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Columnist's diatribe against Palin stokes anger in the U.S.

LEE-ANNE GOODMAN

The Canadian Press

Latest comment posted at 11:14 PM EST 22/09/08

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  1. Darrin Duell from Winnipeg, Canada writes: her article was total garbage, she is being repaid in kind..
  2. Myles Leach from Canada writes: Thank you, Heather. Somebody's got to stand up to the right wing media bullies. Palin is an over-ambitious barracuda who will set back women's rights a hundred years. The sad part is that the Republicans are so desperate to cling to power that they are willing to risk putting this trigger-happy air-head a heart-beat away from the most powerful position on the planet. God help us all if they succeed.
  3. JD Would from Calgary, Canada writes: Freedom of the Press..not free ride
    She can say whatever she wants..but since she is being paid by the CBC (taxpayer),..she is really an agent of Canada. Hopefully, Mr. Harper will get a majority, and dismantle the Communist Broadcasting Corporation as part of his hidden agenda.
  4. siren call from Canada writes: But of course. We need only corporate media. Like what they have in the US. Then we can be as informed about the country and the world as Americans are.
  5. Strongarmlouis Rules from Canada writes: The toned down version is an attack on every American female who wishes to improve herself while in front of a mirror; and what percentage of American women does Heather view as white trash?
  6. john doe from toronto, Canada writes: Darrin Duell from Winnipeg, Canada writes:'... her article was total garbage'

    But it wasn't an article, it was a column (and a pretty funny one, at that.) Columns are supposed to be opinionated diatribes... that's why people read them.

    What's the fuss about?
  7. JD Would from Calgary, Canada writes: Double Standard
    If a columnist wrote a smilar article about Michelle Obama, they would have been dragged in front of a 'Human Rights Tribunal'.
  8. dawn douglas from toronto, Canada writes: If Ms. Mallick wants to talk about bigotry and small mindedness then maybe she should start with herself. 'White trash', that's not racist? I've lived in T.O. for over 5 years now and apparently that can mean any non-visible minority from outside the G.T.A. If she wants some tolerance she out to look at how she thinks of others who don't live in the city or think the same way she does. No better way to feel good about yourself than make fun of those that aren't as 'sophisticated' as you think you are. You can't (and shouldn't) use racist language about minorities but 'white trash' is OK? Shame.
  9. David Gibson from Hamilton, Canada writes: This is so much drivel. She wrote stuff designed to attract such attention, and she got it. Spare me the surprise and outrage. I don't really disagree with the direction of her opinions, but she was trolling for attention. Ho hum.
  10. john doe from toronto, Canada writes: JD Would from Calgary, Canada writes: 'Double Standard If a columnist wrote a smilar article about Michelle Obama, they would have been dragged in front of a 'Human Rights Tribunal'.'

    Palin is a candidate; Michelle Obama is not.

    And if Mallick had written 'Obama is appealing to the White Trash vote' I don't think she would have had tens of thousands of abusive emails sent to her. This is a purely political attempt to bully critics of Republican candidates.
  11. Mason Jar from Canada writes: I was tried to prove Americans were violent by punching one. He punched me back, really really hard. See, I was right.
  12. ryan jensen from hamilton, Canada writes: How dare Americans take offence to our criticism of Sarah Palin. Don't they know we are the moral conscious of their country.

    Without Canada, America would be selling babies for body parts. Without Canada, America would be shooting gays and ethnic minorities.

    I am so glad I AM CANADIAN, moral superior of America, and all around nice people,

    JUST ASK THE LADY FROM BUFFALO WHO HAD HER FACE BASHED IN AT THE OTTAWA-BUFFALO PLAYOFF GAME.
  13. Don Portz from Trochu AB, Canada writes: Her remarks were totally uncalled for in my opinion. While I am not a fan of Mrs Palin, I certainly think she deserves dignity. You make critize her views but not attack her as she did. Remember she is vieing for the 2nd highest position in the USA.
  14. The Last Honest Conservative from Western, Canada writes:
    siren call from Canada wrote:
    But of course. We need only corporate media.
    Like what they have in the US. Then we can be as informed about the country and the world as Americans are.

    Good point Siren,
    Lets ship the Harperites to Iraq .......... to help the Bush Regime fight the Iraqis........... and steal their oil
  15. The Last Honest Conservative from Western, Canada writes: Don Portz from Trochu wrote:
    While I am not a fan of Mrs Palin, I certainly think she deserves dignity.

    why Don ?
    I come from a time when 'Dignity' was earned.

