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Sarah Palin: The Political Lesson Learned

Posted by POLIMOM in Politics.
Jul 4th, 2009 | Comments

This, I’m sad to say, is absolutely right:

The lesson that the ruthless corners of the political world will take from the rise, fall, and departure of Sarah Palin that if you attack a politician’s children nastily enough and relentlessly enough, you can get anybody to quit.

A hideous, but logical, outcome.

My chron post about her resignation is here. Cross-posted from Polimom Says.

  • D. E.Rodriguez
    Agree. I found it shameful, too, when--for example--Rush Limbaugh attacked the Clinton's daughter mercilessly.
  • TheMagicalSkyFather
    It did not work when they attacked the Clinton's daughter, nor Reagans, nor Bushes. Do we have a short memory or have we bought into her fake outrage that she churned out better than Sharpton?
  • kathykattenburg
    Nobody plays the victim better than Sarah Palin.
  • kritt11
    Attacks on a candidate's children should be out of bounds-no matter whether its a Clinton or a Palin. This is where partisanship goes too far and the press crosses the line of decency.

    I have no problem attacking the candidate themselves on their stands on the issues--- That is where it should stop.
  • Which politicians attacked Palin's kids? I know some comedians joked about them and some bloggers said some stupid stuff. But which of the actual media pundits did that?

    Honest questions. I never paid attention to stuff like that because I felt it beneath that line that makes things worthy of notice.
  • PJx
    If Palin actually got elected as president, then bin Laden would know how to win, he'll just make fun of Palin's children in a couple of videos.
    Because that's obviously all it takes to make her quit.
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