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Sarah Palin: The Political Lesson Learned
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.
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6 Responses to “Sarah Palin: The Political Lesson Learned”
Agree. I found it shameful, too, when–for example–Rush Limbaugh attacked the Clinton's daughter merciless.
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?
Nobody plays the victim better than Sarah Palin.
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.
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.