To Sarah Palin: It's not all about you

@persiflage, you would do well to actually read the things you post. The Pew poll that you posted clearly states that Democrats are over-represented in the least-knowledgeable segment of the population. Thanks for proving my point that the Democrats test out dumber, although you didn't know that's what you were doing.

But why do you think it's "pugnacious" to point out that you're just flatly wrong? I am just trying to help educate you, since all the facts are against you and reality does not seem to have had much of an impact on you yet. The belief among Democrats that they're smarter than Republicans is a simple and often-disproved delusion.

Whom would I rather have serving in Congress, Christine O'Donnell or Alvin Greene? But that is off topic.

The topic is that Sally Quinn is doubling down on the most cynical example of vitriol that has come out the press in a long time. The liberal press can't say that some "tweet" from Sarah Palin or map on her website had anything to do with the tragedy. That has been thoroughly debunked. But not "wanting any crisis to go to waste", they revile her for defending herself from these accusations. Did Sarah Palin speeches come anywhere close to the "uncivil rhetoric" of accusing her opponents of being complicit in murder?

Sally Quinn the hypocrite.

'Several well-known firms have for years regularly conducted knowledge polls which measure actual knowledge as opposed to, say, how much you hate Sarah Palin. And in knowledge polls, Democrats are typically the dumbest of any group. This would not be a surprise to anyone who knew anything. And, second of all, don't use the acronym LOL unless you're under the age of 15. Makes you look stupid.'

This pugnacious diatribe is hardly a stellar example of critical thinking. And just below I'm supplying one of those famous 'knowledge' polls that we're hearing so much about.

Education is the key to success in any knowledge-related survey. Who would have thought? Recent Tea Party candidates O'Donnell and Angle were hardly the sharpest tools in the shed....one claimed to be a former witch and the other was a fundamenalist minister who opposed the separation of church and state.

Sorry about the LOL - I misjudged the age of my audience.

http://people-press.org/report/319/public-knowledge-of-current-affairs-little-changed-by-news-and-information-revolutions

In your attempt, Ms. Quinn, to make yours a voice of reason, you have again created a partisan voice for Obama. Further, you, too, have done what other liberals have done and that’s to blame Palin insinuating that she’s a fundamentalist, a rabble rouser who has no leadership skills. Your view (one identified by your recent trek to a spiritual safe place you choose not to reveal) is that anyone who invokes God should not speak out in the public square. It’s almost that as the religious editor of the Washington Post your task is to root God out, the Christian God in particular.

Whether you believe she has leadership skills or not, when Palin becomes President, you should guard against your voice becoming “dissent with shrill cries.”

Sorry Ms. Quinn, but it is truly sad to see that you are that blind to what took place immediately after the shooting in Tuscon?

It was absolute witch hunt, not only against Sarah Palin, but against every conservative talk show host, and anyone who is conservative in general.

Her response, was to give condolence to those who were the victims of this attack, but also put those who were out to place blame, in their place. Every word she spoke is true.

Gov. Palin was by no means trying to make this about her. She had NOTHING to do with this. She was pulled into it by all of the liberal press, and the likes of you. And it was truly disgusting what took place, in placing the blame on her.

This entire article is nothing more than garbage, seething with envy, jealousy, and contempt.

For you to come out, and state that she made it about her, to draw attention to herself......sounds more like teenage immaturity that never left you, only in an extremely disturbing way.

@persiflage, who after being informed that Republicans consistently score higher than Democrats on polls of actual knowledge, insisted that "Polls consistently show no such thing - polls typically consist of opinions, rather than proof. This may well be the considered opinion of most republicans LOL." Well, first of all, there is a difference between opinion polls, which measure opinions, and knowledge polls, which measure knowledge. Several well-known firms have for years regularly conducted knowledge polls which measure actual knowledge as opposed to, say, how much you hate Sarah Palin. And in knowledge polls, Democrats are typically the dumbest of any group. This would not be a surprise to anyone who knew anything.

And, second of all, don't use the acronym LOL unless you're under the age of 15. Makes you look stupid.

The only ones who are trying to state Sarah Palin is at the center of all this are those who so viciously hate her for simply being Christian, Pro-Life, giving birth to a special needs child instead of doing away with him (the attacks against her youngest son have been atrocious), Republican, and Conservative.

Not long after the story hit of the Tuscon tragedy Sarah Palin, Tea Party members, Fox News, Republicans, and Conservatives in general were being accused of having blood on their hands.

Then when news organizations think Sarah Palin should give a response, she offers one four days later. Not in defense of herself...but all those who were being falsely and unjustly maligned by liberals and a mass media who would seek to use the situation towards their own ends.

Shame on you.

'And polls consistently show that Democrats underperform Republicans in questions of actual knowledge, so you've got your shallow thinking all upside down. The pool of shallow thinkers is the one that Democrats swim in.'

Polls consistently show no such thing - polls typically consist of opinions, rather than proof. This may well be the considered opinion of most republicans LOL.

The only smart republican of note that comes to mind following the fiscal and real estate meltdown of the Bush era, is Ben Bernanke, chief of the Fed....crafting fiscal policy that, along with a democratic congress and a democratic president, pretty much saved the nation from complete fiscal ruin. Meanwhile, the republicans in congress have uniformly resisted the democratic administration at every turn - and were wrong to do so every time. The bailouts necessarily started with the Bush administration, after all.

There are few economists of either party pursuasion that would disagree with Bernanke and recent Fed policies 'after the fact'. The republican party remains bereft of ideas or solutions, other than cutting benefits to the many while maintaining a cloak of protection for corporate interests and the ruling elite.

The democrats are not by any means free of the same influences, but at least have the humility to recognize that ordinary folks
are the ones actually needing the help.

Unemployment remains high because in spite of massive corporate profits over the last 8 quarters, there is no corporate will to hire.

Fewer workers, better technology, and continued outsourcing keep production levels where they need to be for those very large corporate salaries and long-awaited corporate dividends. Millions of jobs are gone for good - and republicans all the while sat and their hands and whined about democratic control. Now that the worm has turned, we'll see how that works out for ordinary Americans.

One thing to take to the bank - healthcare reform will remain ... unchanged.

Sarah Palin is stupid? Seen her on Fox News lately? Two years ago, she was an inexperienced small time Governor. Now, she spars with the big boys. An amazing transformation. Has the liberals gnashing their teeth.

Obama is so smart? What was that business about visiting all 57 states? Why has he fought tooth and nail releasing any undergraduate or graduate school grades. My guess is that he was an affirmative action near flunky. He does read from the teleprompter well, though.

@persiflage, who said "What we don't need is more completely ordinary shallow thinkers in high office, much less in the Oval office. Palin perfectly represents this sizable demographic in the USA.".

Well, flage old sport, did you ever stop to think that Obama was not an honors graduate of his high school and was not an honors graduate from his undergraduate college (Columbia)? And polls consistently show that Democrats underperform Republicans in questions of actual knowledge, so you've got your shallow thinking all upside down. The pool of shallow thinkers is the one that Democrats swim in.

Why do LIBERALS/ leftist constantly complain about Palin being in the news and then make something up to PUT HER IN THE NEWS??
Are you just stupid? Or just so hate filled you can't see your stupidity?

Here's a typical Palin apologist from another thread:

"Obama said: If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun,".

He said this with regard to strategies for combatting terrorism. This is a far cry from implicitly recommending similar strategies to employ on the opposing political party....whether metaphorically speaking, or otherwise.

Palin has been stirring up political sentiments with similar audience pleasing gun slogeneering since the early pre-election days when her biggest fans were avid NRA sympathizers, disenfranchised pre-tea party folk, and other and various anarchists of note.

The irony of stalwart members of this motley crew eventually adopting the Tea Party nom de plume sounds like a classic piece of Rovian devilry - clever, but completely divorced from any remote association with the actual historical truth.

The power of words and their ability to convey many fictional 'truths' has not been lost on any politician since humans began talking and walking upright. That they can be incendiary and a call to action with the right audience has been proven too many times to count.

Nevertheless, giving a dimwit like Sara Palin this much free media coverage is really a travesty. It's doubtful she remembers what she says from one minute to the next. That she could conceivably be a presidential candidate is really beyond the farthest reaches of reasonable intelligence.

What we don't need is more completely ordinary shallow thinkers in high office, much less in the Oval office. Palin perfectly represents this sizable demographic in the USA.

But when all is said and done, she seems like a completely probable presidential republican candidate for 2012. With Palin and her stupid rabble rousing comments, we're getting a early snapshot of the unimaginable.

Democrats need to take this quite seriously....the ennui present in the last election cycle is not acceptable down the road. The fate of the country hangs in the balance.

I feel embarassed for Ms. Quinn, because her associating the actions of this mentally ill man with Ms. Palin stiring things up.... how ridiculous and paranoid. I wish she would actually publish something in context that supports her opinion. I am opened minded and I may have missed something that Ms. Palin wrote or said that advocated going out and killing people. There is no doubt one day Ms. Quinn will be embarrassed and will regret writing such an insane claim. The shooter and Ms. Quinn are both in need of professional help

Sally, you are nothing more than a Shrill, Shreiking Liberal.
Sarah Palin was accused of being to blame for the shootings before the bodies were even in the morgue.
All just part of the Liberal Media's Brave New World Strategy of molding the news and facts to their liking.

You have no shame Quinn. None at all.
You need a psychological evaluation.

How dare Palin defend herself from the likes of you. Granted, even the NYTimes is now backtracking, but still, so what if someone blames you for causing the killing of a bunch of people.

You should never defend yourself from the partisan Media who hates your guts.

You should set back and just take it. Yeah, kind of like the odious way some people viewed rape.

So if Quinn and the others of her Leftist mindset, due to their stalker like obsession of Palin, decide to "rape" her, Palin should just take it with a smile...

Come on Sally! Admit it! We all know why you hate Sarah Palin. You hated her the moment you set eyes on her in 2008. By merely existing, she is a massive rebuke to your whole manner of being. Give over!

As another commentator put it:

Liberals: Sarah Palin's hateful rhetoric was responsible for the shooting.
Palin: No, it wasn't.
Liberals: Why does Palin have to make it about her?

Sarah Palin in her video, firstly repeated her condolences to the familes of victims, then appropriately defended herself from evil libel, then concluded with the very salubrious words:

"Let us honor those precious lives cut short in Tucson by praying for them and their families and by cherishing their memories. Let us pray for the full recovery of the wounded. And let us pray for our country. In times like this we need God’s guidance and the peace He provides. We need strength to not let the random acts of a criminal turn us against ourselves, or weaken our solid foundation, or provide a pretext to stifle debate.

America must be stronger than the evil we saw displayed last week. We are better than the mindless finger-pointing we endured in the wake of the tragedy. We will come out of this stronger and more united in our desire to peacefully engage in the great debates of our time, to respectfully embrace our differences in a positive manner, and to unite in the knowledge that, though our ideas may be different, we must all strive for a better future for our country. May God bless America."

Good words. Full transcript here: http://tinyurl.com/4dkqo9w

@areyousaying, who said: "Where did all you pathetic parrots come from ?
(all these comments from just one column)

Are you Christians?

Did Jesus teach you the name calling or did you learn it from Elder Beck?"
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What don't you understand about having comments about one column on that column's comment board? That's, ummm, the whole point of a comment board. Any reasonably intelligent person would have realized...oh wait, I see your problem now. Can you find someone around you with normal intelligence who can explain how things work so you don't have to repeat "AWK!" on comment boards like this? That would be great.

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By: "JJ" http://onwapo.wordpress.com
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Sally, if you actually read Sarah Palin’s statement you would know that indeed it was not about her; it was about preserving unconstrained dialogue in our country.

On the other hand Sally Quinn’s piece certainly was about Sarah Palin; it essence it was a call for her to Shut Up.

In short I accept and agree with Sarah Palin’s call for open debate; if Sally Quinn is against that, shame on her.

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LIBERAL/Leftist anti American Progressive pals
AWK!

LIBERAL/Leftist anti American Progressive
AWK!

left wing socialist
AWK!

the left wing media use marxist tactics
AWK!

loony Soros crowd
AWK!

the anti-Palin crowd is the stupidest political group in America.
AWK!

If anything the public is sick of liberals.
AWK!

Have a nice Sunday worshipping at your hate fest on Palin libs.
AWK!

Liberalism.. a mental illness
AWK!

Sadly because of you and your friends on the Left, Palin is considering hiring extra security guards.
AWK!

Marxist Democrats.
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"The state-controlled Marxist media"
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The milktoast libs
AWK!

Where did all you pathetic parrots come from ?
(all these comments from just one column)

Are you Christians?

Did Jesus teach you the name calling or did you learn it from Elder Beck?

"To Sarah Palin: It's not all about you"
So then WHY do all the LIBERALS keep making Everything about Sara Palin?? hmmmmm
You might want to tell your LIBERAL/Leftist anti American Progressive pals that one. They certainly think everything is about Palin.
Isn't it funny how Leftist having 95% of the Media being leftists leaning and dying for a tragedy to blame on Conservatives seem to be outraged when the accused steps up to defend themselves and answer to the leftist Propaganda pushers.
Obviously her career is not over as much as you all try. This is all making her stronger and we love her even more. Thank you for that. Real Americans see how you point your finger to blame those you fear. We surround you! We will save America from your Destructive Socialist hands.

The despicable lie that Sarah Palin was even indirectly responsible has been thoroughly discredited. Is this not the worst of hateful rhetoric - to say someone is partially responsible for this heinous act? Instead of apologizing, the leftists then attack her for defending herself for this vile slur (and then try to redirect attention to the victims).

The public is not buying it. Shame on you, Sally Quinn for participating in this hateful and cynical act.

