I've read several takes and listened to the audio of Palin's understanding of the First Amendment. I'm speechless...

Say anything, but wink and smile when you say it.

There are patterns in the habits of Sarah Palin: the need to acquire and use structres of power to censor books she fears; the need to acquire and use structures of power to punish people she fears; the need to acquire and use structures of power to silence critics she fears. All of these habits suggest an underlying need to silence the helplessness that she feels and fears in herself - a helplessness she has demonstrated on numerous occasions. The uses of government which can afford her personal and specific power interest Sarah Palin. This pattern should interest us as well. Her lack of focus on the rules of power should be alarming. Most of all, however, the ruthlessness she has used in her path to power, combined with the seductivity of a trademark ability to connect, should interest us most of all. She demonstrates a unique willingness to use people, most recently William Kristol and John McCain, in order to satisfy her ambitions. Her eagerness to shed John McCain, days before the election, demonstrates a signal lack of humility and a compelling lack of common sense. Who is next? William Kristol? Us?

She doesn't understand that dinosaurs and humans DID NOT exist simultaneously. She also doesn't understand what the truth is, she doesn't understand science, she doesn't understand separation of church and state, she doesn't understand the job of the Vice President, she doesn't understand the Constitution, she doesn't understand what "hypocrite" means, she doesn't understand what the media's role should be, she doesn't understand what sexism is, she doesn't understand what negativity, hatred and fear does to a campaign, she doesn't understand that there is no real and fake Americas...

She is a sad excuse for a candidate. In fact, she understands so little, I'd go out on a limb and say that she's a sad excuse for a sentient being.

A person such as this would find a good fit behind the cash register of a Jack In The Box - maybe. Not a heartbeat away from the highest office in the free world.

But I'm praying (I just don't know to whom) that Palin be impeached in Alaska or otherwise discredited to the point that she could never considered a serious candidate by anyone for anything.

This woman is SO not the kind of person we want in a highly-placed political position. Pelosi is bad enough. It's obvious, after Hellary Clinton's failure, that this country has yet to produce a qualified female to run for office. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius would be the most likely candidate, and I wish Obama had chosen her as VP instead of Biden. C'est la vie. The fact that McBush chose McFalin' for his VP simply emphasizes the stupidity of that guy.

I so wish this election were over and Obama/Biden win. God help us if they don't.

Only one of many things Palin doesn't understand. And she would be a heart beat away from being President should McCain get elected.

...since I am now gnashing my teeth watching MSNBC extolling the virtues of Sarah Palin: she's charismatic (do they mean demagogic?), she's really very smart (do they mean that she repeats loudly her misinformed blather?), she appeals strongly to 'the base' so she will be around for a very long time (is that all 25% of the electorate that will be supporting her?).

Oh, and the prediction that she will now be free to go back to Alaska and govern in the centrist reaching-across-the-aisle style that she prefers. REALLY? A leopard doesn't change her spots, just dresses them in Valentino.

Is this the new balanced journalism, that when a campaign is going down in flames, the journalist/talking heads are being kind and complimentary? Is that we see, again on MSNBC, Chris Matthews kowtowing to Tom DeLay, the vicious horrible Tom DeLay, sleaze personified, disgraced former office holder?

Please let it be November 5th.

...since I am now gnashing my teeth watching MSNBC extolling the virtues of Sarah Palin: she's charismatic (do they mean demagogic?), she's really very smart (do they mean that she repeats loudly her misinformed blather?), she appeals strongly to 'the base' so she will be around for a very long time (is that all 25% of the electorate that will be supporting her?).

Oh, and the prediction that she will now be free to go back to Alaska and govern in the centrist reaching-across-the-aisle style that she prefers. REALLY? A leopard doesn't change her spots, just dresses them in Valentino.

Is this the new balanced journalism, that when a campaign is going down in flames, the journalist/talking heads are being kind and complimentary? Is that we see, again on MSNBC, Chris Matthews kowtowing to Tom DeLay, the vicious horrible Tom DeLay, sleaze personified, disgraced former office holder?

Please let it be November 5th.

I do understand it, but I also see a lot of irony in it.

So let's see, if the media does its job (and calls out Palin's negative campaigning for what it is), then THAT's a violation of Sarah Palin's first amendment rights. OK. Well if that were the case, Fox News would have gone out of existence years ago.

You say "Palin doesn't understand First Amendment"?

There's so much that she doesn't understand, a long list of things that could fill books.

For those in Alaska, books are collections of pages with many words, some of those words often will have more than four letters in them.

Don't fear them, learn from them.

Jerry w

This is perhaps the most ignorant person in the entire country.

She is not even close. You should try living in Oklahoma.

Yes, I mispelled 'trounce' and a couple of other words in my hurry to post on the story-so you needn't take me to task. Mea culpa!

How did this woman graduate from high school without ever having to take a U.S. history or civics course which required her to read the U.S. Constitution? And could you please tell me where she got her college degree? I need to ensure that my son doesn't attend the same obviously unaccredited school! I cringed during the 'policy' speech every time she managed to drop the ending syllable on another word-and she wanted to be a broadcaster???? I am not some 'big city' elitist! I come from a family of farmers, truckers, and laborers with a smattering of college graduates thrown in for good measure. But those 'blue collar' family members valued education, read voraciously, watched the news and read newspapers-none of which this woman appears to value. Her 'whenever it happens' future son in law has even dropped out of high school. If she REALLY valued education she would INSIST that the young man get his diploma as a role model to his future child AND as the alleged future husband of her pregnant daughter. And as an example of what the governor of a state expects young people to achieve for their good and the well-being of their community. Of course, that begs the question why they haven't married already. Last time I checked a marriage was a commitment you make to someone under the law, not a party where you have to wait till the kid is born so that you can get back in a smaller size dress. One last question-when did this country come to hold intelligence, education, and good judgement in such low regard? Is that why our educational system is the laughing stock of the Western world and why our students are trouced in the areas of math and science? This woman would embarass us all on the global stage. She may not be stupid, but she is arrogant, has no curiosity about the world around her, and has a rigid, inflexible world view that apparently goes no further than 'what she can see from her house'...