Ed Morrissey has a great post over at Hot Air taking a look at why the media (and the Democrats) have gone so ruthlessly at Sarah Palin over ridiculously minute “problems.”
The outrage has little to do with experience, and almost everything to do with being outfoxed by McCain. The media expected a staid, boring, safe white man that they could pigeonhole. Instead, they got a dynamic, successful, smart conservative “hockey mom” with a record of reform that Barack Obama cannot match and that is the antithesis of Joe Biden. They got knocked out of their lane, and now they have to figure out how to explain how they could possibly have overlooked Palin in their calculations. Presto! They overlooked her because she’s so inexperienced!
Forget the Eagleton option, people. That’s an option to salvage credibility for pundits who failed at political analysis. Palin’s not going anywhere, and her presence will continue to reveal the hypocrisy of these commentators.
You and the WSJ nailed it Ed. I’ve written multiple times here on why exactly the left and the media (not that the two should be separated) are so hellbent on destroying Palin over non-scandals and have come up with exactly the same reason. They are scared out of their minds.
Does anyone think a Romney or Pawlenty pick would have sent the Democrats and the MSM into the frenzy of hysteria that they have been in over this past weekend? When was the last time you heard of a politician’s spouse getting a DUI 22 years ago as a newsworthy piece of information? Not to mention that Barack Obama was doing cocaine about that same time…
The truth is there isn’t anything worth reporting on Palin and so – fearing what such an monumental pick like Palin could do to their chances at appointing Obama this fall – we’re watching a meltdown of catastrophic proporations over the most nonsensical issues a politician has ever faced.
Unfortunately for the Democrats, Sarah Palin isn’t going away anytime soon, and their attempts at breaking her down will only build her up in the hearts of Americans. I’m definitely looking forward to her primetime moment tonight – but its the 60 days afterward that I’m really excited about.
Do you guys even know who the hell this woman is.
And how about the PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE?
We have all seem to forgotten about John McCain.
As a McCain supporter I still wonder what was on his
mind. I think she is REALLY gonna be bad for the ticket
and terrible for the GOP in the long run.