So many people on here want to trash Paglia for her opinion, yet they offer little clue as to why they are so disdainful of both Paglia and Palin.

The most I gather between the Tourette's like outbursts of hatred in these letters is that Palin talks simply. But when I happened to turn on the teevee last night for the first time in a year and saw her being interviewed, along with McSame, on some talking head show, she sounded lucid, bright, not at all cute, and at least as seemingly informed as anyone who hails from the Washington establishment.

So, she is not so stupid after all, seemingly. Maybe Palin herself is having the last laugh at the expense of leftists, during the debates playing down to those who EXPECT her to be a rube, in a way making fun of the people who have already judged her prematurely, while those who are already in the McSame camp and who 'buy' her (and who need no more convincing) consider her schtick a brand or totem. Stupid people would not be this savvy.

Another clue I gather from all these vitriolic and blissfully content-free letters is that the left hates Palin's style of feminism. Nothing can be done about this. Others are correct to point out that for too long the Steinem brand of feminism has overtaken the public discourse, to the detriment of a fuller, more humanistic feminism. They are correct to say that the vocal feminism is rooted in ultra liberal beliefs that women should engage in all the sex they want while walking away from the responsibilities whenever they please.

Let me straighten this one out for the last time. the ONLY men who act like this, and who feminists want to emulate, are trailer trash guys. 90%+ of men are responsible people who, if they get a woman pregnant, do the right thing. So, for feminists to choose, as a model or behavior, the behaviors of only the worst men in our society is a genuine disservice to the vast majority of men who are good people.

It is no wonder I feel cold and lonely when I deal with leftists. They have no heart for men like me, having painted me with the same cynical brush they paint their scoundrel boyfriends with.

The left can do as it pleases. The amazing thing is for such a fringe hate group as the left, that they have gotten as much traction as they have.

For this centrist libertarian (and libertine) it seems like there is no choice when the only choice is between Bush Part III and Obama, representative of the forces of left wing hatred.

So many people in this country are so tired of not having a valid choice. Palin brought into the mix a simple speaking, savvy, accomplished woman.

Do not be surprised if your jerry rigged polls mislead you lefties into believing that Obama is a 'win'. There is a deep, wide segment of centrist society that connot stomach a lot that the left continues to serve up, leftie man hating feminism being only a symptom of the underlying disdain of men that the leftists seem to adhere to so fervently.

If I'd had the wisdom I have today (age 43), when I was 23, I'd have moved to an active city filled with young people. I moved to Austin ten years ago, wished I'd have moved 20 years ago.

Once there, join up with some Meetup.com type groups, typically young and old meeting for likeminded events, anything from wine tastings, to book readings, to hiking, to sports.

Universities have lots of great events, lectures, etc.

Apparently, if you like attractive and brainy, yoga classes are filled with women.

There is a world out there, but you need to root it out.

If you seem smart and interesting, the other smart and interesting people will come upon you and all will be well. But you need to be in a place you can engage this and you need to engage it.