Diatribe against Sarah Palin AGAIN in a FAITH column. Anybody else see a problem with this. Thou shalt not bear false witness. Sally Quinn's face-to-face with God's justice on her last day on earth will be terrifying. Sally desperately needs prayers.
I bet she wrote her hate-filled spew of vitriolic venom, then went to church. Maybe Rev. Wright's or a similar hate filled congregation?
Hypocrisy of the most grievous sort. I can only compare such hate mongering and hypocrisy to the Pharisees. Proclaiming their faith loudly while plotting to kill Jesus. Sally Quinn is a sham.

OYE...! One Last Point:

According to the lat name of the "KILLER" it has a 'Deutch' or Germanic Name to It; and it's ironic that his first-Victim and main target was a quasi Pious Jewess?

Note: The Killer also worshiped in the "WICCAN-PAGAN" fashion outdoors to strange objects (and Not U.F.O.'s). Note again

i[WE] will post an essay entitled the Psychology of Forensic-Psychology and a Potential Psychic-Killer(s)" [Similar].

oooppssa.

PS: SARA PALIN Did NO, NO NOt Kill Anyone!

Note: In The "EVIL-STATE OF ARIZONA"

IF Mrs, Gabi Gifford stayed Home on the Ju'sh 'Sabbath' (Jan.08.11) THEN the Killer/Stalker Would not have cause such big damage, ELSE Nothing. SO,

Shaamae, On The "Political" & The "Political-Un-Corrector"s or Blasphemers who ironically need a "CORRECTION OF SiN" themselves! WHEREFORE:

Our Forefathers/Mothers [pbu them ALL] are Rolling over in their respective "DUE-TO-BE" [again] Places {like Purgatory, and NOt Graves] for Blaming Dear 'Poor' Lipstick-Momma/Poppa Dear SARA PALIN & Co.

VOTE: SARA Palin For Vice Prez! AND

VOTE: MiTT ROMNEY For PREZ 2012! or maybe 2016?

OYE...!

Dear Sally Quinn et al;

Hello.

i[WE] are having trouble posting in response to today's [15th?] Buddha-Chosen "PANCHEN" and or DALAI LAMA WARS entitled,

"Beijing and the (next) Dalai Lama" by, By Matteo Pistono [and Richard Gere et al].

The Response WE[i] get is,

"GUEST VOICES"

Other views on religion in the news.

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Note This happened to the previous 'Moniker' or Blogger "WOODSTOCK-41".

Example: When i[WE] spend, say an Hour, putting together a "First Impression" argument via ESSAY; that WE[i] would get rejected with the above response.

Sister; Can YeYo tell i[WE] WHY this is Happening, (Under the Islamic titles also) even now, under moniker "letitbe"?

Thank You.

cc President OBAMA, Clinton & CO.

Sarah Palin lives inside liberals heads 24.7 rent free. It ain't furnished, but it'll work. Errr, Sarah Palin is a big meanie!! You go tough liberal women, you go.

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To paraphrase the Washington Post's advertising slogan, Sally Quinn simply doesn't get it.

It's not all about Sarah Palin, but there's no evidence that Gov. Palin actually thinks that way.

On FAITH? On Sunday, left wing socialist hate spewing vitriolic rhetoric.

Sally Quinn is a hypocrite.

Sarah Palin has more REAL faith in her little pinkie that Sally Quinn and her left wing cohorts display with their hate sheets of yellow journalism.

Sally Quinn must have attended Rev. Wright's hate spewing so called "services" as well.

Sarah Palin has single handedly made REAL Faith and Patriotism a rallying cry across this nation. That, in spite of, the left wing media's hate attempts to discredit her. Sally Quinn and the left wing media use marxist tactics to discredit an "enemy". She thinks her own bullseye is subtle and nobody sees that she is "targeting" an "enemy" with her vile hate spewing posts.

We love you Sarah Palin. And Sally Quinn is jealous.

What a load of horse excrement!
The Moronosphere takes this crime in AZ and everything else gone awry in this section of the galaxy and trys to pin it on Sarah Palin and then criticizes her for actually defending herself.

It is no wonder you folks and your idiotology are being chased out of government and losing popularity. The fools have attempted to take us all for fools.
What will you say if Sarah ever becomes the victim of all the hate and vitriol dished on her 24/7 ?
Sally, you are siding with hippocrates and fools. The decent folks are getting fed up with this BS. The democrats really should wake up and purge the sorry, loony Soros crowd. Before no one takes any of you seriously.
Oh dear, did I say hanging?

Dutche$$2

Before the "awful" signs at Tea Party rallies, there were the signs from the Anti Bush rallies...please have a look. They are by far much more violent than any teaparty signs:

Go to Google, and ask for images, signs, KILL BUSH....

The hate, viterol, anti human, anti American smut they carried around to all their rallies is right out there for the world to remember in posterity.

Why were there no murders then, if rhetoric is responsible for setting people off? Plenty of signs, movies and books encouraged the killing of Bush, yet no one "snapped". Why not?

What a great article! Well written and very clear. Palin quit her job as governor so she could take advantage of the same golden goose that Limbaugh/Beck/O'Reilly/Hannity/et al have discovered. Say anything obnoxious ("how's that hopey changey thing workin' for ya' now") to get more attention to massage the huge ego AND to generate more dollars for her own pocketbook. More controversy gives her more exposure which generates more book sales and more advertisers which equals MILLIONS of dollars for poor ol' Sarah and Todd.

If she hadn't quit her governorship, she would have gone back into obscurity in Alaska for two years and MISSED the opportunity to take advantage of being in the limelight.

It's time for Limbaugh/Beck/Hannity/Palin to start talking about what's RIGHT WITH AMERICA instead of CONSTANTLY complaining about everything. Listen to their shows and you will find they are not happy being in America. And people wonder how America became so divided? Three hours a day for 20 years of a constant barrage of complaining might do it.

But Sally, Palin never stole her husband from another family, nor did she cut off contact with a child and refuse to go to a wedding because of it......so I don't know what dark side of Palin you are relating to. While you mock Palin's family, yours sounds pretty messed up! And an unwed pregnancy as well! Hypocrite.

"I believe that what brings out so many hostile feelings toward Sarah Palin is that many people look at her and see the dark side of themselves."

Let me get this straight. The WaPo spend 4 days straight blaming Palin for the Arizona shooting, then when she defends herself you claim she's trying to make it about her? Do you take us all for idiots Ms. Quinn? Ar you an idiot?

Sally - Since you dont want it to be about Sarah Palin, why did your newspaper write more articles last week about Sarah Palin then about Jared Loughner?

Leave that Tar-Baby by the side of the road every chance you get.

@sarvenk63, what the heck is a "rediculed telepropter"? Whatever it is, you shouldn't use that term in the same sentence where you accuse someone else of acting stupidly. Makes you look stupid.

Poor Sarah, the whole world is trying to get her. She plays the "victim card" very well. From Katie curic who asked her as benign a question as what do you read, what did you eat for breakfast(I made up the 2nd one), everybody is out to insult her that she doesn't read or can't afford breakfast (again I made it up). Same with Sen.McCain's 2008 election staff--they were all trying to get her.
There was one opportunity to make oneself look better. The "Tea Partier by proxy" McCain appreciated Obama's speech & emphasized on civility. The real Tea Partier aka Sarah Palin, did her usual stuff--being obnoxious & screaming victimization.
If I were her (phew...I'm not), I would have sent Ms. Giffords a Get Well card, adding a note, apologizing for the "misinterpretation" of the "surveyers' map". But then it is me--not Sarah Palin. Even my toe-nail has better civility than her.
An advice to the Queen of the Tea Party- while using the much rediculed telepropter, it is better to have two so you can read from either, instead of stupidly staring without blinking.

"Does [Palin] share responsibility for creating a climate of suspicion and hostility and even violence? I think so."

Well, Sally Quinn, how very hypocritical of you....you praise Obama for his 'inspiration' in the same column you use to bash Palin for 'creating a climate of hostility'. Tell me...was Obama 'inspiring' to you when he talked of bringing guns to a fight with Republicans?

I have as much evidence that this quote from Obama caused the tragedy in Tucson, as you have evidence that Palin and her 'cross-hairs' map did. I find it very interesting that only 'violent rhetoric' on one side of the political spectrum seems to bother you.

The unabashed hypocrisy of those like Sally Quinn leave me queasy, as they vainly attempt to use the Bible as cover for their sleazy political opportunism....

It's sad when I read someone like Sally Quinn, who pretends to come from a Biblical point of view...but clearly puts political ideology at the forefront and religious context is only used when it's convenient.

Take, for instance, Sally Quinn's pharisaical challenge to Palin to consider 'what would Jesus do'?

Well, for one, I doubt Jesus would pounce on the tragic slaughter of innocents at the hands of a madman to score cheap points against political opponents.

I also doubt Jesus would make intentional efforts to mislead the readers of his blog....trying to convince them that Sarah Palin is trying to make this tragedy 'about her', when the left-wing media was dragging her name into it before the dead bodies were cold.

After days of enduring salacious mudslinging from the left, and near-hourly ponderments of why Palin wasn't responding....Palin finally felt compelled to respond DAYS after the tragedy....and was immediately villafied (again) by the rabid wolves of those similar to Sally Quinn who were looking for any reason to smear Palin's name....clearly out of jealousy of how effective she has been rallying the opponents of the left in our country.

You know, "judge not that ye be not judged" is one of the most overused and misquoted pieces of Scripture, as it's clear theological application never claimed you shouldn't question wrong things when you see them....unless you yourself are guilty of similar (or worse) actions. So in this case, this admonishment of Christ to 'judge not, that ye be not judged' solidy applies to Sally Quinn.

She self-righeously preaches to Palin about 'what would Jesus do', but clearly avoids all effort to look in the mirror and consider the same question in relation to her own column.

dutchess2:

I'm sure I could find plenty of examples of hypocrisy reading posts by left-wingers, but yours just happened to jump out more vividly.

In the same post where you denounce the 'vitriole' of the right, you use the term 'tea baggers'. Seriously, do you have even a bit of a clue as to what that term means?

prior pst continued) the National Park system and wildlife preserves. Finally, ninety years ago, if you had the guts, that is the stomach for it; and the wiliness, you could monopolize any product or service vital to the country, destroy any and all competition using whatever means was at your disposal; live in unapologetic, decadent splendor, while your workers labored 84 hours a week at starvation wages, living in pestilent slums- drinking contaminated milk and eating spoiled meat, until they were too sick, injured or old to work- and were then thrown away like junk. Since then the FDA, the Social Security Administration, and the Internal Revenue Service have accompanied the rise of the United States to superpower-status, with the largest, most dynamic economy in the world. All this “big-government” has not resulted in a shortage of millionaires, or in a faltering of economic dominance. In fact, the most recent crisis is a consequence of a lack of governmental vigilance and intervention.

What Private Citizen Palin represents is a reversal of all the progress we’ve made in the last century.
Being propelled to the national stage and given a pulpit to bully from, she legitimizes all those that have kept alive sentiments that many of us believed were largely banished to the ignorance and prejudices of a bygone era. We have discovered, to our dismay, that while those sentiments have been greatly subdued and largely dormant, they are far from dead. We ARE angry because Palin and others like her are serving as catalytic agents to reinvigorate that ignorance and prejudice, releasing and spreading a cultural plague that could throw us back a century into the past.

I am one of those that delight the hard-right supporters of Private Citizen Sarah Palin. I bark and yelp, twisting in furious circles at the sound of her voice issuing some new provocation to me and my kind.
The ultra-conservative bloggers, the talk-radio hosts and their comrades commenting on the op-ed pages are right: she does drive us (the left, the liberals, the Democrats, the moderates, the well-read, the reasonable, the thoughtful) crazy; getting us “where we live.” I am chagrined that she can “push my buttons” with such ease. However, those flocking to Palin’s banner misinterpret- willingly or not, the “why” of it all.

Contrary to what they put forth as the reason for our obsessive fury regarding the rise of this phenomenon, we do not feel threatened by her- not directly, anyway. We don’t fear her becoming the President of the United States, and in fact harbor the hope that she can somehow wrestle the nomination away from more traditional conservative Republican candidates. We take heart in her national poll numbers indicating her unelectable outside the Republican-fold, and enjoy the squirming of the Republican establishment as they contemplate their being denied the oval office, as they have been denied the senate-majority, ala O’Donnell and Angle. With every new gaffe, each new piece of evidence indicating a lack of intellectual investment, we can see national office slipping farther and farther beyond Palin’s ambitious grasp. What drives everyone from the moderate right to the liberal left into Pavlovian-spasms of indignation and incredulity is what she represents.

Conservatives assert the United States of America is ideologically conservative, and perhaps, that is true in some senses. However, over the last one hundred years we have decided that women and African-Americans can participate in electing our leaders; that segments of religious thought will not restrict or prohibit what we read, learn or teach. We have gone from mocking and disdaining “long-haired” intellectuals to honoring the Bill Gates, Steven Hawkings and Carl Sagans among us. All of us can live where we want, worship as we like. It’s even getting to the point where we can love and marry whom we want. Seventy years ago, the vast majority of Americans had never traveled beyond our borders, nor had much interest in doing so. Since then, generations of Americans have sought out the world; to engage it, learn from it and participate in it- from the Peace Corps to Rotary International Exchange groups. In 1941 we culled Japanese-Americans from our midst, because we doubted they were “Real Americans;” but we belatedly came to our senses, apologized and attempted to atone for our mistakes, with tangible cash. 100 years ago, as the railroads spread cities and industries across the continent, wiping out buffalo herds and other species in the process, a Republican President saw the natural environment was something to be treasured and protected- and institute

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Its not just lefties - Only one republican had defended her, Pawlenty, who is at 3% and running for potus - wants to co -opt the teabaggers early.

Well said Ms. Quinn -

If anyone here wants a walk down memory land to get a better understanding of where we're all coming from...

