Nobody needs to worry about Sarah Palin in 2012. She will be back in Wasilla being a grandmother and local activist. I don’t like her ideas or “Best looking Girl in the Senior class” persona. But she looks efficient if you don’t listen to her words. Liz, most of us aren’t fashion mavens. At least I don’t think so. But it is fun to see the fashions and styles in L.A., NY and Paris etc. Your column should be titled, “Liz Explains it All.”

I am in Ireland at the moment and have been told by several people that “the world is laughing at you”… referring to the “circus” that is this election. Have not met a single person who prefers McCain over Obama, yet, I have not met a single person who believes the American people are smart enough to actually ELECT Obama over McCain. After 8 years of Bush, and after seeing Palin actually in a position of potential VP… they really don’t have much faith in the American voters.

This is my exit piece… I joined this group because of the women listed on the masthead. I thought they were the owners and would contribute to the dialogue. To me, seems like most of them have abdicated their roles here. Few contribute besides Liz Smith. Over 90 percent of the emails are snide, hate-filled, one-sided and of no use to me. I expected dialogue. Ain’t happening here. I check the site daily and have concluded its not worth my time. I had high hopes and am sad its not working out. Even Tiffany doesn’t have its ad any more. Bye, bye.

Thanks for all the great links Wine. After a weekend of local news bites out of Falwellburg (Lynchburg,VA) where they’re brainwashing all the young voters they pressed into registering republican at Liberty U, I needed the change.

REBUTAL to The Wine Warrior .. “Whoa.. She really makes you blood-boiling mad, that Palin-person, doesn’t she? Can’t say I blame you, I -living in Sweden - am afraid of her too. I’ve been looking for an appropriate thread to post something - I guess this is as good a place as anywhere.” Here’s something I got in my mail box the day before yesterday, I’m gladly sharing it with all you smart people here!!! Enjoy (or don’t)!! I’m a little confused. Let me see if I have this straight…..(hope I’m not offending anyone) * If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you don’t have any real leadership experience. #Brilliant organizer – please! Massive voter fraud on a scale we have never seen in America. Vote fraud undermines all US Citizens #While representing Illinois, he denied your right to protect your family, in your own home, by banning firearms. #Have you read his “thesis” in Harvard. Bush received an MBA from the same college. Wallstreet is filled with these “intellectuals”. #He has NEVER been chairman of any committee. Go to their website and see for yourself. #He has been campaigning for two of those years, while applying for another job on taxpayer time and expense. Could you do that at your job? #He has NO executive experience at all. Nada. Never managed a budget! Never. * If your total resume is: local weather girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you’re qualified to become the country’s second highest ranking executive. #Sarah was Chief Executive Officer of the town of Wasilla #SITTING Chief Executive Office of the State of Alaska with a $11Billion dollar budget! * If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you’re not a real Christian. #Sarah has been married more than 20 years while raising 5 beautiful children and running her home town and the entire State of Alaska *If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you’re a Christian. #Barack is currently under investigation for having an affair in Puerto Rico with one of his campaign staffers. She is gorgeous like that of Hale Berry. *If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society. #He has voted 4 times in Illinois for Infanticide. It IS true. Born-Alive Act! *If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family’s values don’t represent America’s. #Her law firm received government earmarks from Barack’s legislation. Cronyism. *If you’re husband is nicknamed “First Dude”, with at least one DWI conviction and no college education, who didn’t register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable. #Barrack has admitted to extensive drug use while in college. # 1996 Illinois: Three Socialist NewParty - members won Democratic primaries last Spring and face off against Republican opponents on election day: Danny Davis (U.S. House), Barack Obama (State Senate) and Patricia Martin (Cook County Judiciary).” OK, much clearer now.