Democrats go rottweiler over Palin

Kyle Smith:

Sarah Palin is going rogue. The Democrats are going rottweiler.

Liberals in the media make heinous personal attacks, dress up quibbles and debating as “fact-checking” and compare her to such noxious harridans as Evita Peron and Madonna. Newsweek went with a cover photo of a picture of her in running shorts to degrade her to the level of a spokesmodel and Stephen Colbert broke character to call her book “a steaming pile of s - - -.” They called her a “deeply disturbed person” (Andrew Sullivan) “unhinged” (ibid), a “delusional fantasist” (ibid; Andrew’s been a busy lad) and even — this is really low — “the leader of the Republican party.”

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Smith goes on to call Palin a distraction from the conservatives needs to campaign against the evils of liberalism. But, I think that is exactly what she is doing and she is energizing those who oppose liberalism. It is way to early to talk about whether she is running for President and not even she knows whether that will happen at this point. But there4 are clearly a lot of people who would like to see her do so and a lot of Democrats who fear she might.