Even Allahpundit, always so reticent about drawing attention to articles criticising or demeaning Sarah Palin, feels the need to share his pain with us

I’m not quite as supportive of her as Erickson seems to be, but I do like her personally — and yet of course I get all the “Palin-hater” stuff thrown at me too when I dare to post, say, a poll that shows her numbers sinking.

Poor Allah, sitting there in his Manhattan apartment, stroking his cat, is always so inoffensive in his posts. He sees the best in everyone, is rarely sarcastic or brutal in his comments and has never been known to seek extra traffic by being provocative. So he bleeds for other bloggers who, in merely trying to be helpful to Palin by questioning her motives, her judgement and her political common sense over the CPAC and the Tea Party Convention affair, have been shocked and wounded by respondents who have questioned the bloggers’ own motives and judgement

It is classic Allah, a cri de coeur, glistening with heartfelt sincerity, pleading the unfairness of bombing the bomb throwers. Even I, world weary old English cynic that I am, felt tears welling up in my timeworn eyes….

Then, in the comments, I read this remark from the cheap seats

These two posts say it all:

Look, Sarah has the qualities needed to be a great POTUS to move the country from the edge.
Therefore, when people attack her, we see it as attacking our country.
She represents the best of American womanhood and conservatism. Therefore, it is understandable we close ranks to protect her for although she is not perfect, she is good person, and we like the good ones to win.
Sapwolf on January 14, 2010 at 9:00 PM

allah,
It’s really simple. Palin is family. Period end of story. It would be like a stranger defaming your mother. Or sister. You will defend her. Family honor requires it. add in the amount of dirt slung at Palin from both the left and the right and it is wonder she is not MORE defended when people attack her.
And yes Eric may try to weasel his way out of it but he attacked Palin’s decision making skills and intelligence in his post.
unseen on January 14, 2010 at 9:18 PM

Truely nothing else needs to be said. No one worships Palin, but we all LOVE her. Most would stop a bullet for her. (more to this than most will ever know)
We really don’t give a damn who attacks her, left, right, middle. You attack Palin, you attack US, you attack America.
We understand that Sarah isn’t perfect, that she makes mistakes. Well goddamn, she’s human. BUT, even so, she is by far the best leader this nation has seen in decades.
We have absolutely no problem understanding where she stands on any issue, and we, for the most part agree with her.
Frankly, I have disagreed more on her strategery post governor, and yet, she’s proven she knows exactly what she is doing, so I’m just STFU’ing!
As for you nimrods that don’t get the saturation on Fox….It’s obvious you’d starve to death in sales!
Sarah is the hottest thing on the planet, she’s ratings GOLD. Fox has her and they want to promote the hell out of her. They are in the ratings business. They are in business to sell advertising. Their product is news, their customers are the advertisers. Sarah will get them a lot more customers, customers they can charge a premium.
BTW, they did the same thing with Glenn Beck and Stossel, just to a lessor extent. But frankly, neither Beck nor Stossel come close to the star power Sarah has. Absolutely no one in the country does.
How much you want to bet that Loren Michaels doesn’t have a whole team trying to figure out how to get Palin/Beck on SNL ASAP?
Who else in America could suggest what she and Beck did (because of her) and be taken seriously?
BTW II: Sarah is going to be on Teh Oprah tomorrow.
In short for ANYONE who wants to dis Sarah, the very best advice I can give is: DON’T START NONE, THERE WON’T BE NONE!
That goes for everyone.
gary4205 on January 14, 2010 at 11:19 PM

Then I recalled Edmund Burke’s comment upon how the Queen of France was treated during the latter days of the French Revolution

Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fallen upon her in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honour, and of cavaliers. I thought ten thousand swords must have leapt from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists and calculators has succeeded

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One might say that in 21st century America (as in Britain) “sophisters and calculators” indeed rule – but it’s clear from the rasp of swords leaving scabbards over the last few days that there are quite a few people who still set great store by that unfashionable eighteenth century concept of honour….

Exit question (a la Allahpundit)….Is saying “no” a demonstration of authority and complaining about being told “no” sign of weakness?