Go to Google, and ask for images, signs, tea baggers.

The hate, viterol, anti human, anti American smut they carried around to all their rallies is right out there for the world to remember in posterity.

And you have never heard Sarah Palin utter a single word to distance herself from that hate, those threats, that violence.

She is her own worst enemy, always the victim. The mean, hostile, hateful, violent victim.

Victims cannot lead.

She chose that role for herself and that's the simple fact.

Sally - Since you dont want it to be about Sarah Palin, why did your newspaper write more articles last week about Sarah Palin then about Jared Loughner?

Ok lefties.. where to begin. First of all the left keeps making this and almost everyother evil in this world "about" Sarah Palin. Palin released a video to defend herself against the far left pundits who came short of saying she was an accessroy to the luncatic that committed this massacre. It doesn't matter what she says, the left just can't leave this woman or her family alone. Or seem to think everytime she appears in public she has somekind of hidden agenda. BTW.. for the record, the cross hairs the left keep referring to were actually Survey symbols. I'm also waiting for these same leftists to decry the Deomcratic party and several candidates that also ran ads w/ cross hairs and even some holding and firing actual guns (Bit I'm not holding my breath).

@catmomtx, who said "We also know that this isn't about President Obama (as much as some of you would like it to be). This is about Sarah Palin...".

See, this is how following the path of leftist non-logic always gets me confused. This cannot be about the responsibility of the elected office-holder, but must be about the responsibility of a non-elected non-office-holder BECAUSE why... because that's just the way you prefer it. Ummm. Sorry, not working. Trying it again... Ummmm. Nope. Hey, here's the explanation! You're stark raving mad.

Sally, while you are here, sample some of our beloved socialist president's past violence prone metaphors.
From Barack Obama's lips:
Obama: “They Bring a Knife…We Bring a Gun”
** Obama to His Followers: “Get in Their Faces!”
** Obama on ACORN Mobs: “I don’t want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry! I’m angry!”
** Obama on the private sector: “We talk to these folks (BP)… so I know whose butt to kick.“
** Obama to voters: Republican victory would mean “hand to hand combat”
** Obama to lib supporters: “It’s time to Fight for it.”
** Obama to Latino supporters: “Punish your enemies.” meaning Republicans.
** Obama to democrats: “I’m itching for a fight.”
That was your President speaking.
Posted by: bbwk80a | January
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Taking President Obama's words out of context to justify anything Sarah Palin does is not working. People have been posting this very same list of quotes for the past few days on the various message boards. Most Americans realize that the quotes are taken out of context. We also know that this isn't about President Obama (as much as some of you would like it to be). This is about Sarah Palin, her need to be the center of attention all the time and her need to act tough up until the time the toughness gets her in trouble. Then , she really plays a great victim. When will Republicans/conservatives/right wing/tea party/Obama haters ever accept responsibility for what THEY have said or done?

@sandydayl, who said: "For all of you Sarah defenders who blame leftists and the "liberal" media for dumping on Palin after the shootings, how unfortunate for your gal that she displayed a map with a crosshair image placed over Gifford's district. Her map also had the names of the targeted representatives she wanted to get rid of. How unfortunate for Sarah Palin that there is video of Giffords expressing concern over the bulls eye map. Miss Sarah was smack dab in the middle of the massacre months before it happened and she put herself there. Live with it, professional victim."

Right. Got it. Sarah Palin was smack dab in the middle of the massacre, as you put it, because she had nothing to with the massacre, as Sally Quinn put it.

And yet, you both agree with each other! Wattafunnyworld!

Listen, do you think that you, Sally, and the rest of the anti-Palin crowd could take a day off from your remedial community college basic math number-writing class and come up with some kind of explanation for why you write this goober-like stuff? That would be great!

For all of you Sarah defenders who blame leftists and the "liberal" media for dumping on Palin after the shootings, how unfortunate for your gal that she displayed a map with a crosshair image placed over Gifford's district. Her map also had the names of the targeted representatives she wanted to get rid of. How unfortunate for Sarah Palin that there is video of Giffords expressing concern over the bulls eye map. Miss Sarah was smack dab in the middle of the massacre months before it happened and she put herself there. Live with it, professional victim.

If Palin is a Christian I want nothing to do with Christianity.

You can talk about god as being about "peace" and "love" yet only a cursory glimpse at the bible will show innumerable atrocities "god" used to punish non believers or sinners. Love? peace? I don't think so, as usual, its only part of the story

@daveharris: Since the beginning of her misbegotten celebrity, Sally Quinn has threatened violence against people. Anyone who's not from a big town, anyone who doesn't believes in her vapid religious column, anyone who's seen a bit of the world and doesn't think America is a mean country is an 'elitist', and therefore the enemy. The fact that this dialogue appeals to ignorant, small-minded people is not surprising; it's who they are. But the rest of us don't have to like it. She didn't have anything directly to do with the Arizona shooting, but the incident reminds us that we are all threatened by the crazies, and she inspires them.

(There, I fixed your comment. It doesn't make much more sense than what you posted, but I had to work with the nonsense you started with.)

Since the beginning of her misbegotten celebrity, Sarah Palin has threatened violence against people. Anyone who's not from a small town, anyone who doesn't pray to her god, anyone who's seen a bit of the world and doesn't think America is hog heaven is an 'elitist', and therefore the enemy. The fact that this dialogue appeals to ignorant, small-minded people is not surprising; it's who they are. But the rest of us don't have to like it. She didn't have anything directly to do with the Arizona shooting, but the incident reminds us that we are all threatened by the crazies, and she inspires them.

The Post and the left exploited the murder of six people including a child for nasty partisan purposes. The Post and the left tried to destroy Sarah Palin through the blood libel attempt to blame her for the deaths. Now the Post decides to instruct Sarah Palin on how and when and whether she is allowed to defend herself.
The Post has forfeited any claim it ever had to arbitrate opinion or decency.

Posted by: jy151310 | January 16, 2011 11:03 PM
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Camptown racers sing this song, DOOH DAH DOOH DAH.

Wake up.

@bwalling, who said "Ms Quinn:
This was an excellent article ..... keep writing! As for the Right-Baggers, well I guess civility is out of the question. They have so much hate and ignorance that the only way to make them into something better is ..... Annihilation of all of them!"

Ah, the dulcet tones of the Loughner Left come calling, and they provide more evidence that the anti-Palin crowd is the stupidest political group in America. And when I say "stupidest" I'm not being uncivil, I'm just referring to the level of their intelligence.

The Post and the left exploited the murder of six people including a child for nasty partisan purposes. The Post and the left tried to destroy Sarah Palin through the blood libel attempt to blame her for the deaths. Now the Post decides to instruct Sarah Palin on how and when and whether she is allowed to defend herself.
The Post has forfeited any claim it ever had to arbitrate opinion or decency.

The Article is "Right On".
Palin's ditto-head worshipers are as ignorant as Limburger's & Beck's Brain Dead followers.

That...is the TRUTH!

Someones needs to inform Sarah that when she says "take up arms," most of us assume she's talking about weapons. If she thinks she can convince us otherwise, well, we're not that stupid.

Watch how quick the Palin sheeple bleat their anger if Palin is ever the one on a poster with "surveyor symbols" placed over her face should she ever run for public office again.

And what undercuts her lackeys insipid drivel even more is that Palin still hasn't posted that electoral map back online again, instead, cowardly attempting to whitewash her own history.

If Palin really believes that her imagery with the scope-sights wasn't inflammatory in the least, then she should post it back up to prove her point.

But she won't.

Ms Quinn:
This was an excellent article ..... keep writing! As for the Right-Baggers, well I guess civility is out of the question. They have so much hate and ignorance that the only way to make them into something better is ..... Annihilation of all of them!

@kingcranky, who said "Don't know which is more pathetic, Quittercuda Palin, or her enthusiastic sheeple that she so easily leads around by the nose.". Ahhh, you say that Palin leads her "sheeple" around by the nose. But you paste-eaters who bought the false line that Loughner was a Tea Partier are, what, only 200 times as dumb as any "sheeple" who ever lived? And you're still proving your stupidity long after you missed the opportunity to shut up.

"It's not all about you"

Oh yes it is!

And WHY!?

Parisan hacks in the media, like yourself MADE IT ALL ABOUT HER!

You people are an insult to decent insane people

@hinois, who said "I didn't know Sally was part of journo-list too?".

Sally is more with the sleep-with-a-journo-list crowd. And then the lock-your-husbands-kids-out-of-the-house crowd.

Don't know which is more pathetic, Quittercuda Palin, or her enthusiastic sheeple that she so easily leads around by the nose.

I didn't know Sally was part of journo-list too? Is there ANYONE at WaPo who isn't? I could see her column now if Sarah has said nothing at all. She would have written how her silence was proof positive that she is quilty of inciting the shooting.....

@nateminor, who said : "Palin needs to man-up and shut the hell up. She HAVE single handedly gave hated speeches."

What REALLY needs to happen is that you and the rest of the double-digit IQ dummies who claim they're better than Palin (and yes that includes Sally Quinn) should start a little self-examination and ask yourselves how people as profoundly dumb as you are could think anyone with any intelligence could listen to you without bursting into laughter.

Sally, you left out Mrs. Palin's most succinct statement: The act "began and ended" with the shooter. That's a clincher isn't it Sally. Considering you were self declared socialist Ben Bradlee's 'girl', I can understand your own hate for Mrs. Palin.

Sally, while you are here, sample some of our beloved socialist president's past violence prone metaphors.

From Barack Obama's lips:

Obama: “They Bring a Knife…We Bring a Gun”
** Obama to His Followers: “Get in Their Faces!”
** Obama on ACORN Mobs: “I don’t want to quell anger. I think people are right to be angry! I’m angry!”
** Obama on the private sector: “We talk to these folks (BP)… so I know whose butt to kick.“
** Obama to voters: Republican victory would mean “hand to hand combat”
** Obama to lib supporters: “It’s time to Fight for it.”
** Obama to Latino supporters: “Punish your enemies.” meaning Republicans.
** Obama to democrats: “I’m itching for a fight.”

That was your President speaking.

Another day, another "I hate Sarah Palin" blog from the left wing echo chamber.

Get a life Ms. Quinn.

You know, Sally.....if the mainstream media and the liberal pundits had left Sarah Palin's name out of the discussion in the first place, she would not have had any reason to speak out beyond what she said in the first place....that she wanted to keep the victims of the shooting in our prayers.

But you and the rest of the left-wingers just couldn't leave well enough alone....you just had to start pointing fingers....at Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh, the Tea Party, the NRA....instead of focusing on the sick, left-wing, dope-smoking sicko who shot up all of those innocent people.

Obviously you don't really want Sarah Palin to disappear....because if you wanted that, you would begin to say nice things about her....that would drive just about anyone underground in a heartbeat....and it would give you one less prominent conservative to harass in order to sell newspapers and get attiboys from the other left-wingers.

Thank you for a wonderful column. It will help keep some natural emotional feelings from getting in the way of talking about important issues of the day.

Query: What do you call the person who: encouraged people to openly brandish firearms at political rallies where the President and Members of Congress were present; placed the cross-hairs of a gun sight on a map of congressional districts for the stated purpose of "targeting" those members of Congress to be "taken-out" ; and who tries to make herself the victim when one of the "targeted" Congresswomen, who eerily predicted that there would be "consequences" for her district being "targeted" on the map, is shot in the head by a would-be assassin ?
Answer: SARAH PALIN !

Palin believes what the founding fathers intended for generations to come. Our unionized Educational system is ranked the lowest ever at 17th in the world. Shes up against liberals who want to continue a larger part of a failing Union thats edu- cating or children.Those who know Palin gives alot of her time to stop the this Monster of a Healthcare Bill. Palin's direction for americans means more jobs and frees up me and 185 million who has/had healthcare. Remember this Obamacare benefits 30 million and screws up the rest,just like the Libs, a small group of politically correct,anti freemar- ket,union minded citizens that corrupt american values.

Palin needs to man-up and Shut the hell up

She HAVE single handedly gave hated speeches. She promotes “We don’t retreat, we reload” and then put up a map on her web page target symbols in Democratic Districts. This type of words and action give the crazies a window to act out their hatred crimes.

Then last week, she played the victim card, No I will not give her a pass on this on, no not me.

She and her entourage continue to be associates with people showing up at rallies with guns, that have large signs such as; “Don’t Tread on Me, and I want my country back” or “second amendment remedies”.

Look, she will stay on the attack; she will never walk back her democratic target map or promote toning it down. The negative remarks ARE how she makes her M-O-N-E-Y.

Who in this chat room believes that the symbols on her map are surveyors marks? What is she trying to build that covers half the country? Give me a break. Just wait until election time, when she and HER GUN TOTING entourage start targeting democrats. Her mouth will drip with blood. And just yesterday she was hired to be a keynote speaker a a upcoming gun convention. OH, is this how she makes her M-O-N-E-Y?

Lastly, her remarks preempted the president remarks, she should have waited until the first family had the Tucson’ memorial service. Her comments were in a presidential setting with a fire place and the American flag. Give me a freaking break, who the hell she think she is?

The Washington Post has been obsessed with Palin. Otherwise she would not have been the subject of so many articles. Sally Quinn is disingenuous to suggest that it was Palin making it "all about you."

I'm wiping my @ss with this one Sally.

Who is Sally Quinn?

Palin is an idiot. The woman is dumb. If people keep drawing from a well of idiocy they shouldn't be surprised when they find their buckets constantly filled with stupidity.

Sally - Since you dont want it to be about Sarah Palin, why did your newspaper write more articles last week about Sarah Palin then about Jared Loughner?

Sally Quinn To Sarah Palin: It's not all about you...

Earth to Sally Quinn: Did you read your own paper last week?

