What a maverick.

An open letter to the people out there who like Sarah Palin and think she would be a good president:

I can totally see why some people would be drawn to Sarah Palin. She is homey. She speaks like she is one of us. She values family and hard work.

She preaches abstinence but apparently forgot to tell her daughter about it. She was elected by the people of Alaska,to be their advocate and leader, only to quit so that she could promote her book.

She also has an issue when people use the R word.

Except when those people happen to be very influential members of her own political party.



Ok.

Someone needs a slap upside their mavericky head. Your own flesh and blood is developmentally delayed. He will most likely face a lifetime of difficulty in dealing with an overwhelmingly cruel society. You will have to protect him from this. You will have to educate people on what his strengths and weaknesses are. You will inevitably have to deal with people who open their mouths and let their verbal diarrhea spew.

Be outraged. Demand an apology. But don't disappoint your fans by being so terribly partisan. If something is wrong ... it should be wrong for Rahm Emmanuel AND for Glenn Beck. Be better than that. Your son and your 2012 hopefuls deserve more than that.

*full disclosure: I am not a fan of SP and her brand of Gosh-I'm-So-Like-The-Common-Woman-I-Could-Just-Kiss-Myself-ness. I think she is a terrible role model for young women and I think that the Republican party could do better.