doesn't know how to do their jobs any longer, Obamas messiah complex, and stupid rich celebrities, this is going to be a blood bath. Your A,"church ladyA,A_ stereotype is about 40 years out of date, and wasnA,,t very accurate even then. Au contraire. She may have started up as a caricature of them godbotherers, but it wasn't long before they used her as a way to skewer Madonna's sluttiness, for example, in ways they couldn't in their normal voices. Church Lady got to say things that were unsayable in their little world. So they ran with it. And SEK, if you're still around: The reason Palin alienated the whole Alaskan GOP is because they were all CORRUPT (no really: corrupt Republicans) and she exposed their shenanigans and shut them down . Two AK congressmen are in jail because they were taking bribes from the oil companies, whom she also smacked around to the satisfaction of many. So that would also explain why the McCain campaign didn't consult the AK GOP party: you don't consult a man's ex-wife as a character witness, and you don't ask crooks about the cops. if I donA,,t respond to each and every one of them, Darleen whines You have my permission to ignore Darleen, Scott. And you needn't respond to this brief note, as it's pretty much devoid, like much of my other commentary, of any debating substance. I just wanted to say that I (for one) don't wish you gone, even though I disagree