The Left, including the media Left, isn’t angry or upset by Sarah Palin.  They’re confused by her.  She doesn’t fit in their weltanschauung, and they’re not willing to adjust it for the reality of her. Whatever you think of her politics, you have to admit that she’s broken most of the commandments of the god Polis.  As Victor David Hanson suggests, “[W]e should all at least grant that Palin is intrinsically bright, energetic, savvy, and independent to have come this far at all, given the slanted and insider rules of the game she’s in.”

Sarah Palin is the emblem of what feminism was supposed to be all about: an unafraid, independent, audacious woman, who soared on her own merits without the aid of a patriarchal jumpstart, high-brow matrimonial tutelage and capital, and old-boy liaisons and networking.

Instead this entire sorry episode of personal invective against, and jealousy toward, Sarah Palin is surreal. Given the rising backlash, Palin Derangement Syndrome may prove to be the one thing, fairly or not, that sinks Barack Obama.

After all, even Oprah is acknowledging that she’d be a terrific guest, but is refusing to do an interview with her before the election.  We wouldn’t want people thinking she was “endorsing” a candidate.