All week long, the Washington Post makes it about Sarah Palin, and today Sally Quinn is telling Sarah Palin it's not all about her.

LOL

Sally Quinn - go ahead and take that bath, we can smell you all the way over here. Obama with talk of they bring a knife, we bring a gun, is promoting violence. It is a popular well known phrase from him, but you did not see that as something to mention in your article. One of many, talking about getting our enemies, and getting a list of names and e-mail addresses. You make people who watch the news sick to their stomach with such BS, as you try to pull this BS on the readers.

You should stick to the social scene columns you used to write back in the early 80's, Ms. Quinn. I say that because what you know about religion, and faith, could fill a thimble. How about all the target marks for arrows that the DNC had on its own map during the election.

It is a sad testament to our educational system that so many people listen to and support this woman. She does nothing but incite hate and overt violence in order to make big bucks for herself. People wonder why she quit as Alaska's governor. Isn't it obvious? She was able to cash in on her abnormal popularity, making millions of dollars off book sales and getting paid huge sums of money to speak at various events by those folks not smart enough to understand her ultimate game plan. The governor’s job was too much work and didn't pay nearly as much. Now all she has to do is spout off her vitriolic language, rake in the dough, then step back and play victim when she’s called out on it. It’s sad that their children will suffer in the long run. I feel sorry for them and what they will learn from their greedy, vindictive, self-absorbed mother.

This messiah sitting in the White House listened to racial hate speech for twenty years while he was a member of Rev. Wrights church. He never heard a word of it and did not really have that much of a relationship with the man who led him to religion, his spiritual adviser. You are so full of it, Sally Quinn. That you are writing articles on faith for the Post is appropriate.

Washington Post - Since we dont want this to be about Sarah Palin and we all wish she would go away..I dare you to go one week...no, even one day without writing a single article in Washingtonpost.com about Sarah Palin.

Cant do it? No, didnt think so.

What cowards all the Washington Post writers are. Everyone of them who wrote an article brought up Palin as the cause for this shooting. Days later when she responded they tell her its not about her. Who was it about in all those articles, was it Ted Kennedy, was it Joe McCarthy, was it Roseanne, or maybe it was Barney Fife. You a-holes are still keeping it up a week later, trying to convince the people that your attack was not directed at her, even though her name was in all the articles. You must do this so some other writer can quote part of your article and prove this was not your intention. Your intention is to blame, smear, besmirch, and demean someone you have always felt is a threat to your intention of keeping the White House. Thats all it is. If she wasn't in politics her name would not be cared about. You're a liar, and a two faced coward.

The Washington Post must think it's all about Palin since they write 100 articles about her every day. I think I saw two articles mocking Palin in the Post's Automotive section!

Wow Sally,not a single word towards wishing or praying for the healing of the victims of this terrible crime?Not one wish or prayer for comfort for the families that lost a loved one last Saturday?There is so much you could have written in your article today for encouragement yet all you did, Sally,was write about your silly contempt for Mrs.Palin.Then you write about Obama as if it was all about Obama.How sad you and the far left has so quickly forgotten its about the victims and not your petty politics.selah

Restore Love
Restore Opinions
Restore the victims health
Restore Sally Quinns brain

I think you're mistaken about Sarah Palin being Christian. Haven't you ever seen the videos of her participating in exorcisms conducted by that African shaman famous for actually hunting down women accused of witchcraft? (Christine O'Donnell, beware!)

I've always assumed Gov. Palin practiced some sort of blended religion like Santeria or Voodoo. After all, it would go a long way toward explaining her apparent fascination with ritualized animal killing and bloodletting. Perhaps it would explain some of her very un-Christian rhetoric as well.

I agree. It's all about Sarah. I think she is a self-promoting opportunist, not a political leader. I don't think she's in it for anything but the money.

Conservatives have much better candidates than her.

Great column, Ms Quinn. Thoughtful, inspirational, fair-minded. It is hard to understand how it can be misinterpreted or disparaged or turned into a partisan screed. But then, none are so blind as those who will not see; none so deaf as those who will not hear.
We just have to keep trying.
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Trying to what, get Palin assassinated? Doing a good job yet Quinn?
Death threats to Palin are unprecedented and if anything happens to Palin or her family, Quinn is partly to blame for her stupid smear campaign against Palin.
No not all of us are obsessed and out to get Palin.
Quinn will keep trying to make everyone, every single citizen hate Palin, with her disgusting smear on a Sunday.
Don't bear false witness.
Seems Quinn needs to go back and read the Bible or get mental health services.

EArl..I want to know why Palin responded at a time that the news cycle was to focus on the memorial in Tucson. It has been my observation during the last few decades or so that Republicans manage to try to upstage key events that should focus on the Democratic Party or Presidency.
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You know, the WP etc. didn't need to report Palin's speech, but they did, and then tore her up for responding.
If Palin wasn't responding , she was bad, when she does respond, it isn't the right message then its bad, now it is upstaging the President?
Good grief, Obama had his operatives at the campaign stop, I mean funeral, hand out campaign t shirts and stickers on chairs blazened with his slogan taken from his website for his 2012 campaign, "Together We Thrive", cheering and clapping for Obama and Boos for Brewer at a fricking funeral!!
I mean I wouldn't be surprised if the cheerers in the crowd weren't paid operatives from SEIU. The secret service screened everyone going in, now who would boo Brewer, elected with over 70% over the vote in Nov., and cheer Obama in AZ!!!
The SEIU operatives didn't get the meme it was a funeral?
Obama is the narcissist here, all about him..
Obama is the one who looks like the fool here and selfish one.
Using a tragedy to campaign.. can't get lower than that.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20028447-503544.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsPolls+(CBS+News%3A+Opinion%3A+CBS+News+Polls)

Great column, Ms Quinn. Thoughtful, inspirational, fair-minded. It is hard to understand how it can be misinterpreted or disparaged or turned into a partisan screed. But then, none are so blind as those who will not see; none so deaf as those who will not hear.

We just have to keep trying.

The problem is that Palin, as stupid as she is, cannot be forced to use what she does not, and never will have:....BRAINS!She was born stupid and retard to a family of uneducated and illitarate rednecks. You don't expect them to raise an Einstein...do you?

You summed it up well Sally, for Palin, it's all about Palin. Granted anyone who enters politics needs a healthy does of selfconfidence and the ability to selfpromote -- but Palin has overdosed on self.

Her video last week was totally inappropriate -- the timing, the words used, etc. Before using phrases like "Blood libel", she really should have checked the historical origin of the phrase.

But then why should we have been surprise, because as you say, for Palin -- "It's all about her." To her nothing else matters.

Catch 22, Palin!

I too found Palin's video both arrestingly defensive and "all about her."

We're all culpable. We watch degraded shows, read degraded commentary, click on degraded links and delight in the voyeurism of both celebrity and politics, giving the Madison Avenue guys and the TV guys cause to say, "we're just giving the people what they want." And Palin is one of us writ large. She, too, is culpable.

Is it ALL Palin's fault? No, but she surely bears a huge portion of the blame for our current climate. Just as do many Fox news personalities and also the hyperbolic vitriol out of the Left. I think Fox and Palin have a bigger reach, a more coordinated campaign, but both sides do it.

Saying "we're all culpable" can help us individually and as a society to ask for and expect better standards for ourselves.

As a Christian, I find it especially troublesome that Palin so closely conflates God and Jesus with gun sights and "lock and load." I hear her mouth moving on God, but I see a huge disconnect between her words and her actions, between her show of religious devotion and behaviors that no self-respecting Christian woman or man that I know would ever put his or her name to. I do not see calling this disconnect out for what it is an "attack" on poor victimized Palin. I think if she wants us to think of her more highly, she's got to deliver. But if she wants to play low down and dirty junk yard dog politics, then you know, we're going to see her as salivating and going for the jugular.

You just can't have it both ways.

But most of all, it's not about her. That level of ego also belies an understanding of a relationship with God. She fails on all fronts.

Palin makes "pugnacious political statements" in order to attract attention to herself. She does not have ideas that are profound or well-developed that she airs in order to foster constructive debates.

In the absence of substance, Palin says whatever will make people look at her. Her credo could be: "Look at me" because she is narcissistic.

She makes things up such as reading newspapers and demeans those who expose her (Katie Couric). She deflects the truth and attention that is negative.

Palin won't last long unless times become desperate. Desperate times produce desperate people and they will listen to her because they will want someone to blame for the predicaments in which they find themselves.

Not only is Palin dopey and irresponsible but so are her supporters because they espouse and support the nonsense that she preaches.

Good job on this column! I totally agree with you. Very eloquently and accurately stated. Thank you!

Democratic consultant Bob Beckel went on Fox News and said he invented the bull's-eye maps. But we shouldn’t talk about that, right.
Sally needs to get a life. Along with a bunch of progressive dumbheads.

If Sally Quinn really thinks it's not all about Sarah Palin then Sally Quinn could just quit writing about her! But I doubt that would ever happen, because the anti-Palin crowd is the stupidest political group in America. And Sally wants to lead them.

PDS.
There's a new affliction sweeping the nation, and it's known as Palin Derangement Syndrome. The phenomenon is similar to Bush Derangement Syndrome, a term coined by political columnist Charles Krauthammer to describe the personal animosity and irrational hatred directed at President Bush by his leftist opponents. But this time, Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate, Sarah Palin, is the object of wrath.

The feeding frenzy began with the news of Palin's selection, but it was her electrifying speech at the Republic National Convention last month that really set it off. In one fell swoop, Palin managed to energize the Republican base, breathe life into the McCain campaign, launch some very effective jabs at Barack Obama, and quite possibly, attract the support of the 18 million Hillary Clinton voters.

The attacks on Palin have ranged from patronizing to vicious to fantastical. She has been caricatured as an inexperienced rube, a baby-making automaton, an uneducated underachiever, a bad mother, trailer-park trash, a rightwing religious fanatic, a sexual fantasy, and of course, a fascist. No subject has been deemed taboo in the effort to take Palin down.

What her detractors don't seem to realize is that in the process of insulting Palin, they are insulting the majority of the country. If being a self-made success story, a working mother, a church-going member of a small-town community, and a believer in moderate to conservative political viewpoints disqualifies Palin, what does that say about mainstream America? The inherent condescension at the heart of the anti-Palin campaign is coming across loud and clear and it may actually be boosting her popularity.

http://articles.sfgate.com/2008-09-18/opinion/17120134_1_palin-s-selection-hillary-clinton-voters-national-review

And now the left is claiming that Palin, fasley, incited a mass murder in Tuscon.

They completely ignore that Loughner left behind a note using the terms "assassination", "Giffords" and an expletive against her.
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If you weren't so blinded by your PDS mental problem you would have also noticed that note was penned in 2007 long before Palin was on the scene and you PDS sufferers were then suffereing your BDS mental illness.
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As I listened to the early parts of the video, I realized she was trying to one-up President Obama ahead of his address in Tucson and she was doing a pretty good job of trying to make it look like he was emulating her ideas in Tucson, when he later spoke.
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Really, that's the ticket, Palin knew what Obama was going to say, somehow through mind reading, and spoke before him, copied Obama's ideas?
judy in tx, please seek mental health treatment.. soon.

Excuse my ignorance. What is PDS?

I suggest that Sally Quinn's assignment change from writing a column on faith to that of Faith in Obama. She is a political partisan who is incapable of any objective thought.

Where was she when radicals from the left called for harm against President Bush or when a movie depicting his assassination was made.

The problem with liberals is that they think they have a monopoly on morality, that their minds have evolved, and that they are enlightened people while the rest of us are stuck in ignorance and superstition.

An objective view, however, demonstrates that liberals remain deceived and blinded by their own grandiosity. They fail to see their own hypocrisy in thought, word and deed. Remember the old adage, "People who live in glass houses should never throw stones."

Ms. Quinn,
Thank you for this insightful commentary.
Like you, I saw this video emerge 10 hours before the Tucson memorial service, so I clicked in on the Web to watch it in its entirety.
As I listened to the early parts of the video, I realized she was trying to one-up President Obama ahead of his address in Tucson and she was doing a pretty good job of trying to make it look like he was emulating her ideas in Tucson, when he later spoke.
But she was not clearly satisfied to attempt that ploy.
She had to go farther because Giffords had, months earlier, pinned her "gunsight map" to consequences, and Palin became much more animated in the video (her voice took on a harder, more strident edge) as she tried to defend her thesis that she is the ersatz leader of those who are willing to take up arms to overthrow this government because it's not HER government.
The trolls came out in droves in her defense (evidence these Washington Post comment boards).
They completely ignore that Loughner left behind a note using the terms "assassination", "Giffords" and an expletive against her.
He went to the Safeway lot armed to the teeth, and Giffords suffered the initial attack, from behind, I might note, being the coward that he was.
Ms. Giffords never saw him coming, he moved so swiftly.
But then, Palin has, from almost the first moment she stepped on the national stage, carefully ginned up the possibility that someone might attempt a presidential assassination.
I worried about that possibility during the whole of the 2008 campaign and my worries have not diminished during the past 2 years of the president's administration.
So in a way, playing into Loughner's specific paranoia with that rhetoric means that Giffords' injuries, not to mention those of the other victims, are in effect "collateral damage" to the main focus of the group adoring Palin's message -- the mob assault on American politics to take over the reins of government by all means at their disposal, including propaganda, threats or outright action.
The Tucson shooting is a warning to America of what may come if this behavior is allowed to continue without challenge.
God help us all if this slide continues and gains steam.

To tie any of this dribble to Christianity is
an insult!

My wife watched Sarah Palin's Alaska for a few weeks. Despite the rave reviews a few on this blog have given, she said the Palin was behaving inappropriately to her children. There was a level of open disrespect shown. The segment that I saw showed Palin sitting at her desk downstairs with one of the girls upstairs. The girl's boyfriend entered the house and despite Sarah's edict, the boy went upstairs anyway. The way Sarah was positioned, she could not see the boy. in fact, she didn't seem concerned.

