There is a big market in Washington DC for "David Gergen Republicans"  They can be go to people for someone who needs the "even Republicans ..." line.

Parker . . do the letters F O bring anything to mind ?

The Republican Revolution will not be Televised

OK, Warren Buffet just pumped $3 Billion into GE (Parent company of the National Barack Corp).

No doubt a shrewd move, given Buffet's ability to influence, but since GE just jumped into bed with Iraq. . .

Is it realistic to think Obama's new daddy will allow GE's interests to be jeopardized by precipitous troop withdrawal?

"I've got a bracelet too" - Barack Obama

Kathleen Parker has every right to her opinion.  However, she must realize how dangerous it would be to cut Governor Palin loose.  McCain would lose the election because it would look like he can't make an important decision.  Parker should just bite her tongue.  Letting Palin go is not an option.

This makes me wonder if she really understands what "Stalin would approve" really means. Her article wasn't quashed - it was published. People weren't prevented from reading it. People were also free to disagree with her message and were able to complain to her about it without fearing for their lives. What part of that is anti-American and worthy of Stalin's approval?

You want hate mail?  Try actually being a columnist whom the rest of the public has actually heard of (something you hadn't achieved yet), and then call Barack Obama a candidate only plausible because he is Black.  Try it in your next column.  I double dare you.

As for all the 'death threats' nonsense, grow a pair would you?  If you want to us a national publication to spew forth whatever wanders into your head and expect that 300,000,000+ Americans are all going to civilly agree with you as though you have quoted Socrates, well......

Sounds like you got a shot at replacing the next loser at MSNBC.  They are desparately on the lookout for somebody who appears to be a 'conservative' but attacks other conservatives.   You're a celebrity now.  (You'll notice how they all ignored you up to this point, btw).  So go ahead and claim your 15 minutes of fame and join Alan Keyes in the dustbin of television history.

I wasn't enamored with your brilliance before (since it somehow never caught my attention) so I won't miss you now that you are gone.

Not saying she planned this... but if (when) Sarah Palin vastly exceeds expectations in the debate Thursday, won't Ms. Parker be in an excellent position to do a 180 and perhaps even lay into those in the media who had led her to such a clearly false negative impression of Governor Palin?

I'd certainly enjoy watching Chris Matthews's face if that happens...

What I gathered from reading the initial column (which had a Liberal friend chortling with glee) is that this woman does not see a future as a Conservative columnist.  She sees a future with the fortune and fame that only a lemming for the main stream media can provide.  Alas, she's a small fish in a big pond, and to quote an article I read once... "Way Out Of Her League."

I fully understand reader backlash, and this screams of the censorshop complaints from pop culture lefties during Bush's more popular days...   That they simply could not understand how everyone didn't take every word as wrote scripture.  Most of the arguments made against Palin ARE sexist in nature.  Couric and Gibson both had a stream of hardball gotchas that would never be applied to a Democrat offering.

Is Palin out of her league?  Perhaps.  I believe that she'll grow into the position.  John McCain is not the first old President we've ever had, and I find the assumption that he'll drop dead the second he's sworn in to be ridiculous.

I honestly believe that the biggest problem the media, the Left, and most likely this hack blogger over at the National Review have with Palin... is that after 4 to 8 years of experience on the national stage, as VP of the USA - she will be an unstoppable force in the Conservative movement come time for the 2012/2016 elections.

If Obama wins, I give the Democrats 1 or 2 terms in the White House, tops.  If McCain wins, I can easily see the Republicans holding the office for the next 16 years, and beyond... as long as they don't start acting like Liberals again.

I read through Parker's comment twice, and all I could think of was, "oh, the pooor baaaby". Boo Hoo! 

Parker is entitled to her own weird opinion, but she should also be prepared for the consequences that come from what she wrote. Obviously some of the comments directed at her were vicious and out of bounds, and I don't condone them. But, her indignation and self-pity concerning the reaction to her comments are ridiculous.

I don't believe that Ms. Parker is so naive as to not have had any idea of what kinds of reactions her statements would bring. She even goes so far as to identify with the Dixie Chicks, referring to when they experienced a similar reaction when they made the mistake of insulting America, country music fans, and President Bush. Oh, the poor baby.

If Ms. Parker can't stand the heat, then she shouldn't hang out in the kitchen.  

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American People. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

I somehow don't really trust self-called journalists who don't even use their own names but pseudonyms.  Such is KP as told to Brian Lamb when he interviewed her. She's neither a conservative nor GOP so what else should we expect from her?  We've got bigger fish to fry. . . she's just a gnat trying to suck up to Chris Matthews. That alone diminshes her greatly in my eyes. 

Come on Mr. Graham, I gotta say that your post is playin to the home crowd. 

You say that Mrs. Parker is "outrage that someone would suggest that she's not conservative." Really? Do you not think that this doesn't describe why she wrote her latest column;

Allow me to introduce myself. I am a traitor and an idiot. Also, my
mother should have aborted me and left me in a Dumpster, but since she
didn't, I should "off" myself.

Those are just a few nuggets randomly selected from thousands of e-mails written in response to my column suggesting that Sarah Palin is out of her league and should step down.

Who says public discourse hasn't deteriorated?

The fierce reaction to my column has been both bracing and
enlightening. After 20 years of column writing, I'm familiar with angry
mail. But the past few days have produced responses of a different
order. Not just angry, but vicious and threatening.

Some of my usual readers feel betrayed because I previously have
written favorably of Palin. By changing my mind and saying so, I am
viewed as a traitor to the Republican Party—not a "true" conservative. (e.m.)

I fail to see any "outrage" at  those claiming she's not a conservative. Instead, I see "outrage" at those that suggest death for her as a response to her change of opinion.

Then let's look at the paragraph that comes right before the one you inserted in your post;

Such extreme partisanship has a crippling effect on government, which
may be desirable at times, but not now. More important in the long term
is the less-tangible effect of stifling free speech. My mail paints an
ugly picture and a bleak future if we do not soon correct ourselves. (e.m.)

Now both together;

Such extreme partisanship has a crippling effect on government, which
may be desirable at times, but not now. More important in the long term
is the less-tangible effect of stifling free speech. My mail paints an
ugly picture and a bleak future if we do not soon correct ourselves.

The picture is this: Anyone who dares express an opinion that runs
counter to the party line will be silenced. That doesn't sound American
to me, but Stalin would approve. Readers have every right to reject my
opinion. But when we decide that a person is a traitor and should die
for having an opinion different than one's own, then we cross into
territory that puts all freedoms at risk. (I hear you, Dixie Chicks.)

Maybe it's just me, but I think she makes a valid point.

Also, I fail to see how she likens conservatives with Stalin? It seems that she is likening those that call for her death, those that describe her as a traitor and those that demand her voice be silenced to Stalin. Also the reference to the Dixie Chicks, in my opinion, is valid. Given that they both received hate mail because of their expressed opinion.

Like I said, I understand that you are playing to the home crowd on this one Mr. Graham. Hell, I enjoy NB as much for the exposure of liberal media bias as for the collection of conservatives that post here. But, this post seems like a slight case of PDS, not the liberal kind mind you, but the conservative type. :-}

If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you.

Don Marquis 1878-1937

Oh well, cat's outta the bag now.

Truth be told Kathleen, Sarah was planning to sic her Truth Squad of thugs on you the next time you showed up at WGN radio for an interview.

Then, while you were gonna be busy fighting off their email smears and phone calls in That studio, we were gonna take your kids and tape em' singing "Palin's Gonna Change The World" and "Raisin' McCain" in Another studio, and post those on the net!

Guess we'll have to MoveOn to Plan B though.