Media still afflicted with Palin-OCD

Well folks, some in the media are still afflicted with Palin-OCD.

Bill Maher took a dig at Rand Paul during a monologue on the May 21 episode of “Real Time.” He couldn’t help but bring Sarah Palin into the mix by stating, “It’s as if Sarah Palin somehow made it through medical school.” Hey Bill, you know what joke would’ve been even funnier? One about a guy who made it through an Ivy League law school, yet thought it best to publicly criticize a sixteen-page law without having read it. So what if he’s the Attorney General, right?

Andy Borowitz had a column in The Huffington Post on May 22 in which he asserted that “…a new poll shows Kentucky senatorial candidate Rand Paul topping former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin among voters who describe themselves as morons.” Well, let’s be honest. We can’t all possess the intellectual fortitude of some of the Einsteins who put Obama in the White House. If you need a reminder, grab some popcorn and enjoy the show.

Keith Olbermann ranted on May 17 that Palin doesn’t have the guts to come on his “Countdown”: “Ms. Palin says she’ll do it, as long as it’s not on MSNBC and as long as it is on FOX. As long as it’s not me or Rachel, as long as it’s Hannity, and as long as she can edit out anything she doesn’t like.” Just a few days prior, Olbermann said this of Palin: “That woman is an idiot…that woman does not have the courage, personal or political, to appear on MSNBC, not without an army with her (and I mean that literally).” That’s right, Keith. I’m sure she’s shakin’ in her boots. And with all your charm and hospitality, why wouldn’t she jump at the chance to stop by and say hello? I have to admit that I think it would be hilarious if Palin took the gig. But only if she would read a monologue off one hand, hold a rifle in the other, and say you betcha enough times to make Olbermann’s elitist head spin. I wonder how many members of the “Countdown” staff would faint from the ratings.

In a recent column titled “Abortion absolutes don’t work” in The Washington Post, Susan K. Smith discussed “the absolutism of the pro-life position,” claiming that “…pro-life advocates maintain an absolute—that abortions should never be allowed.” Smith stated: “Sarah Palin says she is a frontier feminist when in fact she is a modern-day opportunist playing to her base…Life is bigger than a fetus.” She seemed to imply that Palin is an absolutist who would prioritize the life of a fetus over that of a mother. Of course, there’s just one itty bitty problem with Smith’s implication. Palin has affirmed that she is pro-life “With the exception of a doctor’s determination that the mother’s life would end if the pregnancy continued.” Much like many pro-life Americans, she isn’t an absolutist. But who cares about facts, right?