I want to know why Palin responded at a time that the news cycle was to focus on the memorial in Tucson. It has been my observation during the last few decades or so that Republicans manage to try to upstage key events that should focus on the Democratic Party or Presidency.

When people talk about arrogance, Palin should be included.

By the way, I led a Bible study on The Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren. This was a very interesting Bible study. His book is full of interesting and thought-provoking statements.

Is this column about Faith, Opinion, or
Politics, or just trying to perpetuate a
cat-fight?

Palin's not mean, particularly, only narcissistic.

"muzzle dissent with shrill cries of imagined insults"... it's all about her, but that's not her. Those are clearly the words of a speechwriter. More irony.

How long are the media going to continue to beat this dead horse Sarah Palin?

Hasn't she been publicly stoned enough ALREADY?

Gee Sally, I didn't get a chance to read your article that takes issue with Krugman, Matthews, Alter, Durbin, Clyburn, Maher and all the other Liberals that tried to connect Palin, Limbaugh and other Conservatives with blame for the massacre within hours of the event. Falsely connecting someone with a massacre, on speculation with zero proof, is very irresponsible and goes against Judeo Christian tenets. Do not bear false witness. Certainly that deserves more condemnation than someone defending themselves from false accusations.

I have seen you being interviewed on Bill O'Reilly's show where you get that "Deer in the headlights" look when he calls you on your biased reporting, especially in the case of Sarah Palin. I can only conclude that you are incredibly jealous of her stardom and physical beauty, like most other marginally attractive or unattractive Upper East Side and Beltway female media and print journalists. Reminds me of those women who try to blame women, who are assaulted by men, for being too provacative and deserving of the abuse they get. Its kind of a "woman thing".

And Sally, deep in your hard, hard, heart you know exactly what I am talking about. All you have to do is recall what Bill Clinton did to Paula Jones.

What changed between the high point of the tea party late last summer and today is that the 2012 GOP presidential primaries have begun. Suddenly the extreme left in entirety and the GOP center's operative cabal have a commonality not seen even 10 weeks ago on election day.

Very well said. Of course it's all about her, and like the rest of them - Limbaugh, Beck, Fox News - it's all about $$$ and fleecing their flock. But those who want their hatred validated will continue to make sure she accumulates great wealth at their own expense. Their hatred for President Obama clouds any hope of common sense, just as their hatred of President Clinton did the same (that awful '90s economy). 25% of the electorate will always be played for fools by the likes of Palin - the same kind of folks who gave to Jim and Tammy Bakker. Only with more hate in their hearts.

The shooting happens and the media begin to make connections between the violence the political rhetoric of Sarah Palin (as this article in fact opens up).

Sarah Palin speaks up against those connections.

The media, now indignant, start to rebuke Sarah Palin with slogans such as "This isn't about you."

Bizarre.

Great article. May I also add that I dont think she actually needs to respond to everything said about her. People with real jobs, like the President, hardly bother responding to any of it.

It gives the impression that all she does is sit around Wasilla all day googling herself.

Why does the media love Mrs. Palin so much? The Media has crowned Mrs. Palin as Queen...perhaps King for a day...no forever. She is a hottie...perhaps male journalists get "turned on," but, why not give some other non elected Republicans a chance to comment? Does she really bring in more money to sell products? Just askin'....Give her a break...she is a mother, a grandmother, a wife, a writer, a tv personality on Fox...an actress in her own reality show...give her a break!

Palin should have apologized to Congressman Gifford’s family about her earlier remarks and if she, in any way, offended them and make clear that the outcome wasn't her intention. Instead, she only thought about defending herself.
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How do you know what Palin has said to the Gifford family in PRIVATE. Don't jump to conclusions ...Apologies to Giffords family do not need to be put in big national papers. Good grief, imagine the outcry if Palin had done that. Palin has enough class to keep an apology to Gifford private, as it should be.

These series of blog comments once again demonstrate that there is 28% of American voters that will see absolutely anything Palin does as correct and the same 28% supported Bush and believed him when we lied us into Iraq. These 28% per-centers steadfastly refuse to engage in critical thinking and choose instead to vote, speak, and act out of emotion.
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Well what do you expect coming from the WP readers? Of course that doesn't reflect the population as a whole. Look Conservatives vote and they voted you dickwads out overwhelmingly last Nov. Biggest losses for Dems since 1920 something.
Isn't this what it is all about, you guys were refudated at the polls?
Now you are angry, and all your vitorol and hate against Palin, didn't help you guys to win.
If anything the public is sick of liberals. Most don't go on blogs or read leftie papers like WP, they do see what you guys stick to the American people and they don't want it or you. If the people knew how crazy you liberals were with your sick obssession with Palin, they would never vote Dem again.
This tragedy has shown how sick you are, within two hours blaming Palin. Gallop polls show Americans have rejected that notion.. so now it is to find fault with something else Palin does.
Wasn't death threats to Bristol Palin for being on DWTS enough bad publicity for your side?

Correction: Congresswoman Giffords.

Palin should have apologized to Congressman Gifford’s family about her earlier remarks and if she, in any way, offended them and make clear that the outcome wasn't her intention. Instead, she only thought about defending herself.
Obama should not have turned a memorial service into a political rally and a campaign kick off.
Take your pick.

James,jameswork52
1.Palin, of course, made her name with pugnacious political statements, "Don't retreat, reload" among the most famous.
That is false, leading some to believe this is true is libel. Palin made her name by running for VP. This is pure BS. Palin was well known long before the 2010 elections. To take that quote and use it as defining Palin's fame is disingenious at best, and outright lying at worst.
Obama is much better know for his "bring guns to a knife fight" than Palin is for lock and reload. The media made that her quote and defining statement after the shootings, not before.
I could go on and on, but maybe you suffer from PDS and have a mental block on reasoning.
The whole article can be taken apart and shown to be pure smears. Notice, that is exactly what Quinn does to Palin's speech, takes apart her speech and then spins it the way Quinn wants to have her fellow PDS sufferers see it.
It is all pure nonsense and slander.
Tying Palin to the dark side... wow what a nice touch by Quinn.
James, there a refutation of what Quinn pens...
Isn't there more important things for Quinn to write about than a propoganda smear, yes it is, there are too many obvious tricks used, on a Sunday morning after a tragedy than to gin up false controversy and dissection of a good speech by Palin? Telling Palin what she should have said.. blah blah.. yet gives Obama a pass for handing out campaign t shirts and campaign stickers on the backs of chairs at a fricking FUNERAL!!! Now that Obama is a real narcissist and strange one that Quinn, if she wasn't so stuck on Palin, could have a real field day with.

These series of blog comments once again demonstrate that there is 28% of American voters that will see absolutely anything Palin does as correct and the same 28% supported Bush and believed him when we lied us into Iraq. These 28% per-centers steadfastly refuse to engage in critical thinking and choose instead to vote, speak, and act out of emotion. In Germany in the 1930 you saw the same thing and when the percentage got high enough the result was catastrophic. I don't ask people to think my way or not but I pray to God they start to think.No one can honestly look in the mirror and say that many of these posts and are the result of anything more than gut reactions.

!*ck sarah palin forever!

There is such a huge disconnect between some of the less thoughtful comments on Ms Quinn's column and her clear statements that I wonder if the real problem is a lack of intellectual engagement. It is easy to slander and demonize and spout a party line regardless of engaging Ms. Quinn on what she actually says. This is not a hate filled column, it is reasoned and thoughtful. Disagree with her rationally, argue on points of content, fine. Hysterically attack her with such offensive words, not even giving her the respect of arguing her points is not fine. Perhaps that is why some who offer commentary feel excluded because they lack the tools to debate. Maybe this is where the gulf is at it's widest between those who can argue objectively and those who resort to bigotry and hatred in defense of what they believe. Nowhere is this bourne out more clearly than in the intolerant, offensive and extremist tone of some of those sounding off here. But then anti-intellectualism is often the last resort of those with no substantial arguments of their own or meaningful understanding of the issues.

You say it isn't about Sarah, but you (cough) journalists, keep bringing it back to her.

Why is that?

Palin believes in Jesus. One wonders, if, while she was preparing her video response, she asked herself, "What Would Jesus do?"
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The irony is remarkable. Don't you think?
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Jesus would allow him self to be crucified by the false witnesses.

Well Palin isn't Jesus. She is human. Anyone accussed FASLEY of inciting a mass muder would respond. Good speech by Palin. Makes Quinn look small and just plain mean.

Sally: It's all about you and sleeping your way to the top.

Shouldn't the author direct these comments to those who pointed the finger at Palin w/o any proof? I'm no fan of Palin but there's a natural reaction to become defensive when you're accused. Have yet to see any proof that the deranged individual who is responsible for the murders ever saw the graphic that has been the focus of certain commentators. As they say in all those CSI shows, follow the evidence. There seems to be frustration in certain quarters about the outcome of the last election. Perhaps this frustration has led to trying to find fault with the opposition whether it exists in fact or not. If the authorities find that this mentally disturbed individual in fact had seen the graphic and it had something to do with his actions then Palin needs to take greater care in the future about how she criticizes those she opposes -- as should those on the other side. I have no intention of supporting Palin but can understand her reaction to unsubstantiated attacks.

palin woudnt even be in the picture if people didnt accuse her. Obama said "they bring a knife , we bring a gun" in 2008 but as usual obama gets the usual "leftist" pass. Obama in the last two years has been the most devisive president ever, vowing to keep those who disagree in the back row. But liberals like Quinn keep getting the "tingle" up there leg when talking about obama. Quinn, you may also want to know that 99.999% of gun owners obey the law and serve god. Something you would understand if you were not so close minded.

Palin believes in Jesus. One wonders, if, while she was preparing her video response, she asked herself, "What Would Jesus do?"
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The irony is remarkable. Don't you think?

Bravo, Sally...it's just too bad the media continues to give Palin the soapbox she needs to peddle her vitriol.
We know from experience the only way to deal with demagogues is to ignore them...evidently the media believes that selling newspapers and gaining TV market share is more important than blunting dangerous demagoguery.
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I watched Palin's Alaska show. What a nice family. Didn't see no vitirol there. Just a nice American family going about their lives despite the hate ginned up by the media and coming from the deranged lefties.
Not one word of hate speech, NOT one word. I have watched Palin interview's, not one word of hate speech. Or vitorol, a polite reasonable person who disagrees with lefties.
The only thing negative are articles put out by the WP which have distorted her words and made them into something they are not.
But then I am not a PDS sufferer and am free to make my own judgement.
Have a nice Sunday worshipping at your hate fest on Palin libs.
Surely you have nothing better to do.

"agree with those who think Sarah Palin is the real victim here. I'm taking a collection to start a pro Sarah fund to demonstrate that real Americans appreciate and support this hero who has done so much for the country we love. Send money orders and cash (no personal or certified checks) to Ted From Richmond, P.O. Box 9211347-5288, Richmond, Va. 23331"

Ha, ha! That's pretty funny. My money order is in the mail. Look for it to arrive any day.

Loughner did want to "reload". Chilling parallels.

And "what we cannot do is use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on each other."
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So spouts Quinn as she then pens a diatribe to get others to turn on Palin.
On a Sunday on a Faith page.
Palin is not the dark one here. Nutjob lefties appear to be obsessed and twisted into a crazy creepy rage against Palin. Palin Palin Palin.. as Quinn shows for all with her sick obsession with Palin.
Quinn put down the pen. You look like a hypocrit and deranged person. Get help

Bravo, Sally...it's just too bad the media continues to give Palin the soapbox she needs to peddle her vitriol.

We know from experience the only way to deal with demagogues is to ignore them...evidently the media believes that selling newspapers and gaining TV market share is more important than blunting dangerous demagoguery.

If there is a need to support an EDUCATION BILL all anyone needs to do is read comments on any article in any newspaper. I did not realize how ignorant so many of our people are until I started reading them a few years ago.

Obama took the moment to rise above vitriol and politics, to bring the community and the country together. "... At a time when our discourse has become so sharply polarized - at a time when we are far too eager to lay the blame for all that ails the world at the feet of those who happen to think differently than we do - it is important for us to pause for a moment and make sure that we're talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a way that wounds." And "what we cannot do is use this tragedy as one more occasion to turn on each other."
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Obama took a moment to go on the campaign trail and bring t shirts and banners imprinted with his 2012 campaign slogan and handed out at a FUNERAL.

I'm not sure why we need to attempt to decipher Sarah Palin's missives to such a great degree. Look no further than the definition for "narcissistic personality disorder." She fits the diagnosis to a T. She is not going to change. Hopefully, what will change, is that people stop paying attention to her...

There nothing hateful about this article. It was well written without any anger, but it was very constructive criticism and Sarah would do well to pay attention.
Her words were well chosen and did not hint of the hate that some of you seem bent on attaching to anyone who criticizes Sarah Palin. You do not do her a favor by thinking that her interjecting herself into every story with God and guns is going to serve her in the end.
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You have got to be kidding. Palin hasn't interjected herself in anything. The WP has printed stories, distorted stories, about Palin's twits practically every day for the last two years and then blames Palin for interjecting herself! Take a course in propoganda and the use of media to slant opinions, and there you might finally have an intelligent thing to say on the matter.
Until everyone hates Palin and goes into lynch mob mentality, and a false witch hunt, nasty nutjobs like Quinn won't be happy. Until Quinn has accomplished that she will spill her lies and distortions to meet her ends. A pulic flogging and hanging of Palin with leftists cheering is all that would make Quinn happy. And this filth on a Sunday morning on a Faith page with the nation still reeling from a massacre is truely dispicalbe.

If Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh had released a statement like Palin's, I don't think people would be giving it this much attention. I think the reason her statement seems to be such a poor political move is because it was offered by someone we assume has an interest in the Oval Office.

But what if she doesn't? I submit that her comments are further evidence of her LACK of interest in the presidency. Perhaps she's happy being a second-tier Glenn Beck or Rush Limbaugh, free to make whatever statements she pleases without fear of political fallout. In fact, such statements attract eyeballs and attention, which would actually benefit a political commentator, which is all she appears to aspire to be.

However, as others have said, if she were in fact still interested in running for president, that's over now. Hopefully she can content herself with earning huge bucks through speaking fees, TV appearances, and book royalties.

@rickshawjim -STFU you teatard. The only thing you are interested in about SP is her T&A.

Hey RickshawJim, how wonderful it is to see that many on the Right, like yourself, have come to accept and embrace the fact that Jesus and his disciples were, in fact, gay.

Of course, Mark Foley, Larry Craig, Ted Haggard and other well-known gay Right-Wingers embraced the Savior and his posse’s sexual openness earlier, but it is indeed impressive that the peons in the GOP and Tea Party are now doing so as well!

Bless you for being so open-minded and enlightened!

Why Ms. Quinn, folks like you make it all about Sarah Palin of course.

There's money in web hits by riling up all the leftwingtards out here who exist only to hate Palin -- as though anyone really cares who the lefties like or dislike these days. But you guys care -- for your advertizer's sake.

Some of these comments seem tinged with
bitterness, jealousy and envy. Is she
perceived as that influential?

There are reasons that 75% to 80% of the people in this country don't like Sarah Palin. It has nothing to do with her being a woman, it has to do with her attitude, her lack of compassion to anyone but herself and her constant whining of "victim" that is getting on peoples nerves.
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In your delusional mind you think 80% agree and hate Palin like you. Obsessed nitwit! Get help.
When Palin is voted second most admired woman in the US , 1 point behind Hillary, in Gallop polls two years in a row, that hardly makes her despised by 80% of the people.
If anything Palin will draw sympathy from this, as she deserves, and you obsessed haters will look small and sick.

WHO made it all about Sarah Palin again?

Hey righties, how's that 'lock and load' thingy workin' out for ya?

Dear Ms. Quinn,
Reading some of these comments from the "right" makes me wonder if you ever wonder why you bother, when so much of what you write after no doubt lots of thought just comes up against the proverbial brick wall.
On second thought, at least you try.
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Yes, Quinn tried, but we are all not mental midgets subject to being infected with PDS. Quinn tried her darndest to convince us reasonalbe sane people that we should hate Palin too and agree with Quinn's illogical premises.
Some of us are lucky to think for ourselves and judge, and we do vote.
But since this is the rag WP, what else would you expect on a Sunday morning Faith page.

Keep spouting off, Sarah. We Democrats love new support and votes.
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Yeah sure you do Jim.How'd that last election work out for ya?LMAO

There nothing hateful about this article. It was well written without any anger, but it was very constructive criticism and Sarah would do well to pay attention.

Her words were well chosen and did not hint of the hate that some of you seem bent on attaching to anyone who criticizes Sarah Palin. You do not do her a favor by thinking that her interjecting herself into every story with God and guns is going to serve her in the end.

Please realize that Sarah is into shock value, like Ann Coulter, and that these women are making their money off of these "shocking statements", without which they would never get any attention.

This article is one of the nicest articles I have read about this situation and you would do well to pay attention and quit crying "liberal hate" the minute you see someone disagree with you. It is childish, immature and shows that you need more life experience to understand the world as it really is. Stop listening to hateful rhetoric and you won't see hate behind every little statement.

There are reasons that 75% to 80% of the people in this country don't like Sarah Palin. It has nothing to do with her being a woman, it has to do with her attitude, her lack of compassion to anyone but herself and her constant whining of "victim" that is getting on peoples nerves.

espistol, Quinn is using propoganda on a religious page to promote hate against Palin. Either that or she is a mental whackjob. The only ones that made this about Palin, who wrote negative articles about Palin everyday, are the same writers complaining that Palin is making herself the center of attention. Is that logical? Unless you have completely succumbed to the mental illness PDS, you can see plainly the libelous, slanderlous, and defamation coming from someone named Quinn. Palin pens something in response to complaints she hasn't penned something, then is taken to task for responding and making it all about her!
Until there is a cure for PDS, Quinn should not be writing on a Faith page, but rather a sleazey tabloid where people write about UFO sightings and pigs flying.

Anyone else beginning to wonder who's behind the Palin thing in all this? She's worthless, should've been gone from the
limelight for months if not years.

Still, someone(s) with great political experience and ability keeps keeping her on the front page,
like tatics las Weednesday, making sure she'd be in the same story as the President's speech.

It should be remembered that it was the likes of Kristol and Schunneman and Lieberman who brought her up from nowhere after the GOP convention absolutely nixed the idea of Lieberamn as VP candidate. And Lieberman who 'taught' her foreign policy.

Many people thouught she was to be a pupppet VP with a regency behind her...
that still seeems a reasonable theory.

The 1/2 governor of Alaska isn't coming up with all those big words in all those well crafted, cannily timed speeches.

We hear she's to travel to Israel soon.

And it would be

Ms. Quinn thou doth protest too much ... Sarah Palin didn't start the media attacks against her but she did finish them and quite effectively I might add ... I know that loss of narrative affects those of you in the liberal media quite deeply and is obvious in your writing ... the days of the one sided message appear to be over for good to the betterment of all ...

Dear Ms. Quinn,
Reading some of these comments from the "right" makes me wonder if you ever wonder why you bother, when so much of what you write after no doubt lots of thought just comes up against the proverbial brick wall.

On second thought, at least you try.

Keep spouting off, Sarah. We Democrats love new support and votes.

"All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach."

"By the skillful and sustained use of propaganda, one can make a people see even Heaven as Hell or an extremely wretched life as paradise."

"I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator."

It is obvious from many of the holier than thou comments hereto from the likes of "The Poor Butterfly" (LePauvrePapillon), DelongL, PGR88, etc., who throw labels and vitriol cocktails around helter skelter, that the above quotes fit perfectly into their "patriotic dogma and dialogue."

The speaker of the above quotes was not Palin nor any other of the darlings of the Right, but rather Adolph Hitler!

If Ms. Quinn had any sense of the Bible, she would stop her hateful attacks on Palin. Remember how this:
The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for evidence against Jesus so that they could put him to death, but they did not find any.

Many testified falsely against him, but their statements did not agree. Then some stood up and gave this false testimony against him: "We heard him say, 'I will destroy this man-made temple and in three days will build another, not made by man.'" Yet even then their testimony did not agree.

Is this how you treat one of God's children? The same way that Jesus was treated by the high priests? I ask you Quinn, put down your pen and go read the Bible again before penning more hate and lies on a Faith page.

lcarter0311 You can stay in the kitchen, let women like Palin lead women who are strong, attractive and smart. You can stay cooking your cookies, thank God!

Posted by: rickshawjim | January 16, 2011 4:07 PM

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I am also a leader in my right for the company that I work for in the private industry. I have also led many people (Whites, Blacks, Asians, Indians) from all walks of life to be their own leaders in their own right within their families, Federal Gov't and in the private industry, as well.

I am very much respected by, family, friends, and at the company that I work for, my church, and in my community.

Oh, and by the way, I also cook. I love to cook good healthy food that my family and friends enjoy.

One of the greatest gifts about strong women is that they can be and many are "multi-talented" and "multi-faceted".

Women are educated, and yes we cook, we also clean, take care of the babies and the children, maintain the home inside and out, and take care of the men in our lives, et al all the while, while working outside the home.

Many women are born to lead and to also lead their sons and daughters to greatness.

Life for women "is not" always about "cooking cookies" and staying bare foot and pregnant, as some men and some women would like to have us all believing.

Some of us were born to lead and many of us learned this a long time ago.

Get some medical help Sally.Your fear of Mrs.Palin are delusional.There are medical staff on hand who excel at your type of nuerosis.Please Sally,seek help.

You lovable liberals really are relentless in your hatred (there's that word again) for Sarah Palin.

It is apparent, that until there is a cure for PDS sufferers, Quinn shouldn't be writing any articles in the WP. Unless of course WP has sunk to the lowest form of yellow dog journalism. Sort of like the Enquirer, and even that paper has more respectable journalists than Quinn. Does Quinn also see rubics in tea leaves that tell her Palin did it, Palin said it, Palin Palin Palin.. everywhere is a Palin problem manufactured by an apparently crazy "journalist" named Quinn.

The difference between Ted Kennedy's Chappaquiddick and Sarah Palin's Tuscon is Sarah didn't kill someone. Kennedy did.
You can accuse Sarah of being the cause, but as usual you have no direct fact to this.

I just got a hunch why WaPo has so many articles about Palin on a DAILY basis.

They're trying to boost their readership to this online site and their newspaper sales. Since Quinn's husband must not be thrilled with WaPo's falling bottom line.

Remember Palin said she wouldn't go on Letterman because she didn't want to boost his TV ratings.

If this isn't WaPo's reason then I think their negative obsessive fixation on Palin is over-the-top or sick (your choice).

I agree that Sarah Palin like most politicans and probaly more than most is absorbed with herself and her place in the world. I think the aftermath of the Tuscon should be revealing to her. No matter how long she or any conservative lives on the face of the earth they will never ever be able to outhate the liberals. They are hands down the masters of hate. She should turn to more useful endeavors and approaches.

Face it. As a politician, she is dead. The shooting in Tucson will preclude her presidential adventures. As Edward Kennedy’s Chappaquiddick, she will never shake Tucson. Posted by: publish

Well I would expect Palin to become a well respected senator then. After all, Kennedy did have an actual connection to the death in Chappaquiddick, whereas Palin had absolutely NOTHING to do with the deaths in Az.

Really, Ms. Quinn, this is neither about God nor Sarah Palin, and as a journalist, as you once were, you should know this.

Why don't we start with some facts? The shooter and perpetrator of this crime, Jared Loughner, is a paranoid schizophrenic according to the NY Times; this is a person who has no ability to relate or access the outside world according to Loughner's philosophy professor. He apparently worshiped an alter that consisted of a fake skull atop shriveled oranges in his parents' back yard. A high school classmate described him as "left-wing, very liberal'; an adult classmate in college described him as "very troubled" and added that no one would sit next to him. Others interviewed by this paper and the Times told of how they would sit near the door as they were afraid of what Loughner would do; a teacher told of how she was afraid to turn her back on him in class. And according to a neighbor and former friend, he never listened to radio or watched TV. His Facebook page, since pulled down, called the Tea Party "racist." Contrary to the liberal hype, this was not a politically motivated massacre, and even if it were, this was no tea-party type (any more than Maj Nadal Hassain, the Muslim psychiatrist who killed 12 and wounded 31 at Ft. Hood). This was the massacre of a truly sick person.

But there is more. Loughner asked Rep. Giffords a question and received a letter in reply in 2007--and on that letter he wrote words about her that I will not repeat here (but they are available to those who wish to know the facts). 2007 was long before anyone outside Alaska even knew who Sarah Palin was, long before Glenn Beck even came over from CNN Headline News to Fox News. But facts don't matter to Ms. Quinn to takes God's name to make a false case against Ms. Palin's free speech rights.

There are two other facts. One is that in 2006, the DNC (Democratic National Committee) also used a target map to highlight congressional districts to attack. And in this past election, at exactly the same time Ms. Palin had her target map up on the web, so did the Daily Kos, the heavily visited left-wing website. The Daily Kos's target map also had a target on Ms. Gifford's district.

But because Mr. Loughner didn't even vote in the 2010 election, and didn't care about TV or Radio, he likely didn't know about or care about any of this.

Did you know these things, Ms. Quinn? I'm betting that you did.

Well, Sally, we agree. It's not about Palin.

Interestingly enough she also agrees.

Who isn't agreeing....look left please.

Well, I'll put it this way. At least you get an idea what the American electorate will be getting if she becomes our next president. I shutter the thought!

Funny that the WaPo should tell Palin that it is not all about hoer when they have desperTely made it all about her. If is isn't all about Palin, who yas the post written more than 750 negative Sarah Palin articles in the past 2 1/2 years?

Weirdly, Palin and her handlers picked that moment for her video because they thought she would look more ''Presidential'' than Obama would appearing later the same day (http://tinyurl.com/4ep8wcy).

If you think the violent rhetoric has nothing to do with actual violence, listen to what former FBI profiler Candice DeLong has to say on this video clip, starting at about 0.52 (http://tinyurl.com/4bsnx2s).

People like Palin (and Armey and Gingrich) have nothing to do with solving our national problems. They are capitalizing on their celebrity for fun and profit, exploiting millions who desperately need jobs and want a decent future for our kids.

Why no comment on Obama's disgraceful use of a funeral to use as a campaign stop. T shirts and stickers on chairs with the same campaign slogan Obama plans on using in his 2012 campaign? "Together we thrive"!! At a funeral? Clapping and cheers from secret service screened Obama supporters ? No denying the shirts were from the Obama house. The shirts have "rock the vote" tags. This has been exposed in the Canadian media. And you PDS yellow dog journalists that print and distort every twit from Palin to her her fans are complaining Palin makes this all about her? Where is the outrage, well deserved, against Obama for using a funeral for a get out the vote campaign?
The world is watching and is getting disgusted with the libs and Dems.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/32138
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20028447-503544.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CBSNewsPolls+(CBS+News%3A+Opinion%3A+CBS+News+Polls)

She'd be the first to tell you it's not about her, which is why the left made it about her. It's really about the abject unmitigated failure that is Barrack Hussein Obama, and liberalism in general..

