[JayNorth]

The most interesting comment in the story is "People here hate Palin". RATs are amazing. They hate people with this virulent, unrelenting, absolute hatred for no tangible reason. They just hate them. In the case of Sarah Palin, this hatred developed in a matter of hours after she was announced. This RAT hatred doesn't occur for the truly horrifying monsters of our society like serial killers whose executions they hold candle vigils for, just for anyone who they perceive as having a slightly different political view than they do.

[Maelstorm]

Jay you have that right. Hate is ok when it comes from the left but basic disagreement from the right is immediately labeled “hate”. It is a game for them which far too many on the right acquiesce to immediately retreating rather than fighting back against the smears. A case in point is the Sotomayor silliness about how opposing a Hispanic because she is a an activist judge is some how hateful or racist.