    It is hard the be dignified when Republican parrots like FOX News point to her 'titties'
  16. Ricky for a Centrist Canada from Canada writes:
    Mallick's column was very tongue-in-cheek.

    It was also bang on.
  17. Marvist Clank from Canada writes: I'm slightly right of Attila the Hun, never heard of Neocons, like the CBC and Mallick. I didn't read her column but having lived in the bible belt in the US and scene how they dress their teenagers there and keep the Avon army in business with 3 layers of armor ... what is there to say. Palin is hot in an 'air brushed' world ;)

    Jack Layton on the other hand is the Computer Professor stuck with an abacus. If I wanted to hear Bismarck talking through a medium I would have gone to the circus.
  18. Doubting Thomas from Canada writes: Truth hurts - something foreign to the McShame/Failin campaign
  19. Doubting Thomas from Canada writes: Not only a liar, but her husband is more like the 'First Dud' - I'm not crazy about liars, and the Banana Republican campaign, hijacked by the extremist fundamentalists freaks, is a pack of lies. Check out the history of the Keating five, Troopergate, Bridge to Nowhere (which most people wish she would take), coerced thug Levi, etc, etc, etc, etc. All they lack is the Trailer Park Boys.
  20. reality man from Canada writes: Anti-semitic remarks against somebody named, 'Heather Mallick'? Why would any of these nuts jump to the conclusion that she is Jewish that she is Jewish. Then again, remember that many of these nutcase Republicans are nutcase evangelical Christians. These evangelicals are big 'supporters' of Israel - not because they have any respect or affection for the Jewish state but because they think that it fulfills a prophecy in the Book of Revelations about the second coming of Jesus. Of course, all but 144,000 Jews end up dead in that Revelations scenario and the ones that don't die convert to Christianity. An interesting reason for 'supporting' the Jewish state - a second Holocaust and completely wiping out the Jewish faith. You know the old saying, 'with friends like these ...'.
  21. Vern Johnson from Prince George, Canada writes: Heather has the knack of the right phrase at thr right time. 'and a voice that could peel the plastic seal off your new microwave'. My own description is ' a voice like the sound of fingernails scraping down a chalk-board'. But more to the point, Mrs. Palin thinks and speaks very, very simplisticly, just like McCain does himself. Good and evil. Black and white. The death of nuance. Negotiate only while holding a big stick. Intelligent men and women have every right to be terrified of the prospects of Mrs. Palin determining anything of importance when she obviously has zero knowledge of history. I would like to congratulate Heather for having the courage to ridicule desperate and conniving republicans at a time in history when their policies are so transparently ridiculous and they can taste their coming defeat.
  22. Prairie Duststorm from Edmonton, Canada writes: Don Portz from Trochu AB, Canada writes: Her remarks were totally uncalled for in my opinion. While I am not a fan of Mrs Palin, I certainly think she deserves dignity. You make critize her views but not attack her as she did. Remember she is vieing for the 2nd highest position in the USA.

    i am not a fan of the republicans but

    I agree when you have the power of the pen if you choose to abuse that power with irrelevant and spiteful name calling instead of sharing information, enlightenment and opinions on a point of view you should not be shocked with a unpleasant and scary reaction. That power also comes with responsibility.
  23. suss man from Canada writes:

    Yet, oddly, they never get offended by what Ann Coulter says.
  24. Paula Koval from Vancouver, Canada writes: Ms. Mallick's description of the candidate for vice-president, a public figure because she is a politician, is not only correct, it is in no way disrespectful. she called it like she saw it and I agree with her.

    Looking for disrespect? Consider the closeness between Mr. Harper, our PM, and Mr. Bush, his trainer and handler. Or is that Mr. Cheney?

    Vern Johnson, reality man, Doubting Thomas, Marvist Clank, and all of you who see this issue as you do, I could not agree more.

    'Trailer Park Boys' is for real! Just look at the Palins.
  25. Michael Sharp from Wsanec BC, Canada writes:

    So.

    Hesather Mallick says this, ' ...the Republicans' vice-presidential nominee, appeals to “the white trash vote” with her “toned-down version of the porn actress look.”

