I spent some time last night on certain blogs of the Left such as Firedoglake and TalkLeft, reading reactions to the Palin speech in the comments sections—much of it seemingly from women. The gist of it was:
(1) Sarah’s mean, just like some girls they knew in high school.
(2) Sarah’s a hick.
(3) Sarah made an error when she dissed the MSM, because the press is now going to respond by being mean right back to her.
(4) Sarah’s to be feared.
Reaction number four shows a certain amount of smarts, I think.
Reaction number one shows a remarkable ability to tune out how much of the Democratic National Convention featured “meanness”—towards Republicans, that is. Guess that doesn’t count (or maybe “mean” isn’t “mean” unless it’s delivered by a beautiful woman on the other side—read “bitch.”)
But reaction number three is simply bizarre—had they not noticed before that the press hasn’t exactly been kind to Sarah up till now?
Previously a lifelong Democrat, born in New York and living in New England, surrounded by liberals on all sides, I've found myself slowly but surely 
September 4th, 2008 at 12:24 pm
She is going to have to be ‘nice’ to the media now – and she can have them eating out of her hands, don’t hide, answer directly, and invite them to your bbq – she made her point, now rise above them.
September 4th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
I also saw Point 3 on some left side blogs, and on CNN, where Jonathon Alter said (summarizing from memory):
I laughed out loud. Between this, and the left continuing to talk about “experience”, I am constantly laughing the last few days.
September 4th, 2008 at 2:32 pm
The Left are a bunch of cowards, their media propaganda apparatuses included. Once Sarah takes off the gloves, they’ll bow down in submission like they do to anybody else that challenges them, Neo.
The editors of the main sewer media know what they can and cannot do. But sometimes they forget and you have to shave off a few of their limbs to remind them.
September 4th, 2008 at 3:44 pm
Ack, it was Jeffrey Toobin on CNN, not Jonathan Alter. I tend to confuse those two. This also explains why I could not find the quote via googling! Anyway, courtesy of Newsbusters.org, here’s the exact Jeffrey Toobin post-speech on CNN quote I summarized from memory above:
September 4th, 2008 at 3:59 pm
Hunters don’t become targets unless they are hunting water buffalo. Obama ain’t no water buffalo, though.
September 4th, 2008 at 7:12 pm
They’ve been holding back so far?
Good God.
September 5th, 2008 at 7:15 am
“And this means the media will not hold back.”
How’s about they do their job and report the news and stop taking sides. Is that too much to ask?
Isn’t one of the most very basic precepts of journalism that you aren’t supposed to be a part of the story? Whatever happened to that?
September 5th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Gail Collins, Maureen Dowd, Andrea Mitchell, Soledad O’Brien have already sharpened their knives (hatpins?) and are going after Sarah Palin on a daily basis. As journalists, they are expected to be critical, but with the pass that has been given to Obama their sudden attentiveness to their craft seems all too one sided. Gloria Steinem penned a whining critique of Palin for the LA Times. I guess there are feminists and feminists* out there.