Hunting the Moose Hunter

For the love of all that is even remotely sacred, leave Sarah Palin alone. It seems like the media has made Palin-bashing a sport. Her only crime is being a super, mega, ultra-conservative who believes that God wants an oil pipeline in Alaska, creationism should be taught in schools, and sex education should go away. I say, what's wrong with that? Besides, it doesn't matter what she believes. All that matters is that she is a neat person. I mean, sure, Barack Obama has a plan that will lower taxes for everyone who makes less than $250,000 a year and completely eliminate income taxes for seniors who make less than $50,000 a year, but I bet he'd be real boring to have a beer with. Think about it, folks. When you're out drinking with friends, you don't want to talk about economic, foreign policy, or education issues. You want to talk about the moose that got away. That's what this election is about. Leave Sarah Palin alone.

You know, every time someone bashes Sarah Palin, it hurts her children. Remember that. Do you think that poor Piper, Willow, Bristol, Shot Put, and Geometry (I mean Track and Trig) should have to hear people talk badly about their mother? That's what happens each time a reporter tries to expose the "truth" or look at her "record." Way to go media. What's next? Is Keith Olbermann going to fly to Alaska and kick Piper's puppy? Leave Sarah Palin alone.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm sure we've all heard about her accepting a per diem for staying in her own home. Big deal. She collected a mere $17,000 doing this. Folks, there are roughly 671,000 residents of Alaska. That's less than 3 cents per person. Besides, her predecessor took way more money than that. Remember the Supreme Court's ruling on The State of Vermont v McNamara, in which Justice Sandra Day O'Connor concurred that "a crime is less bad if another person committed the same crime only worse."* Leave Sarah Palin alone.

Then there's the bridge to nowhere. Sure, she may have supported it before she opposed it. What's the big deal? A person can have a change of heart. In fact, that's one difference between a liberal and a conservative. A conservative has a change of heart. A liberal flip-flops. Right?

I'm sure you're wondering about the book banning controversy, too. Sarah Palin rhetorically, I repeat (and re-italicize) rhetorically asked the town librarian how she might go about banning books from the library in Wasilla, AK. Great! Finally, I can display my WBWJB?** bracelt with pride.

The bottom line? The media should not be biased in its coverage of Sarah Palin. The media needs to direct its attention to trying to bring down liberals. Leave Sarah Palin alone.





*The Supreme Court probably never heard such a case. Of course, because I didn't do any research, I don't know for sure that it didn't happen.

**WBWJB stands for What Books Would Jesus Ban? Probably anything by Ann Coulter.