    And then takes exception to someone callinhg her a pig, saying it justifies her argument.
    Is that nuts or what?
  26. William Hanlon from London, Canada writes: I love reading Heather Mallick's column and I thought her analysis of Palin and her constituency was bang-on. Ms. Mallick is clearly the victim of a Republican smear campaign, which I suppose in a weird way she should wear as a badge of honour. It's gratifying to read a Canadian writer who isn't afraid to get the boots out, especially in such politically troubling times.
  27. John Connor from Canada writes: One question: Since when did Americans give a flying fig about what the Canadian media has to say?
    Her comments {I never read the article} must have hit a nerve.
  28. Pamela Achurch from Peterborough, Canada writes: We need to look in the mirror as we blindly go to the polls once again with a Harper looking like a 'winner'.......Are we stupid or smug...the ideology is the same, the trappings are toned down for a Canadian market. Our comfort zone of tolerance, helping one another and nice guy image is heading for the sewers very fast.......As for the economy, read your history. It took the Liberals years to get Canada out the black debt hole constructed by the Progressive Conservatives. Sad days ahead for Canada....and we deserve it!!!
  29. John Connor from Canada writes: What are you smoking Pamela? Give Jack a call, I`ll wager he has some better stuff for you! The Liberals put us in the debt-sink-hole in the 70`s and 80`s dooming us to limitless interest expense so that any future government, no matter the stripe, had no wiggle room to benefit anyone.

    In case you didn`t know Pamela, surpluses are the result of overtaxation and underspending, not good governance, unless of course you are accustomed to life on the dole that is.
  30. Julie Wellington from Canada writes: Surely Americans respect the free press, and freedom of thought. Surely
  31. RJ Canuck from Toronto, Canada writes: Mallick thought she could throw stones and get away with no stones being thrown back at her. Like many of her columns in the past, Mallick just seethes with vicious anger, she got personal on Sarah Palin with all the 'white trash' accusations. Notice how the looney left can say just about anything about Palin and get away with it (see Sandra Bernhard's 'she'd be raped by blacks in NYC' comment).

    Notice how all the feminists attack a successful woman who balances work and motherhood, I guess being a Republican is a capital offense to these people.

    Again, all the hate and smears seem to be coming from the left these days, but they have such a smug sense of superiority over the 'fly-over' people of Middle America (who they dismiss as uneducated for not embracing their point of view). I can't see how anyone could defend Mallick's hateful ravings. I guess they're all haters themselves, look in the mirror people.
  32. Michel de Torquemada from Canada writes: All this goes to show is that despite the vocalizing of Canadians that they are mightier people, the fact is you are petty, vindictive and the lowest form of the human factor when you opt to defend someone calling another 'white trash' or 'toned down porn look'.
    People like Mallick, Coulter, Marsden have no place in journalism let alone the public eye.
  33. E. Coli from Canada writes: Well I guess Heather Mallick has found out that there are bounds of what she can say in the media before receiving a equal and opposite reaction.

    She has done her little bit to damage international relations with one of our neighbours and has lost her right to her soap box. Surely her employer can find someone else more qualified who knows how to report the news, not spin it.

    You are entltled to your opinions Ms. Mallick but you don't have the right to smear Canadians with your lack of civility.
  34. Anuradha Bose from ottawa, Canada writes: I don't often agree with Mallick but I defend her right to express her views. It only goes to show how low the right (religious or
    not) have fallen.
  35. Gerry Col from Sudbury, Canada writes: Anything I see that is written by a CBC columnist is so far left that I do not bother to read. and to think 1.1 billion of our tax dollars are being spent on this organization yearly lets sell it and put the 1.1 Billion $ into our health care.
  36. E MacM from Canada writes: I think the personal attacks are a bit childish but especially from reporters. If they want to attack palins ability to lead and to do her job that is one thing, and i'd probably a gree with it. I'm still waiting to see what happens with the investigation about her brother in law. that in it self should have people's heads spinning. She has enough against her without having to resort to childish name calling.
    As for van susten i'm truly disappointed i thought she was more of a professional than that. 'pig' ...........how childish.
  37. J G from Toronto, Canada writes: The right-wing has no problem spewing low blow insults at its opponents. When the insults are returned in kind, they become 'outraged'. Good for you Heather.
  38. steve teasell from sarnia, Canada writes: maybe canada could get a porn star for the election,the liberials could have used a pointer from the republicians
  39. Steve White from Canada writes: Heather Mallick '... but adds the messages have simply served to underscore her point about the bigotry and small-mindedness of many Republican supporters.'