Quinn marks Palin as a cause of the Arizona Murders, so she calls for civility while ascribing blame for mass murder.

So Sally Quinn has taken responsibility for any crazy people that hurt Palin or any Tea Party people, right?

Or if Palin is hurt by a crazy person, will Sally Quinn write in her "On Faith" column that Palin had it coming.

Thank-you for carrying the words of wisdom by others through research and forethought in producing this piece of good fortune for us today. If we are to become a better nation, I believe that individuals need to search their own souls for those liabilities of character which may prevent one from being a better servant of God and citizens.

Roaming the internet late one night, I suspect I met a Sufi teacher or Master (or at least a one that had deeply ingrained Sufism beliefs) who was open to questions. As a test for genuineness and my own curiosity while staying open to the principles of bridging religious beliefs on an international level, I asked this man a simple question.

The question I asked was, "What is ego ?". The Teacher of this night replied to me that, "Ego is that which is not from God". I can't describe the euphoria of the moment such a simple explanation brought to me, perhaps a gift from God him or herself, who knows. So, I readily recognize today that a politically driven culture which is "All about me" is in fact an ego based culture which is self absorbed and serving rather in conflict with the higher ideals and in common with multi-ethical and religious cultures all over the world which is to serve mankind.

The principle of serving mankind is ancient in philosophical and religious concepts and in Christianity relates to "Feed my sheep" another love in action principle.

I have heard lots of denials since this most recent national tragedy has unfolded and to me, denial is a bi-product of guilt. Perhaps, the ego of men and women seeks to protect itself. Denial was also described to me as a self defense mechanism, a component of self survival. Is there a need to defend oneself if one is not guilty ? It's a tough call when it comes to character assassination as a quiet defense may be the best course of action but to the politician, the limelight feeds the ego. I suppose, that I would not care at all but some entities are not really building character among the youth. As, a Sufi Elder could teach us a lesson by thoughts and actions which do breath humility.

So much from the all powerful me on this day, stay safe and be well...

It absolutely is about her but not of her own choosing! You can bet your life if someone had tried to link Obama to the tragedy, he would have defended himself along with you and rest of the leftist media.

Exco: great answer to LepouvrePopillon but I'm afraid you wasted your time because with his/her attitude what you said made too much sense for them to understand.People like that are what's wrong with America they are so brainwashed by Palin,Beck Rush and Hennity that they have no idea of what going on in the real world.There are millions of very thoughtful decent people who see through those selfish uninformed poor souls and that's one of the reasons that Palin will never be president

Palin expects Giffords, once she is able, to apologize for her statements concerning the crosshairs. As we all know, Palin is the victim here.

bridge, the only hate is coming from the left towards Palin. We righties love Palin. Your point? We do hate the left's agenda.

jandcgall1 refudated has now been placed in the dictionary... added to the lexicon. You liberals lose again.

lcarter0311 You can stay in the kitchen, let women like Palin lead women who are strong, attractive and smart. You can stay cooking your cookies, thank God!

Please, Palinlovers. Princess Quitter had to provoke the wrath of the right and the left against each other because THAT'S HOW SHE MAKES MONEY.

Palin got rich from your rage. She plays the victim and you throw dollars at her.

LePauvrePapillon,
Your ignorance is astonishing—one cannot be a “Marxist Democrat”—they are two completely different political ideologies. Marxists ideology is centered on two class structures and the means of production; labor theory value and surplus value are central to Marxist theory. Democrats don’t embrace these theories at all—who in the democratic party has ever talked about labor theory valve? Frankly, I don’t think you have a clue about Marxist theory. Like Palin’s “blood libel” remark, you’re just tossing out the term “Marxist” because it sounds extreme. In fact, you don’t know what the term means.

Democrats believe totally in capitalism--in fact, millions of democrats are business owners and entrepreneurs. We participate in capitalism every day—it’s part of our culture—we embrace it, and more important, we believe totally in the system. Just because you say otherwise doesn’t make it true—it simply means you are making up lies about us.

And like republicans, democrats stand totally against the belief that wealth and privilege entitles one to rule and act with impunity—wow, bet you didn’t realize we had that in common, did you?

I guess where we differ is democrats belief the values of hardworking families should not be pushed by the way side by the wants of the corporate leaders. Many republicans on the other hand believe the wants of the corporate leaders should come before the American families.

I guess like your idol Sarah Palin, you simply concoct words to suit your needs. What’s the word Palin concocted, “refudiated?” When the world at large pointed out no such word existed in the English language, Palin tried to say it was a typo. But of course, video immediately surfaced of her using her concocted word in an interview. So it wasn’t a typo after all—just Palin making up words to suit her needs. But it doesn’t make it a valid word—just as “Marxist Democrats” isn’t a valid term.

Why don't you just replace Palin's name with Obama's then you would be telling the truth.

Peruse the continuing, IDIOTIC slurs against Ms.Palin that are posted here. The posters seem as mentally whcked as the shooter. Why are you even mentioning Palin? Ever hear of Krugman, Milbank, Rich, Oberman, Mathews, for starters. What a SEWER.
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PS. I have ZERO party affiliation; was born with a BRAIN.

It's hilarious to watch the libs salivate and foam at the mouth when the words "Sarah Palin" are spoken. Pavlov would be proud!

The media made it all about her when they viciously attacked her.

Then we she responded, the viciously attacked her again.

Liberalism.. a mental illness, thanks libs for making that so apparent with your constant comments on Palin and WP for printing articles about Palin's tweets everyday, then the PDS posters and WP luntic journalist, blame Palin for making it all about her.
You guys are all nuts.

Liberalism.. a mental illness, thanks libs for making that so apparent with your constant comments on Palin and WP for printing articles about Palin's tweets everyday, then the PDS posters and WP luntic journalist, blame Palin for making it all about her.
You guys are all nuts.

Sally Quinn has never met a Muslim or atheist that she feels entitled to question or criticize their faith in her "On Faith" column.

Sally Quinn has never met Sarah Palin, but she feels entitled to question and criticize her faith in her "On Faith" column.

I guess the Washington Post puts up with her, ummmmmm, maybe, just maybe, because of her husband?

I agree with those who think Sarah Palin is the real victim here. I'm taking a collection to start a pro Sarah fund to demonstrate that real Americans appreciate and support this hero who has done so much for the country we love. Send money orders and cash (no personal or certified checks) to Ted From Richmond, P.O. Box 9211347-5288, Richmond, Va. 23331

"Was Palin responsible for the shooting in Arizona? Of course not. Does she share responsibility for creating a climate of suspicion and hostility and even violence? I think so."

Make a cause and effect connection between political speech, Sarah Palin's or some other, and Jared Loughner's actions. Until then, writing like the above merely exposes your lack of understanding that correlation does not imply causality, which is not a sign of sufficient education.

Very good article, Sally Quinn and one of your best, thus far.

I have always believed that women were not created to incite hate, war, fear, anger, and hostile emotions, et al, which men tend to do so often in the world and tend to bring out the worst in all of us.

We, as women were created instead to counteract these types of negative behaviors with guidance, love, compassion, patience, nurturing, and understanding. This the primary reason that Palin angers me so much and causes me to feel hostility towards her, because of the fact, I have seen none of these character traits in her.

As a woman myself, it's very difficult living in a man's world, but women do not have to act and behave like men in order to live in this world and be leaders, and nor should we have to be put into role acting and behaving like men, by our men, or society.

We, as women can be great presidents, leaders, mentors, mothers, wives, girlfriends, sisters, aunts et al, without all of the hostilities, anger, and provoke hate towards our fellow-men and women.

Either Palin has forgotten the reason she was created or maybe this a huge test for her to figure it out, so that she can pass it, or she was never born to lead this nation in the first place.

As people who claim to be Christians, it takes a highly "mature" confident, insightful, kind, and wise person with character to lead a people and a nation to greatness; and when they do they will learn it was never about them in the first place, all along it is and has been about doing the work of God for his purpose and not theirs.

Sally, I think that you should re-read your column. You quoted Sarah Palin's words, but you comes to illogical conclusions. Example: "We know violence isn't the answer." Inflammatory rhetoric? Not logical. Or this: "And we will not be stopped from celebrating the greatness of our country and our foundational freedoms by those who mock its greatness by being intolerant of differing opinion and seeking to muzzle dissent with shrill cries of imagined insults." So you find this rather patriotic observation of American rights and freedoms is "inflammatory rhetoric?" Interesting. Do you find our Bill of Rights to be inflammatory?

This is big bag mama grizzly, she's tough and she isn't going to let Americans in general criticize her for any reason. But heaven forbid someone even mention her name somewhere and she'll be tweeting her criticisms within an hour. Thats how she keeps her name in the headlines, what else would get her any attention? She's basically a loser, how many candidates for VP make a living off of that?? Republicans right wingers were so hard up for someone to vocalize their hatreds she decided she'd do it, so they pay to see her but other than that she's a nobody, a quitter and a loser.

Quinn, You on the Left made the shooting all about Palin.

First you and the rest of the Left blamed her and when after 4 days, after relentlessly blaming her, she responded.

When she responded, you on the left said she should have kept quiet.

Or in a more direct way "Sit down and shut up, Palin and let us keep falsely blaming you!"

But for those 3 days when she was silent the Left said "Why is Palin hiding?"

Palin couldn't win either way with you self-righteous, libelous hypocrites.

Sadly because of you and your friends on the Left, Palin is considering hiring extra security guards.

Face it. As a politician, she is dead. The shooting in Tucson will preclude her presidential adventures. As Edward Kennedy’s Chappaquiddick, she will never shake Tucson. Similarly, though thoroughly convoluted, her perceived anti-Semitic “Blood Libel” comment will stick to her, as Jesse Jackson's reference to The City of New York as "Himey-Town." Like them, she will never be taken seriously as a contender for the highest office. By knocking herself out, she did the GOP a favor. Republicans had to depose of her very soon to make a run for 2012, but feared displeasing female and conservative voters.

"It's all about her."

Well, you sure seem to think so, you obsessive hypocrite.

Why don't you follow you own advice and take the high road instead of offering your usual insipid partisan attack?

Better yet, why don't you just shut up?

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LOL...On the subject of insipid partican attacks, bob...

Me Froomkin. Me hate Bush.
Me Froomkin. Me hate Bush.
Me Froomkin. Me hate Bush.
Me Froomkin. Me hate Bush.
Me Froomkin. Me hate Bush.
Me Froomkin. Me hate Bush.
Me Froomkin. Me hate Bush.

I always enjoyed that. Still your best work. Stick with the simple stuff, Bob. Complex thinking makes you look like, well...another ignorant partisan hypocrite.

I agree that it is not all about Sarah Palin. Now if we could just get the editors at the Washington Post to see that it is not all about her as well.

I have a bit of trouble believing you when you say: “I bring up Palin simply because, yet again, she is at the center of a controversy that shouldn't be about her.”

The credibility gap is there because the WaPo has been on the forefront of the attacks on Ms. Palin ever since McCain first uttered her name. Since 2008, not a week has gone by without a nasty anti-Palin article in the WaPo. Usually there are multiple anti-Palin articles or cartoons every week. Then you say “I bring up Palin simply because, yet again, she is at the center of a controversy that shouldn't be about her.” You and your comrades in the WaPo have gone out of your way to make it about her.

"It's all about her."

Well, you sure seem to think so, you obsessive hypocrite.

Why don't you follow you own advice and take the high road instead of offering your usual insipid partisan attack?

Better yet, why don't you just shut up?

"Ever wonder why there are so many Marxist Democrats in Hollywood? They all share the same narcissistic, insecure philosophy, i.e., "It's not enough that I succeed, all others must fail."

Thus the character, of lack thereof, of these Marxist Democrats continues to be on display for all - and especially all independent voters - to see.

The world is watching, Marxist Democrats.
Keep those mindless, personal smears coming.

I can't wait to hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth come November 2012.
Music to my ears."

POSTED BY: LEPAUVREPAPILLON | JANUARY 16, 2011 2:51 PM

Sally Quinn wrote, "The psychiatrist will tell you that often what you hate in others is the thing you are most afraid of in yourself." How does this relate to you, poor butterfly? Are you afraid of your own ideological biases so much that you have to project your fear in the form of hatred onto others? Are you projecting your own "mindless, personal smears" onto those who disagree with you.

It is statements such as yours that keep incivility alive in this country. Your statements are utter nonsense and are probably made to foment arguments. No wonder that many people blame radical right-wingers for contributing so greatly to negative rhetoric in this country.

Lepauvrepapillon: For the perfect example of what Sally Quinn speaks of, see this person's comments. All Democrats are "Godless Marxists", even my 84 year old mother, a devout Catholic who has devoted her time and ailing body to helping other elderly people in our community. In this person's mind, Evil is synonymous with the Democratic Party, it's that simple. He/She seems to know the motivation of all Democrats, and that is to keep America safe for tyranny. Presumably in this person's eyes and mind, the Republican Party is the foremost bastion of patriotism, always out to defend America from the enemy within and without, the very portrait of goodness and wholesomeness. As pure as the driven snow. Propagandists in Germany 1939 could not have stated their case better. I'm an Independent, and I see no purity in either party, just different solutions to our myriad of problems and a prevailing tendency to sell themselves to the highest bidder. Both parties. Evil and goodness I leave to those who think in those terms. There are too many decent people in both parties to smear them outright.

I feel very bad for the family and acquaintances of people like Lepauvrepapillon. To have to suffer this person's constant paranoia, and that of those like him/her, must be very demanding and wearying. They never lie and they're always right. And always loud.

The only thing "On Faith" about this feature on the WP website is Sally Quinn's faith that if she talks about Sarah Palin it will drive up her web traffic.

LePauvrePapillon, if it is the state-controlled Marxist media that is sending the message,"It's not all about you," then thank God for the state-controlled Marxist media.

