What's next for Palin

The onslaught against governor Palin and her family by the media, the Obama campaign and the left wing kooks is only four days old and already we have seen attacks against everything from her parenting skills to her honestly. In truth, while all this was to be expected, America had the right to expect better from these groups. Hopefully, the strident, baseless and nasty attacks will lead to a significant backlash which will help propel the McCain campaign forward. Still, there are certain attacks which deserve special mention.

First, one must look at Sally Quinn of the Washington Post. With her eminent resume, one would suppose that Ms. Quinn had some principles in which she believed other than political success. apparently not. She has now announced to the world that Governor Palin should not be vice president since she will be preoccupied with her new special-needs baby and also with her daughter's pregnancy. Noted feminist Sally now argues that Governor Palin should stay at home rather than working in a man's world. While the Washington Post could never be described as fair or open minded, one could have hoped that Ms. Quinn might, at least, be true to the principles of feminism which she claims to support. Women are now to be disqualified for office if they or their offspring have young children? Does Ms. Quinn think that John Kennedy performed poorly in office because his wife gave birth to a son and had a miscarriage during his term in office? Not surprisingly, we never heard that from Ms. Quinn. Indeed, when Bill Clinton was carrying on with Monica and then became preoccupied with covering up his acts, we never heard Ms. Quinn question if he was qualified for office. After all, these were men and Democrats.

Second, we should all pay special attention to the Daily Kos crowd for their particularly nasty attack on the governor. Without any evidence to support the charge, we are told that the Governor's young son was actually her grandson, the child of her daughter Bristol. This attack is just about as valid as the claim that Joe Biden is actually a women who underwent a sex change. Nevertheless, we see prominent media outlets repeating the charge and Andrew Sullivan is actually pushing it -- even after it has been proven false. Do we as a people really want our political agenda set by this crowd. what influence would these nut jobs have in an Obama administration. After all, these kinds of attacks are not new on the Daily Kos. Smears and hatchet jobs are the stuff on which the site thrives. Nevertheless, Obama still found it necessary and appropriate to speak at the Yearly Kos, the annual convention of these hatemongers.

Lastly, I think a special mention goes out to all of the libs who claim to be offended by the selection of governor Palin. First, they claim that McCain only chose her so that he could get the Hillary voters and then, they say that as women (or on behalf of women), they are offended. Funny, isn't it, that McCain never said he chose Governor Palin so as to reach the Hillary voters. Funny also, that the McCain camp must understand that most of the pro-choice angry women brigade would not go for a person of faith who is ardently pro-life (not to mention pro second amendment and otherwise conservative). No, McCain made a choice to appeal to both his base and to the independent or swing voters who want someone who actually understands their problems, someone who can discuss energy policy without being hemmed in by either the oil companies or the enviro-crazies, someone who has actually fought corruption, not (like Obama-Rezco) taken part in it.