    The ironic thing is that 'bigotry and small-mindedness' is a spot on discription of.... Heather Mallick
  40. Millie Vanilli from Toronto, Canada writes: Apparently the meaning of free speech to some Americans hinges on whether they agree with what you say.
    I was wondering what the term 'Wal-Mart' moms means.
    You hear that on the U.S. networks a lot...'Palin appeals to Wal-Mart moms.'
    Is that their polite way of saying white trash?
    Heather, stay strong. This will pass and American voters will be bombarded with the next big issue: 'How many bathrooms does John McCain have?'
  41. Henry Wysmulek from Winnipeg, writes: Why are taxpayers still being FORCED to keep the cbc on Canada's welfare roles? Let them go out and peddle this garbage in the free market and see how far there welfare cheques will get them then.

    This writer sounds like most frustrated left wing lunatic lesbian feminists, who have an absolute HATRED of any woman that succeeds in life without being a left wing lunatic lesbian feminist.

    Get these left wing welfare bums off Canada's welfare roles already!
  42. Donald Wilson from Canada writes: Writing such a negative article about someone that may possibly one day be the U S President is utterly foolish . As a Nation , we may have to work with Ms Pailin . We need the USA , as they need our goods and hydrocarbons . Canada does not ,and cannot exist in a vaccum . It was irresponsible of the news organization to allow Ms Mallick's article to see the light of day .

    Business suffered some years ago when that other foolish woman vented off about the USA under the Chrietien liberals . Each time some irresponsible Canadian shoots off negatively about the USA it reduces our business . About 50% of the US voters are Republican and they buy goods and services - we can't afford to Pi-- off 130 million or so of our largest customers .

    She is entitled to her opinion but don't drag down the rest of Canada with her .
  43. j wilson from vancouver, Canada writes:
    Grow some balls, Don Wilson.
  44. Frank Godfrey from Canada writes: McCain and Palin, Palin and McCain - is this really the best the Republicans can do after 8 years of GWB ? Maybe it just proves, after all, that the quest for power is all-consuming.
  45. Millie Vanilli from Toronto, Canada writes: I give up.
    The 2 posters who follow mine, Donald Wilson and Henry Wysmulek, talk about feminist lesbians and that we have to work with Palin if she becomes president so be nice.
    Wow. Goofs.
    Amazing. About as deep as a Trailer Park Boys excerpt, guys. Nice going.
    So why do we have to bring up lesbians when talking about strong women...Palin and Mallick? It's the classic cheapshot. In hockey terms it's a jab to the groin with a stick. They won't love you much on the ice for that and you certainly won't get much respect here.
    And Palin won't become president unless McCain dies, and, here's the big longshot, if she and McCain beat Obama and Biden.
    We don't have to work with her. We're a COUNTRY, we take our own stances and do what we see as right and just.
    Geeez.

  46. M. Mandelker from Mississauga, Canada writes: I am disappointed in Greta. I thought she was more professional.

    While I have not read the article, I must admit that Sarah Palin does not appear to be presidential material. Her lies have caught up with her and during two interviews (ABC and FOX) she never answered a direct question. I think the Republicans could have done better if they wanted a woman on the ticket. I do not know what John McCain was thinking, but to think that his woman can become president is very very scary.

    Palin can be a working Mom, but look what happen to her family while she is away working almost 24 hours a day - son running wild in Alaska until she finally shipped him off to Iraq and Bristol pregnant at 17. I think Sarah should have paid more attention to her family, having five children including a special needs child can be a real handful. She has a six month baby and that child should be with his mother right now. Sure the father helps, but there is nothing like a mother's love and attention.

