given that those nations will be far more oil hungry, and the logistics of getting that Alaskan oil to those countries would make better economic sense.

Her constant drumbeat of "traditional" GOP values, from restricted sex education to low taxes to cutting government regulation, much of which comes from her as either hypocritical or discreditted, are tired and uninspiring.

If she turns to become a community organizer, that would be honorable!

Your point is what? That Republicans are hypocrites? Each side takes care of its own. If Palin were to be a Liberal, then she would be feted as THE example for young women by the the mainstream media. Large family, trying to deal with teen-age pregnancy, the courage to work as a Governor with a child with Down's Syndrome. IN fact, I get the feeling that you, KGB, would be decrying the unfairness and bias of Republicans for being so gosh darn cruel.

By the way, a number of Conservative commentators did not like Palin during the election. I myself thought of her as a gimmick to try to appeal to women voters who really wanted to vote Hillary instead of Obama. Now, see? A Republican who is willing to say what he thinks. Now, you tell me. What about Mr. "Hope and Change" wilting in front of third world thugs? Mr. Responsibility spending trillions of dollars of Chinese money.

@dave, and Obama knows about economics?

Funny how Palin got all the play in the media, while the real bafoon, Biden, was given a pass..
and you say their is no media bias?

Palin got the exact treatment she deserved.
Sarah isn't a smart woman yet aspired to be 2nd in command of the most powerful nation on earth.
She and Bush before her deserved the ridicule.
I really hope Palin is the repub choice in 2012, that will ensure 4 more years of Obama.

Great letter, Mr. Hawkins.