"Feeding frenzy"

I know the Repugs always fall back on the "liberal media" narrative, and it's been profitable for them to do so. On the other hand, when they pick a candidate who is not a national figure and is virtually unknown, well, there's going to be a process of public vetting and everyone knows it. These few days of turnmoil are NOTHING compared to what Hillary and Obama have enjoyed over the past couple of years. Welcome to the big leagues.

As for the ridiculous claim that the teenage daughter's pregnancy is completely off limits, all I can do is roll my eyes. Like the press and the Repugs wouldn't comment if Chelsea Clinton or Amy Carter had turned up pregnant. Please. As for me, yes, it bothers me. It's a bad role model. But MUCH more, people like Palin (i.e., evangelical Christians) have been telling people like me for YEARS that the way they live their lives is better than the way I live mine, that the way they do it is far, far superior. But, surprise, surprise, the way they do it turns out about the same as the way I do it, so shut the fuck up already, you smug jerks.

ADDENDUM

Boy, am I getting sick of all the rapture (usage intentional) over Palin "energizing the base" (Jonah Goldberg's column in today's paper made this argument without irony). Of course, this is exactly what Obama did (he just energized a different base), and he's been skewered for it, and not just by Republicans. He has been continually criticized for being inspirational but somehow lacking in substance, but that's exactly what Palin is, and the same people who were dismissive of Obama are celebrating this quality in her. Even more upsetting than this blatant hypocrisy is that "the base" in her case means a bunch of religious fanatics, which I had hoped were past their political prime. That John McCain, of all people, felt the need to do this - to use her to pacify them - is pathetic, and says a lot about the state of our political system, none of it good.