"I Hate Sarah Palin"

For a political party that loves to toot its horn of inclusiveness, Democrats sure are a hateful bunch.

Ever since Sarah Palin rose from relative obscurity to steal Barack Obama's presidential thunder, the Democrats and the Liberal Media have done everything they can to vilify her and make her out to be a selfish and neglectful mother, a Christian wacko, and a right-wing extremist. Obama's campaign may have a new policy that chooses to ignore her, but why do they have to attack her when the press does all their dirty work for them? Just do a Google search for Sarah Palin and you'll find them strewn across the Internet.

Case in point: Mary Mitchell, a columnist for Obama's hometown newspaper, the Chicago Sun-Times. Looking at her columns, there's no question which side of the political spectrum her feelings fall. In her first column after Sen. McCain selected Gov. Palin as his running mate (entitled "It's Not Her Brains that Landed Palin on the Ticket"), Ms. Mitchell wasn't especially negative despite the headline. She wrote:

"I don't want to diminish her accomplishments. Any time a woman is able to balance the responsibilities of being a wife and the mother of five children, including an infant with Down syndrome, with running a state, that is an incredible feat." Further into the column, she added: "I really like Palin's spirit. Too bad she's gotten snared by the political game."

Since then, Palin's stature and popularity have grown. In a matter of weeks, poll results that favored the Democrats shifted in favor of the Republicans, deflecting attention away from Obama's coronation (complete with Greek temple backdrop). Liberals are scared; when they feel threatened, sensing they might once again lose the White House, they will lash out.

Mary Mitchell's initial column on Sarah Palin was a love letter compared to what spewed from her venomous pen yesterday. The misleading headline "Palin Should Be Laughingstock to All Feminists" should have been reduced to simply "I Hate Sarah Palin." The column itself has nothing at all to do with "feminism," but everything to do with her personal vendetta against Gov. Palin because she took the spotlight away from her man. The very first sentence sets the tone:

"Sarah Palin makes me sick. I hate that she was able to steal Barack Obama's mojo just by showing up wearing rimless glasses and a skirt."

Oh no! Obama had mojo, and Palin took it away from him! Simply put, Mary Mitchell is jealous of Sarah Palin and resentful of what she has done to her man, Barack Obama.

There's nothing fair, balanced, objective, or decent about Mitchell's article. She makes no attempt to resemble a journalist (maybe she's not one). She doesn't engage the reader in anything that resembles an intelligent or thoughtful discussion. Three times Mitchell writes that Palin "makes her sick." Three times she uses the word "hate" to describe her feelings toward her. Hate is a strong verb. When is the last time you read that a columnist hated someone they don't even know? One might disagree with another's political views, but to actually hate someone for them? That's going too far. Democrats may say they're ready for "change," but obviously their supporters aren't ready for that kind of change yet. Personal attacks work very well for them, thank you very much.

Mitchell's column is nothing but a personal rant, pure and simple, one more fitting on a extremist left-wing blog than on the pages of a prominent big-city newspaper.

The most revealing statement of the entire column, though, is Mitchell's candid admission: "Frankly, Sarah Palin scares me."

And that's why the liberals hate her.

That's the reason they and their media accomplices attack her and try to dig up anything controversial about her. That's why they judge and condemn her life, her family, her choices, her religious beliefs, her politics, and her public service.

They are all scared of her. They are scared of the unexpected dynamic that she has brought to the campaign, scared of her popularity, scared of the potential loss of independents and middle-class working mothers from their ranks. She has proven that an ambitious woman can be a wife and a mother, yet still accomplish great things and make a difference. She took her right to choose and chose to keep her fifth child, despite the prognosis of Down Syndrome and an uncertain future.

It's easy for conservatives to become discouraged from such an onslaught of negativity toward the Republican ticket. But remember there is a reason why, and Mary Mitchell put it so well: "Frankly, Sarah Palin scares me."