Sarah Palin's behavior has so crossed the line in the last few days that we cats no longer would find a Tina Fey imitation of her funny.
We've also reached the point where we wish that the media would refuse to give her any exposure until she comes out from behind her defensive firewall of Facebook postings, Glenn Beck e-mails and tweets, and makes herself accessible and accountable to the American people she claims to love so much.
It is clear to us that Palin is defending herself with a part of speech that she doesn't understand — the metaphor. She lamely claimed that her "taking up arms" comments and other incendiary remarks were mere symbols: "We're talking about our vote." But that rings pretty hollow from someone who led campaign rallies at which people screamed "Kill him!" of Obama — which she refused to decry. It is also not a metaphor when you accuse a major-party Presidential candidate of "palling around with terrorists." It is not a metaphor to call for investigations of "anti-American" members of Congress. It is not a metaphor to say that Charles Rangel should be beaten to death with a shovel.
How easy it would have been yesterday for Palin to admit, "My bad," and pledge to never again put out a map with rifle cross hairs on Congressional districts. How many points she could have earned! But it's beyond her ability to be gracious, humble, mature or — Presidential.
Palin may not care, because she'll never run for President, and is only milking her celebrity for the money. But if not, she'll pay a heavy political price for her clumsy behavior. We cats predict: Her base will not increase, because it's already at its max. But her numbers with Independents and even Republicans will plummet. Her across-the-board negatives, already high, will rise. And all because she chose to stoke the fires, and contribute to the disunion of the nation that Abraham Lincoln gave his life to keep intact.
Your move, Republican Party.
(IMAGE: Kirk and Spock discuss "colorful metaphors" and our coarse American culture in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home.)
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