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If you want to talk about unfair character-izations, then please stop believing that Sarah Palin is the only victim. I first discovered this site when I linked to “Oprah Whines.” It is unusual and offensive to see any public figure described as “whining,” so I was curious to check out where such demeaning language originated. When I read some of the so-called “discussion” about the topic, I was surprised and disappointed to find more name-calling than debate. Yes, I still feel that Sarah Palin has a vast, empty space between her ears. That has nothing to do either with hating her or liking Oprah. It does have to do with Palin’s patent unreadiness and unsuitability for any national office. However, no one need listen to me. That assertion will be borne out by where Palin is positioned in 2012. If Oprah has, indeed, “whined,” or performed any facsimile thereof, then she has made a mistake. She should know, more than most people, that it would only demean her show to have Sarah Palin appear. What could Oprah gain from her? Palin deserves no national forum on which to pump up her impossible dream to go further in the Republican Party. McCain reached for the last straw in selecting Sarah Palin for VP, and the Party will, rightly, blame him for unleashing a prima donna monstress who will muddy its immediate future.

Last words. My mama is also a well-educated, well-read, Volvo-driving, Eastern liberal. And as for contributing to global warming with my own brand of hot air, Palin’s comments were spoken in public forums where oxygen was in abundance. The CO2 emitting from her mouth did, in fact, contribute to global warming. As you know, I have contributed my comments to the Net. There is no hot air in cyberspace.