    Too bad, it is the children who are suffering.
  47. Joeph Mac from Canada writes: If Heather Mallick wants to dish it out, then she should certainly be prepared to take it. She lowered the level of debate by using inflammatory language like 'white trash'. Why is she surprised that people are now responding in kind: commenting on her appearance, intelligence and upbringing? Not everyone in the world has to think, look and act like a 50something journalist from Toronto, a lesson that the CBC should keep in mind when it wonders why its audience is so tiny and demographically limited.
  48. Freedom Press from Mississauga, Canada writes: Those people who are responding to Ms. Mallick in kind had to step down in the gutter to do so and once you are down there, it is difficult to get back up. They are all the same.
  49. Steven Koning from Bloomfield, ON, Canada writes: Heather should show she can stand the heat by going back into the kitchen. What a useless twit.
  50. George Nason from Canada writes: Heather calls Palin names.
    People write Heather and call her names
    Heather is offended.
    Hypocrisy at it's very best. What a loser.
  51. Frank Godfrey from Canada writes: Joseph Mac, no, McCain lowered the bar by bringing in this caricature of the everyday working mom, aka hockey mom, Wal-Mart mom, moose hunter, ....... ad nauseum . Seeing his chance at the White House diminishing by the minute he pulled this cartoon out of his hat in desperation. Unable to compete in a three dimensional world he's opted for the two dimensional world of Sarah Palin. Masters of mud-slinging themselves, the Republicans are reacting like bullies do everywhere when the tables are turned on them.
  52. Someone using this line to make some dumb ass comment. from Toronto, Canada writes: Why is it that any time I read comments here I just want to drop a nuclear bomb over Alberta as their posts are always so offensive. Please o us a favour and leave the country and take Harper with you.
  53. thirtyeight * from Canada writes: Mallick nailed it.
  54. j wilson from vancouver, Canada writes:
    Fox 'news' chattering idiot Bill O'Reilly got his viewership so riled up against Heather Mallick a couple of years ago she was receiving piles of poorly-written death threats.

    So theyre at it again, and she's put herself out there as a target for them again, despite being bullied in a very serious way by them the past.

    Once, her column was funny but sadly accurate, and two, she's been through this before with this right wing circus newschannel, and she'll survive.

    He piece wasnt reporting: it was editorial. Why was it offensive? Because she spoke the truth about an offensive reality. The truth stings mightily.
  55. Joe Blow from Canada writes: Pamela - you are correct. Instead of wasting our time smugly criticizing American politicians, let's look at our own. With Harper potentially gaining a majority, we don't have to look far for pathetic candidates and apathetic, ill-informed voters. The truism, that people get the government they deserve is truly scary.
  56. Freddie Fender from Canada writes: There are people who express opinions based on knowledge and experience tempered with insightful analysis, then there are others who express their so called 'opinions' based on GKW. There is no question that Mallick's so called 'opinion' piece clearly falls into the latter category. If you want to write trash, then don't be surprised that it's thrown back at you. Mallick was obviously trolling for this sort of reaction....15 minutes of fame or whatever.
  57. scott thomas from Canada writes: Heather Mallick is a fantastic columnist, and when she left the Globe and Mail it was a real loss to the paper.
  58. Jeremiah Travistock from Toronto, Canada writes:

    Anti-American attitudes are being sown in Ontario classrooms, not by all but by too many, as well as radical liberalism. Ontarian parents do not have real choice ( charter schools ) as to wear their children can attend. Their children are captives in a totalitarian system, which is akin to an Islamic maddrass, shaping attitudes, providing influences, and instilling cultural values, teaching the latent curriculum, which may be totally contradictory to the values of the parent or the values of what's in our countries best interests. Choice, freedom, liberty, are found in most aspects of liberal democracies but only slightly in Ontario's education system.
  59. j wilson from vancouver, Canada writes:
    Freddie, again, she wrote the glaring truth, in language that only a woman could use about another woman.

    The trash was supplied by the very messy VP candidate, not the columnist.
  60. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    Heather Mallick appears to be mentally unstable (along with all the other 'writers' with their hysterics).

    She goes on a rage about Republicans and then says THEY are angry? Bizarro.

    Liberalism is a mental disorder.
  61. j wilson from vancouver, Canada writes:
    Jeremiah Travistock, you can change whatever you want with your vote. If you don't like the democracy, pack your wagon and go find one you like.
  62. scott thomas from Canada writes: And I just read her column on the cbc's website. 'Diatribe' is a very inappropriate word for it. The Globe should adjust the headline to say something like 'Analysis.'
  63. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    Frank Godfrey

    Get over yourself. Palin has been in elected office longer than Obama. She risked her political career by exposing corruption in her own party, something Obama has never done (I'm from Chicago, and the corruption and waste here by Obama's cronies is sickening).

