by Roryanne O'Rourke

Created on: October 27, 2010

For eight long years, conservatives heard hatred from the left, for the Republicans and most especially, for George W. Bush.

In January of 2009, liberals rejoiced at the inauguration of President Obama, a liberal, probably the most liberal president we have had in a long time.

Now it is the conservatives turn to moan and complain about the policies of a Democratic president. That is the natural course of politics.

What is fast becoming a phenomenon, are the liberals who are still angry at John McCain's choice for his running mate, Sarah Palin.

As they do with all politicians, comedians imitated, poked fun at, and mocked both John McCain and Sarah Palin. Tina Fey, from Saturday Night Live, has made a successful career out of making people laugh, while mocking Sarah Palin.

Even the adult cartoon geared towards children, Family Guy, got into the act and took it a step further. They decided to make fun of Sarah Palin, and her son, Trig, who has Down's syndrome.

Every liberal cable news program found they could not say enough bad things about her, and have carried their hatred for Sarah Palin, on into the second year of Barack Obama's presidency.

We all know that the Women's Lib Movement angered many men. Some men still believed that women should stay at home and raise the kids, while they went out and earned a living. Others felt women were less intelligent than men were and should not have high-paying jobs, successful careers, or even be involved in politics.

This could be the basis for liberal men's hatred of Sarah Palin. She not only angers liberal men, she frightens them.

The liberal women who have a deep-rooted hatred for Sarah Palin is harder to define, because women, no matter what political party they are in, should rejoice at the successes of women like Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton, who got closer to the White House than any women in history.

Sarah Palin is an attractive, smart, and personable woman, who was the Governor of Alaska. She is also a mom, and the mother to a child with special needs. I consider anyone who raises, loves, and cares for a special needs child, special.

Why, then, is there this hatred from liberals for Sarah Palin?

Most of the time we hear derogatory remarks about her, ranging from her lack of intelligence, to her lack of beauty. We hear them make fun of her teenage daughter's pregnancy. We hear them think that Tina Fey is the funniest thing since Lucille Ball when she makes fun of Sarah Palin. We also hear them say they thought

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