Sarah Palin's emails made news a few weeks ago. Various media outlets had been waiting for years for the opportunity to sift through some 20,000 pages of emails from Ms. Palin's years as governor. Alas, despite the dozens of reporters dispatched to remote Alaska, it appears that the emails reveal only that Ms. Palin spent a lot of time on the business of running a state.
The effort to obtain and sift through such miscellania is unprecedented in political reporting. It baffles me to this day. An obscure state senator from Illinois vaulted to the national scene and was elected President with far less background interest by the fourth estate.
More recently, Michele Bachman is again under fire for factual misstatements in some of her stump speeches. Sure, I guess some trivial pursuit champion somewhere knows the town that John Wayne was born in--i don't care. I would far rather hear what she has to say about raising the debt ceiling.
Moreover, politicians are known for gaffes. And, none is more prolific in this regard that Joe Biden. But, with his big grin and an "aw, shucks," all is forgiven by the yellow press despite the continued absurdity of the comments made by the man who is but one heartbeat away.
I find it ironic that the liberal media elite so enjoys this double standard. After all, shouldn't those who attempt to own the words of "equality" and "choice" applaud the political success of women?
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