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To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (493881)	7/9/2009 8:22:32 PM
From: jlallen	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1575539

She didn't lie, shitbag. Millions were spent on BS when it could have been expended for something that mattered....no to mention her own personal bills. Try not to sound like such an ignoramus for a change.

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (493881)	7/9/2009 8:45:22 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1575539

And you lied about Palin. Remember?

To: Steve Dietrich who wrote (493881)	7/10/2009 9:13:49 AM
From: jlallen	2 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1575539

Reporter: 'We Took Sides, Straight and Simple' Against Palin newsbusters.org On AOL Politics Daily, long-time White House reporter Carl Cannon bluntly declared that the political press gave Sarah Palin a raw deal in the 2008 campaign, and seriously failed to scrutinize Joe Biden, especially his fact-mangling and odd statements in the vice presidential debate. Cannon summed up: In the 2008 election, we took sides, straight and simple, particularly with regard to the vice presidential race. I don't know that we played a decisive role in that campaign, and I'm not saying the better side lost. What I am saying is that we simply didn't hold Joe Biden to the same standard as Sarah Palin, and for me, the real loser in this sordid tale is my chosen profession. Cannon suggested female journalists failed to make up for male sexism in Palin coverage because she didn’t match the kind of Hillary Clinton candidate they wanted to represent women in politics: From the beginning, and for the ensuing 10 months, the coverage of this governor consisted of a steamy stew of cultural elitism and partisanship. The overt sexism of some male commentators wasn't countered, as one might have expected, by their female counterparts. Women columnists turned on Sarah Palin rather quickly. A plain-speaking, moose-hunting, Bible-thumping, pro-life, self-described "hockey mom" with five children and movie star looks with only a passing interest in foreign policy -- that wasn't the woman journalism's reigning feminists had envisioned for the glass ceiling-breaking role of First Female President (or Vice President). Hillary Rodham Clinton was more like what they had in mind – and Sarah, well, she was the un-Hillary. But the most eye-opening part of Cannon’s piece looks at the vice-presidential debate. He chronicled some of Palin’s mistakes on that night, but then made a list of Biden’s egregious errors that were overlooked by a supportive media elite: [more]