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That's it, in a nutshell.
Criticizing Dick Cavett for being too intelligent, and everyone else for noting that the Empress Palin has no linguistic clothes (she's a rapper in a Saks 5th Avenue wrapper! who knew?) is obviously a ploy for web-traffic-clicks.
Too bad I use ad-blocking software (PRIVOXY-try it!) when browsing Salon.com - - you're not making any money from my page views, or my political ones.