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I'd say it means that 1) people are tired of partisan politics and/or 2) she has been weighed and found wanting and the electorate is ready to move on.

*The lefty controlled media's obsession with Palin -- many %

Great book, I recommend it regardless of your political thoughts.
Partisan politics?
Seems she rips both parties pretty good.
Shows what can happen when you work hard.
I think that's what scares liberals, she got a lot of common sense.
I agree all of the above are more important tha Palin book.
Of course any poll, is how you word the question.

I'd say that Lex' second point is an example of his first point. I think a lot of people are tired of journalist and former so called journalists only telling one side of the story when it comes to Palin. This is illustrated in how she is covered with the actual facts about her rarely discussed or published on television or in print, and by bloggers, some who might even be former journalists, who delete comments on their blog that contain facts challenging them or refuting their contentions about Mrs. Palin to give the appearance that they "won" the debate.

These are but a few examples of the dishonesty that surrounds discussion of Palin. A better question is why so many feel compelled to lie about her or distort her record.

Either way, if the local blogs are any indication, I'd say the interest in Palin at present is fairly moderate. Some more interested than others, but most have mentioned her in some capacity over the past week.

FTR, John, I have no qualms about the N&R's coverage of Palin at the moment.

Have some cheese with that whine, Spag.

Anything you care to deny, Lex?

John, hence my use of the phrase "at the moment".

Anything specific you care to accuse me of, Spag?

How about deleting a comment on your blog that asked you to provide some basis for your opinion that Sarah Palin is "idiotic, self-absorbed and paranoid." You couldn't, so instead you just deleted the comment and pretended that you were never asked.

How about deleting a comment on your blog that asked you to provide some basis for your opinion that Sarah Palin is "idiotic, self-absorbed and paranoid." You couldn't, so instead you just deleted the comment and pretended that you were never asked. You used to do this all the time when you were writing for the N&R, too. You'd go off on some interpretation of the law or some other issue that was simply wrong. Then when called out on it, you simply deleted the comment or went back and edited your original comment to avoid looking foolish. I wasn't the only person to notice this. In fact, the first person to bring it to my attention was another lawyer, also a Davidson alum, who is definitely Left of center in his politics.

John, do not know were you got your poll.

The number one concern among people is the economy.
lex, the fact that your paper does not like any conversative, is well know!
NC is one of the most screwed up states in the union.
I can count on one hand the number of letters I have read about the problems in NC for the last 20 years on my right hand. Are the number covered by your paper on my thumbs.
My wife's paper out of Virginia, has 4-5 each week about the problems in Va.
As of right this minute there is a major rumor* going on in this area.
If it's true are not, I have no idea!
There is a helluva lot of smoke, so there must be some fire.
Not one liberal newspaper, has cover it.
If this was a republican it be front page news!
True are not.
Just like the Hugh Webster deal !.
IEver liberal news outlet it was major news when he was charged.
Only one cover it when he was found, not guilty.
Like I tell Mr. Robinson, he needs at least one real dog.
Real dogs sell, news. For some foolish reason, I thought that was what it was about.
* I bet the rumor is true, and that it will be sweep under the rug, any takers!
If I ran a newspaper, I kick someone in the butt, and go check this out.
Of course this would pithy of the liberals and we could not have that.

Have a great Thanksgiving, hope all your family, can make it home.
God bless the brave troops away from home, if you know on give them a call are email.
I already have.'
God bless you Tim, hope that promotion to colonel comes any day.

Sam, I've never gone back and changed blog posts in the way you describe. Not at the N&R, not at my personal blog. Never. Happened. You claim you've got a witness; call him.

Your complaint -- "How about deleting a comment on your blog that asked you to provide some basis for your opinion that Sarah Palin is 'idiotic, self-absorbed and paranoid'" -- I think will allow any reasonable person to judge your state of mind appropriately.

I banned you at my personal blog because, although you are occasionally right and mostly wrong, you are invariably, inevitably, perpetually a jerk, proceeding in most cases directly from disagreements over facts or opinions straight into attacks on motives and character, as has been the case here. I'm under no legal, moral or ethical obligation to indulge anyone on my personal blog, let alone someone who behaves in that way.

If you want to rank on me, knock yourself out -- you've got the whole rest of the Internet to work with. Our past banter, on my personal blog and on the Lex Files, is still out there for anyone to look at if you're so confident that you have bested me in our arguments; I'll leave it to anyone who cares, which I doubt is a great many people, to go look at it and gauge our relative levels of success for him/herself.

Doug: It ain't my paper and hasn't been for a year.

So Lex, do you admit or deny that you have deleted comments on your personal blog and on your N&R blog that challenged your arguments? Do you admit or deny that yesterday, you deleted a comment I left on your personal blog that asked you simply to provide the evidence upon which you base your opinion of Sarah Palin?

I haven't questioned your motives here and I didn't there, either. I simply asked you answer a question about your the basis for your opinion of Sarah Palin, and here asked you to admit or deny whether you have deleted comments. Of course, knowing full well that you have deleted comments, I don't think questioning why you did so was out of bounds.

Spin it any way you want to. You know and I know that I'm telling the truth. Further, I'm not the only one familiar with your tactics, and we can't all be dismissed as "perpetual jerks".

I would take you up on your offer to revisit our past blog dealings. The problem is that by deleting comments that were detrimental to your argument, it wouldn't really be a fair record upon which one could judge who "won" anything.

You have made it pretty clear that being a jerk simply means exposing flaws in your arguments, and an arrogant person such as yourself just can't accept that.

Again, do you admit or deny deleting comments that oppose your point of view?

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1994 - 1999