In the comments on this site, Gops have suggested that Obama is both a liberal socialist, a rightwing fascist and a terrorist sympathizer, that he has hidden his true identity, that he was not born in the United States, that he cheated his way through college and that he can’t speak without a teleprompter, even though he has spoken extemporaneously during hundreds of hours of town hall meetings during the campaign, the debates and, most recently, in France.

In the 1990s — egged on by the corporate media — Republicans wasted millions of taxpayer dollars investigating the Clintons, including even their cat, Socks. Ken Starr spent $60 million and all he came up with was perjury in a civil deposition in a lawsuit over something that happened before he was president. Clinton-bashing as pundits on MSNBC created the careers of Ann Coulter, Laura Ingraham and the late Barbara Olson, all three of whom were unrestrained in their personal  criticisms of the president and the first lady.  Rush Limbaugh referred to Chelsea, age 13, as the "White House dog."

Liberals are slowly learning how to do what conservatives had made an art. It is not surprising conservatives don’t like it.

Rachel wish to have snarky conversations avoid starting them.  No one said anything about the Palin situation until you characterized an ‘imaginary’ response from a *certain* group.  Actually, no one knows the facts of the Palin/Johnson relationship or the fallout thereof, so I think it best that we all move along beyond the gossip and innuendo. Wouldn’t you agree?

Peace and grace