Sarah Palin: the Perfect Choice for John McCain.

"In memos, e-mails and phone calls this week, Obama campaign officials have urged surrogates and allies to mention Republicans who are 'nervous' about the Palin pick and to link those worries to George McGovern's aborted vice presidential pick of Thomas Eagleton in 1972, according to three Democratic surrogates. That year, McGovern rescinded the pick after learning that Eagleton had been treated for depression. Questions about the thoroughness of the Palin vet have been raised, particularly about how and when Palin disclosed the news that her teenage daughter is pregnant and whether Palin's political resume had been thoroughly scrubbed." -- Marc Ambinder, writing on his blog at http://marcambinder.theatlantic.com/

"[I]t's always, though, safer in politics to avoid risk, to just kind of go along with the status quo. But I didn't get into government to do the safe and easy things. A ship in harbor is safe, but that's not why the ship is built." -- Alaska Gov. and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin

"And the press rampage has only just begun." -- Jack Shafer, slate.com

By the time this edition of the "pro-life newspaper of record" reaches your door, we will have witnessed thousands of additional ignoble, below-the-belt, viciously personal attacks on pro-life Gov. Sarah Palin, her family, her faith, and her small-town roots. The Obama campaignyou know the one that was going to "transcend" partisan politicshas displayed utter contempt for the American people's deep commitment to fair play. Cynics from the top of their heads to the soles of their shoes, they believe they can sink as low as they wish and pay no price for their dastardly treatment of John McCain's vice presidential selection. Just keep smearing Gov. Palin and her family and then cry foul when the McCain campaign fights back.

You and I hold a contrary view. We know that the American electorate understands that when you attack a woman's children, liken her to a vice presidential nominee who was booted off a presidential ticket when it was learned he had undergone treatment for clinical depression, and slyly compare her to a pig, you're reached new and wholly unacceptable depths.

And because we believe in the innate goodness of the American people, we know what goes around, comes around.

There are a hundred reasons why Obama, his underlings, and his gaggle of cheerleaders in the media have been thrown for a loop by pro-life Sen. McCain's selection of Gov. Palin. It starts with this: Palin unapologetically describes herself as a pro-life feminist.