The State of Alaska just released 24,000 e-mails from Sarah Palin.  The New York Times and the Washington Post immediately leaped at the chance to find some dirt.  They literally went on the internet begging for volunteers to help them dig pour through these e-mails digging for gold.  Never in the history of this country has the main stream media demonstrated such viral hatred for a political figure.  Clearly they are desperate to find a smoking gun so they can destroy her once and for all.

But this has the potential to backfire big time.  The problem is that the main stream media has painted a false picture of Sarah Palin as someone who is not very focused and too stupid and uninformed to understand major issues.  They have pretended that her speeches are written for her and even accused her of using a ghost writer on her book.  Instead we are suddenly seeing all these e-mails, clearly written by Palin herself, revealing someone who is extremely smart, focused and very well informed.  The more e-mails released the more obvious it is going to be that Sarah Palin is a lot sharper than the media admits.

Prior to release of these e-mails and the upcoming documentary of her term as Governor, I thought that Sarah Palin had no chance of being a successful candidate for President.  But initial reports are that liberal females asked to review the documentary were shaken to their core and were observed sobbing.  Apparently the video images of arrogant liberal males viciously and relentlessly dumping on Sarah Palin is pretty hard to ignore.  Now the e-mails may destroy, once and for all, the myth of the stupid Sarah. 

 Most contemporary reporters were not impressed with Abraham Lincoln’s performance during the Gettysburg Address.  But later, when they read the words, they were stunned by the eloquence.  They suddenly realized they had grossly underestimated the speech and the eloquence of the man.  Sarah Palin is a good speaker, but she has a high squeaky voice and a “you betcha” accent that sometimes distracts from her message.  It is quite possible that when people read what she has to say, rather than just listen to soundbites, they may respond very differently.  Time will tell.

 A spotlight does different things to different people.  It tends to accentuate flaws but sometimes it also reveals a superstar.  The main stream media may learn to regret turning this bright light on Sarah Palin.

TDM