The Type of People that Support McCain

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The Type of People that Support McCain
Thu, 10-02-2008 - 2:11am

America is about agreeing to disagree. Mutual respect of ideas. Freedom of speech. Or at least it SHOULD be! So, why do the McCain supporters that disagree with Kathleen Parker's opinion behave with monster-like threats? Temperament trickles down...from Sen. McNasty to supporter McNastier. Good grief!

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/2008/10/sarah_palins_kathleen_parker_p.html

Posted October 1, 2008 3:45 PM

by Mark Silva

Columnist Kathleen Parker is feeling the heat for suggesting that Sarah Palin get out of the race.

"Allow me to introduce myself,'' the conservative writer who has stirred the wrath of conservatives writes in her column today. "I am a traitor and an idiot. Also, my mother should have aborted me and left me in a Dumpster, but since she didn't, I should 'off' myself. Those are just a few nuggets randomly selected from thousands of e-mails written in response to my column suggesting that Sarah Palin is out of her league and should step down.''

The question she poses may sound like a subject changer: "Who says public discourse hasn't deteriorated?''

We already knew that discourse in this country was suffering the political equivalent of a heart attack. But changing the subject isn't appropriate in this conversation.

What Parker did is something that few of her persuasion, and we're not talking female here, had the guts to do: Suggest that, after all the novelty of the Sarah Palin persona has worn off since the Republican Party nominated the governor of Alaska, former mayor of Wasilla and PTA leader for vice president, there wasn't much left.

It's a natural question to pose in the midst of nationally televised interviews in which Palin cannot readily name any of the newspapers or magazines that she reads regularly -- as her running engagement with CBS' Katie Couric revealed this week -- and cannot think of a Supreme Court ruling, other than Roe v. Wade, with which she disagrees, which is coming in tonight's CBS installment of its running mate interviews.

Parker posed it in a dramatic way, suggesting that Palin call it quits. That's not happening, of course. But it certainly is raising the stakes of Thursday night's debate between Palin and Democrat Joe Biden. We'll be surprised if Palin doesn't mention a newsmagazine or two or perhaps a Supreme Court ruling, other than Roe v. Wade.

"Some of my usual readers feel betrayed because I previously have written favorably of Palin,'' Parker writes. "By changing my mind and saying so, I am viewed as a traitor to the Republican Party--not a "true" conservative.

"Palin's fans say they like her specifically because she's an outsider, not part of the Washington club. When she flubs during interviews, they identify with that too. "You see the lack of polish, we applaud it," one reader wrote,'' Parker writes. "Of course, there's a difference between a lack of polish and a lack of coherence. Some of Palin's interview responses can't even be critiqued on their merits because they're so nonsensical.''

Sounds like someone may be getting some more mail.