    Palin is a happy person, unlike the angry, raving lunatics better known as Liberals.
  64. True North from Canada writes: So much for 'freedom of speech' in America, unless you are talking about the freedom to threaten others for their free speech.
  65. sam johnson from Canada writes: i always enjoyed heather's 'take' on things. unfortunately she made the mistake of telling americans the truth.
    they enjoy a very comfortable mythology and the iconography they populate it with must never be sullied. sarah palin is a new icon? who'd have 'thunk' it?
    there's a canadian branch plant of the great american myth.
    stand back! the 'anti-american' will be marching in. beware all who criticize the leaders of american 'twerpdom.'
    strangely, you can jump up and down on obama all day and you'll never hear from this bumptious bunch.
  66. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    True North

    Too funny. Obama's campaign has been militantly trying to stifle free speech, the latest being a bizaaro e-mail sent out to encourage supporters to overwhelm WGN radio because they were having David Freddoso on, who wrote 'The Case Against Barack Obama', a well documented book (which Gerard Baker of the London Times called a 'brilliantly cogent and measured book').
  67. George Nason from Canada writes: j wilson from vancouver, Canada writes: Jeremiah Travistock, you can change whatever you want with your vote. If you don't like the democracy, pack your wagon and go find one you like. ------------------------ J Wilson, Jeremiah has a valid point. There are many teachers that use their classrooms as left wing pulpits in the public system.
  68. Frank Godfrey from Canada writes: Mary Smith, thanks for letting us know that Palin is ' happy person '.
  69. Juan Gretzky from Toronto, Canada writes: Mary Smith,
    You don't happen to watch Fox news for your 'fair and balanced' reporting do you?
  70. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    WOW!

    My post about a professor assigning an essay that is specifically to be critical of Palin is deleted?
  71. Marc Twane from Canada writes: ...you gotta love al the 'noise' this article has created. It seems that Fox News was the only American newscast to take issue with Mallick. Why should I be surprised about that?? Fox News is the official mouthpiece for republicans and the GOP much like Canada's Fox News North...er....sorry Global News....is the mouthpiece for Canada's neo-cons and Conservatice party.
    Carry on Heather...
  72. Michael McCarthy from Toronto, writes: JD Would from Calgary.....grab a bible and a gun and head south....you will feel right at home.

    And why is everyone, especially the most vitriolic, afraid to use their own names...bunch of moral cowards as far as I am concerned.
  73. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    Juan Gretzky

    You don't happen to be a puppet of the tax-payer supported CBC, and its ridiculously biased mantra?
  74. Freddie Fender from Canada writes: j wilson from vancouver, Canada writes: 'Freddie, again, she wrote the glaring truth, in language that only a woman could use about another woman.'

    No, Mallick's article was not the so-called 'glaring truth,' it was simply a left-wing extremist smear, lacking any literary value.
  75. azif uno from Canada writes: Those who feel that Ms Mallick was out of line ought to have a listen to Rush Limbaugh, Michael Savage, Ann Coulter, Laura Ingram, Michelle Malkin, etc. In comparison Ms. Mallick showed admirable restraint.

    And for Ms Van Susteren: Ms Mallick may be a pig, but if so she's not the one trying to disguise herself with lipstick.
  76. azif uno from Canada writes: It must also be noted that Ms Palin's unsuitability for office does not rest in the elements of her life that Ms Mallick (and others) refer to by the label 'white trash'. Yes she has five children (one of whom is handicapped), yes she has a son who is reported to have engaged in petty vandalism, yes she has a pregnant teenage daughter. None of these should disqualify her from the vice presidency any more than a man in the same circumstances would be disqualified. What should give voters pause is where she stands on certain issues. Ms Palin is reported to be against the teaching of any but abstainence sex ed, she is reported to be against the use of contraceptives even within marriage, she is reported to be in favor of banning books from library shelves. Someone needs to ask he direct questions about where she stands on those issues and how they might effect decisions she might makes as president should anything happen to Mr McCain. She is on record as being against abortion even in cases of rape and incest, evidence shows that she signed off on the practice of charging rape victims for the rape kits that are essential to gathering evidence ot prosecute rapists, evidence shows that she cut funding to services for unwed mothers, and that she slashed funding for special olympics programs. Someone needs to question her reasons for these policy decisions. She has been shown to play fast and loose with the truth. Someone needs to call her on that directly. