NBC classier than CNN?
Just crossing my desk this morning... CNN felt free to include Sarah Palin on its list of political dishonorables from 2008. They ranked her 6th AHEAD of Governor Eliot Spitzer of New York (who committed a felony) and ahead of fellow Alaskan Ted Stevens, who Palin sided against. They sited "Troopergate" (of which she was cleared of any legal or ethical wrong doing) as her big crime. I suppose CNN would like you to believe that her being legally and ethically cleared of false accusations is the same as Rod Blagojevich's selling of a United States Senate seat, or of holding public funding for a children's hospital hostage until he got his six figure campaign contribution... They also sited "Wardrobegate" (of which she was never accused of doing anything illegal, never kept the clothes, and the ones not worn returned to stores, and the one she did wear auctioned off for charity) as her big scandal. Somehow it is suppose to equate to John Edwards coming to fisticuffs with paparazzi in his secret lover's hotel hallway? No... this was just a cheap shot to smear a decent woman who did nothing but re-energize what was turning into a disasterous campaign for the GOP. By the end of her sixth week on the trail she was averaging the same size crowds as Obama on the stump. CNN knows that she embodies and represents the views of millions of voters, and more importantly everyday people who grew to love her in her brief stint on the public radar. CNN's wretched comparison of Gov. Palin to the rest of the criminals and adulterers on their "worst of 2008" list is nothing less than a pathetic indication of the low-lifes that network has among its ranks (at least in its internet division) and they do themselves no favors in trying to return to their former glory (of which is long past) by continuing to encourage it. You can click here to let CNN know what YOU think about this.
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