Alaska’s a small state (ironic statement, that!) and Alaskans have enough of a “f-you” attitude toward the lower 48 that it wouldn’t totally shock me to see her back - in the US Senate this time, and as one of those rarest of all creatures - an “I”.

And if she really has had enough, good for her! This country doesn’t deserve leadership with conviction(s). It deserves the shallow, popularity-poll-based policies it’s had for years now.

God bless the few who really can stand as individuals against the many. Someday we’ll again value character over caricature. Till then, we’ll keep buying ourselves off with our own IOUs and hope like crazy that our kids don’t watch Soylent Green too soon after calculating what the debt we ran up will do to them and their standard of living.

One of the most interesting places to have quoted from and analyzed your piece is on Patricia E. Bauer’s site entitled “News and Commentary on Disability Issues.”

Here, Bauer asks:

When Gov. Sarah Palin announced her intention to resign, among the reasons she cited was her family’s concern that her 14-month-old son Trig, who has Down Syndrome, had been “mocked and ridiculed by some pretty mean spirited adults.”

Was this an accurate account of what took place? Commentators offer their opinions.

She then quotes from your article and compares it with the positions taken by journalists Sally Quinn (Washington Post), John Fund (Wall Street Journal), Katherine Mangu-Ward (Los Angeles Times), Ben Voth (American Thinker), and Jim Geraghty (National Review).

Here is the link:

http://www.patriciaebauer.com/2009/07/09/opinions-palins-children/

Great analysis. Congrats. There is far more to the Palin issue than many of the regular pundits have realized or want to admit.