What mortgage??? They were living in the Governor's Mansion... and can someone enlighten me about the cost of real estate and the averagehousehold income in Alaska?
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I have no intenion of apologizing for a joke made by a woman about another woman - evenif all the racist comments that have been written in this forum were to beretracted.And whom exactly should I be apologizing to - does Sarah read this forum or do you personally have something against Playboy?

Julia,
I can not speak for others who may or may not have used racial or otherwise insensitive remarks about the President or anyone else. I can only speak for MYSELF. And form opinion about others based on their comments. Forming an opinion about Lina was not very difficult - based on her insensitive comments...

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Natan, please don't compare a comment that might be construed as objectifying (though that would be a stretch, since it was made by another woman), to obviously hateful racist slurs. Perhaps I should start apologizing for every Jewish joke I've ever told?

"since it was made by another woman..." -- No need to hide behind your gender. An "N" word is no less insulting when uttered by a black person....
And by the way, those, who used "hateful, racist slurs" should apologize as well...

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I'm not hiding behind anuything, please stop making something out of nothing. And if you can compare a harmless joke to someone (a white person in particular) using the N word or referring to Michelle Obama as a monkey, then I reallysee nopoint in discussing this matter any further - we obviously have a very different sense of humor.

Guys, it's a waste of time - liberals wil never get it, their hate is so much stronger (dunno why hate though, she realy didn't do anything in her life or politica career to be hated for) than just admitting it's wrong and inappropriate.
I've personally spent months defending Palin. If didn't like the woman, I could've charged big bucks for it. :-D All they do is attacking her personally, going through her dirty laundry (which is not even there), not one discussion about her politics.
On her future - I personaly think it's on hold for now. She is still very young and can do a lot of different things (run for senator, etc.). I don't think she is ready for presidency in 2012 (since she hasn't even finished her only government term). Whatever she decides to do, I wish her best of luck - she and her family has gone through a lot last year starting from the birth of her youngest baby.

If you see hatred in that remark, then so be it - since any attemtat disputing it, would most likelyprove to bean exercise in futility.

Juila, I agree with you. I would chuckle at the playboy comment if it would come out of almost anybody but Lina. I remember very well how a few month ago someone referred to Michele as monkey and Lina flipped making us a bunch of racist.

Svetlana, I found myself in the same position, defending her, suspecting an evil media plot to destroy the only viable Republican outhere, however, what do you think of her decision ?
$500 K is a funny argument, since we all know that politicians can go to any kind of debt, because we know that they will make it back on the first book deal. Look at the Clintons. If there ever was an excuse for a sake of an excuse, this is it.

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Slavik, calling a black person a monkey, is inexusable, regardless of who does it, the same holds true for holocaust humor... certain lines just shouldn't be crossed.But saying that you might have found the joke amusinghad it beentold by someone else, only supports my point that there is nothing wrong with the joke itself, just like there is nothing wrong with making fun and even exaggerating (if that'sat allpossible) Bill's philandering and even "Bubba" humor.
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It was a lot more than just one person calling her a monkey...