my affection for Palin. And that’s fine, they’re wrong about other things as well.

She’s writing a book, maybe. I’m anxious to read it. So are the Ogwife and the Oglet, because like me, they admire Ms Palin. She’s a smalltown nobody who on her own merits managed to end up the mayor of a small town, and fought the embedded good old boy network to become governor of the state. She adapted well and rapidlyto the post, and as she learned more about what was going on, did things like stop earmarks for the “bridge to nowhere” and eventually bring a halt to the project altogether, saving her constituents millions. She also managed to raise the amount her constituency gets paid every year to live there (yes, for any of you that don’t understand that, people don’t pay state taxes in Alaska, they get PAID to live there.)

So to all her detractors, and they are many, I say, I don’t care what you think, I like Sarah regardless, and I’m more than a little disapointed about the way she was treated, more or less by everyone, and I will continue to hold her up as an example for my daughter of what can be done if you’re willing to work hard. And I’m anxious to read more about her. And I’m anxious to read about the accomplishments of her detractors, because I haven’t heard any of that yet.

Oh, hat tip Broad.