Most of us are very tired of the sentiments of people like you whose definition of a good American is "someone who thinks exactly as I do", who can't engage someone who disagrees with them without questioning their sanity and their patriot, and who, indeed, seems to think that the answer to every policy debate is, "What's in it for me?"

Not surprisingly, you have, in your posts today, labeled everyone who disagrees with you a Marxist Democrat. Let's look for a moment at who you paint with that broad brush:

1. The US military is fairly evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. Does this mean we have good troops and evil troops fighting side by side in Iraq and Afghanistan to protect your right to spew venom because some of them have the audacity not to agree with you on every issue?

2. Gabbie Gifford is a conservative Democrat with whom you probably agree about gun rights and with whom you probably disagree about the Health Care Act. Is she a Marxist Democrat because she dares to disagree with your "it's all about me stance" on any issue whatsoever?

3. Mother Teresa devoted her adult life to helping the poor and the sick. Does this mean she was an evil Marxist,someone to be feared, hated, and derided at every opportunity because her top priorities in life don't exactly match yours?

In short, if you don't want to be accused of selfishness and self-centeredness, stop demonizing and dehumanizing anyone who happens to disagree with you. Learn to disagree with a belief or an opinion that someone expresses without reflexively and unfailingly belittling the person's intelligence and intentions. Finally, give some thought to whether its remotely possible that you are not always right and what you consider the best way forward may -- sometimes -- not be the best way at all.

..."you liberals in the media did it by linking her to the article"...

No, I believe the problem is with *you fascists* who pay any attention to Palin.

When God appointed Sarah Palin (the most ignorant, greediest, arrogant bigot on the planet) to save humanity from Evil, it did become ALL about her (at least, that's what Sarah Palin thinks). Anyone who says anything to the contrary must be a follower of the Devil.

"... when I watched Obama the other night. I felt inspired. I felt proud. When I watched Sarah Palin's video I felt like I wanted to take a bath.

Was Palin responsible for the shooting in Arizona? Of course not. Does she share responsibility for creating a climate of suspicion and hostility and even violence? I think so. As much as she talks about God, it's always God 'n' guns. With her, the two seem inseparable."
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Well said. Thanks! Ms. Sally Quinn!
I bet you Senator McCain has a lot of regrets, but he cannot speak against a fellow Republican. That is why partisan politics is ruining our country as President George Washington had predicted.

Sorry Ms. Quinn, you blew it bad with this column.
Palin did not inject herself into this issue, you liberals in the media did it by linking her to the article. I would fully expect that if you had not done that, she would never had made any comments about the massacre, because the massacre was not about her and it wasn't about politics . . . that is until you made it about her and you made it political.

Even then, she showed great restraint in the days after the shooting. She was openly being accused of being an acomplice to mass murder and she still would not comment. Then the liberals were calling her out, asking why she was being silent, almost demanding that she say something. And say something she did, which further sent the left wing into a frenzy.

It amazes me how this woman, with no political office and nothing but a Facebook page, can whip millions of leftwingers into a hysterical rage.

Finally, Ms. Quinn, your mission would be much more effective if you adressed your bible commentary to the unchurched secular left. If you have the time, cruise through the comments at the rest of the Washington Post and see some of the vicious anti-Christian and anti-semetic ramblings from WP visitors. If is depressing but it reinforces to me the depth of the abyss this country has fallen and the need for us to pray for the nation, its leaders and its citizens.

Sally, Xunzi (a Chinese thinker, (circa 475-221 B.C) wrote: "Those who put first what is just and later matters of benefit are honorable; those who put first what is beneficial and later what is just are shameful. Those who are honorable always gain success; those who are shameful invariably fail. The successful always administer others; failures are always administererd by others. Such is the great distinction between honor and disgrace." (Ref: Book 4, paragraph 4.7, of "Xunzi", translated John Knoblock. ISBN:978-7-5438-2086-9)

Excellent commentary.

It is saddening to read many of the above comments which sound as if they were coming from the mouth of Joe McCarthy or Richard Nixon when they label people with whom they disagree as "leftists" and "commies".

It is completely obvious to anyone reading these columns that Sally Quinn's blood pressure and anger rises whenever she sees or hears about Sarah Palin.

The thing is, that says a lot about Sally Quinn and says nothing about Sarah Palin.

This, like most of her postings, is yet again a posting about Sally Quinn. It is all about her.

Palin was attacked. The left heaped insults upon her. It was a reflex action to defend herself and to correct her attackers. It is easy to ask WWJD in this situation. It would be easy to say that Jesus would have turned the other cheek. However, we know that we are not infallible. The response that Palin made was appropriate and the controversy is over the "blood" expression that she used. Give it up. Palin is not going to change to satisfy the tormentors.

Thank you for such a thoughtful column. The only point that I take exception to is saying that many people look at Sarah Palin and see the dark side of themselves. While your psychiatric interpretation is indeed true, it is also true that some people are just intrinsically evil and beyond redemption. Saddam Hussein, Josf Stalin, and Adolf Hitler are a few recent examples.

I believe that Sarah Palin is of average intelligence at best, and that she inherently lacks insight, compassion, and a sense of justice necessary to serve in any public role in America. Because of her lack of intelligence and her personality traits, she will continue to invade the public space with her trite, intrusive comments.

The US flag is displayed improperly in Ms Palin's speech. The position of honor for the US flag is to the speaker's right side - that would be screen left as one views the scene.

Ms Palin shows disrespect and contempt for a symbol of our country that men and women have fought and died for in the past and are doing so at this very moment.

Therefore Ms Palin is a traitor and a Communist.

Oh, pity the poor, caterwauling Quittercuda that is Sarah Palin.

If gun imagery is actually about voting, how does Palin square that with her "reload" comment, as a call to vote more than once in the same elections?

That's voter fraud.

Palin pals around with secessionists, yet passes herself off as a patriot.

A massacre takes place in Tucson, yet Palin is somehow "the victim".

Arizona Republicans establishe a REAL govt. run "death panel" for those medicaid recipients awaiting now-canceled organ transplants, yet Palin stays silent.

Poor Palin, in the midst of becoming fabulously wealthy off her self-inflicted "victimhood", will there EVER be a rainbow for St. Sarah The Unjustly Maligned?

When you begin your response with "The state-controlled Marxist media", you miss the whole point. There is no use for ideologues

Has anyone asked Ms. Palin what the Koch Brothers want ......... Because that is what she probably will do. Follow the suggestions of her money backers.

"Love takes no pleasure in other people's wrongdoing but delights in truth; it is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes."

Sage words for both sides

You missed the boat here, Sally. How can you be so blind.

Sarah Palin didn't make this about her. The knee-jerk fusillade of comments from all corners of the media, as well as posters on news threads immediately made the shootings about her.

And she had every right, indeed, a duty, to challenge the implicit allegations in the strongest of language. Which, of course hasn't stopped people from keeping it about her, as you are here.

Let's recap, in order:

1. A mentally ill man shot a number of people for dark and confused reasons. He said nothing to tie his actions with Sarah Palin.
2. A voluminous number of media organizations, pundits, and individuals on the internet, immediately tried to connect this tragic event with the Tea Party and especially, Sarah Palin. These comments were repugnant, and totally inaccurate.
3. Ms. Palin understandably made a public statement refuting such scurrilous and unfounded accusations.
4. In her comments, she used a completely reasonable term to describe the libelous comments against her. And yes, those falsehoods were bathed in the blood of innocent victims.
5. Some in the press then decided to keep it about her by damning her use of the term. This stimulated another round of shrill and voluminous comments by the plethora of folks who hate her.
6. You are still making this about her.

While she has tweaked some noses, and said some things that don't quite hold water, in my life I've never seen such an obsession and hate campaign by the media or the public against a public figure. Especially one who doesn't hold public office. It is really astounding.

And in this recent case it detracts from the tragedy born by the victims and the crime perpetrated by Loughner.

The national hateful obsession with Palin really does make it seem like the whole world's gone insane.

Why not have this be a tipping point and turn off the hate channel? Choose life in the full meaning of those two words which should be beautiful. There is a line from a Jewel song that has always stuck with me, "in the end, only kindness matters." If we think of the measure of a man and that in the end, that is all that is left of us when the rest blows away, I'd say we all better get busy.

It's not Sarah baby's fault, that the leftist media makes it all about her.

Mike V.,are you including Sally Quinn in the line up?
If the left wants Sarah Palin to go away so much, they should stop putting her front and center. Her number of Facebook fans is at 2.6 million and steadily rising as people give the matter more scrutiny and Sarah more sympathy. Sally Quinn truly does sound like a mean girl.

An incredibly insightful synopsis of Sarah Palin's words this past week. She continues to self-destruct. However, this time in particular, it pained me to listen to her because there was so much pain and suffering to focus on in Tucson , not in Wasila. Shame on her! Remaining silent would have been her wisest course. No matter on which side of the aisle one sits,we can agree that McCain has served his country admirably for many decades. That will probably be overshadowed by the legacy of inflicting Sarah Palin upon the American people. She does not belong in the national discourse.

Palin, Beck, Limbaugh, yes even Olbermann & Maddow. When are the people in this country going to realize that they don't really need these voices. And I really blame the architects like Karl Rove & Lee Atwater who started all of this stuff back when Ronald Reagan took office. Oh and I criticized Nixon; but I never did it in public. Grow up folks, listen and make up your own minds, and don't let others make up your minds.

The main reason the Marxist Democrats hate Governor Palin is that she is youthful, photogenic, articulate, intelligent, pro-freedom, pro-free enterprise and female. This is an outrageous combination; just too gifted and too well self-actualized for the perpetually jealous Marxist Democrats to deal with.

Ever wonder why there are so many Marxist Democrats in Hollywood? They all share the same narcissistic, insecure philosophy, i.e., "It's not enough that I succeed, all others must fail."

Thus the character, of lack thereof, of these Marxist Democrats continues to be on display for all - and especially all independent voters - to see.

The world is watching, Marxist Democrats.
Keep those mindless, personal smears coming.

I can't wait to hear the wailing and gnashing of teeth come November 2012.
Music to my ears.

Typical. 6 people die, several others are critically wounded ... and Palin decides to play the role of the maligned victim.

Why give the ill-advised "blood libel" speech on that particular day?
Because the public spotlight was being cast far away from her …. in Arizona … and she was not the center of attention. And so she felt compelled to remind everyone: "Here! I'm over HERE! Don't forget about ME --- the real victim … poor misunderstood, mistreated Sarah."

Delongl has it exactly right.

The state-controlled Marxist media blame Governor Palin for the atrocities committed by the Marxist Jared Loughner and then complain when she defends herself.

"It's not all about you," is their new talking point/slogan.

To which any half-awake person must automatically respond, "Well, if it's not all about Governor Palin, why do you insist on making her the story even when there is no connection whatsoever between her and this idiot in Arizona."

This regime has learned nothing from November 2010. They are still is convinced that their disingenuousness, deceit and hypocrisy will go unnoticed by the independent voters of this country. For the sake of liberty as well as the future of America, I hope they keep doing just exactly what they’ve been doing.

There are now fewer Democrats in Congress than at any time since 1948. If you are less than 62 years old, this is the first time in your lifetime that there have been less than 200 Democrats in the House of Representatives.

This didn’t happen because of anything the Republicans did. It happened because, two months ago, independent voters in this country soundly rejected the Marxist Democrats’ politics of envy, atrophy and redistribution. Now these independent voters are getting to see a steady stream of confirmation of just why they made the right decision.

No, it’s not Governor Palin or Rush Limbaugh that are digging themselves into a hole.

The Marxist Democrats crassly attempted to exploit tragedy for political advantage even before any facts were known. And now that it has been determined that Jared Loughner was a Marxist who did not watch TV news or listen to talk radio and therefore certainly was not influenced by Fox News, Governor Palin, Rush Limbaugh or any other pundit or commentator, the left is once again exposed for the devious, unprincipled, Godless Marxists that they are.

Sic semper tyrannis.

Thanks Sally, for saying what I felt about Ms. Palin's actions following this tragedy, only much better than I could possibly have articulated.

When someone figures out why the WP continues to allow Sally Quinn to write a column on "faith," please let me know.

At first, Palin was entertaining - a freakin' mess about which it was okay to laugh and point. Now? She is just tiresome. Okay, she's pretty and she takes a good picture - and she's shallow, and foolish, and selfish, and just plain dumb. Please, oh please, take the spotlight off that tiresome ninny and let her fade back into oblivion.

The whole purpose of this "On Faith" feature on the WP website seems to be to talk about Sarah Palin.

You guys were the ones making it about her, Sally - which was the reason she had to try to defend herself. The more you talk, the better she looks.

This was an excellent piece. Thank you for articulating the obvious in a way that makes it possible to express it to those who may not see the obvious without some gentle vision correction.

Well said, Sally. The one in high school mode is Sarah Palin, who simply can't believe that it's not all about her.

If you actually watched the Palin video, it is 90% the same tone as the Obama speech.

Maybe that last 10% was different because millions of journalists and bloggers were blaming Palin for mass murder with zero evidence, and nobody was blaming Obama. Just maybe.

In any event, it is very telling that thousands of politicians and journalists are pontificating about the Tucson Murders, and the only people they are comparing to President of United States speech at the largest Memorial Service is Sarah Palin's video recorded in her garage in Alaska.

The milktoast libs constantly attack Palin, declare her career "dead" for the 10th time, and libel her about Tucson.

Palin defends herself, and Sally Quinn goes into her High School mode - "its not about you!!"

Pathetic.

Well said Sally. Sarah Palin shows all the traits of a mean, opportunistic human being who is in for the money. She is not qualified to be a leader and the press should stop providing her the platform she does not deserve.

Good Job Sally!

Well anyway... her "I am not a witch" campaign commercial did not work.