Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Sarah Palin: Punching Bag

The logic is mind-numbingly twisted. Because Palin has always been a punching bag of the media elite, she has no right to complain about Letterman's recent attacks. The window of protest has closed, decrees Shannyn Moore.

First, Ms. Moore, there was an upcoming election the first time the media bigwigs attacked her. Yes, there was overt bias and pronounced bile--that would have been labled hate speech if it had been directed against a media-sanctioned candidate--but it was in the context of a presidential election. It was extremely biased political speech but it was political speech nonetheless. It is harder to make that case against CBS's recent insults of a 14 year old girl.

Second, Palin could not possibly defend herself from the series of ambushes by the media elite. The sheer volume of those attacks amde it impossible to defend herself. No other public figure has been the lightning rod that was Palin 2008.

Thank you, Ms. Moore, for chronicling a series of attacks (the tip of the tip of the iceberg) against Sarah Palin and her family. Ironically you make the point that I have tried to make, that the media are in the tank for Obama and they will use every weapon in their arsenal to crush anyone who dares criticize their pampered superstar. You illustrate just how frequently and how visciously the smears piled up.





For the complete link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moore/top-10-reasons-sarah-pali_b_215468.html

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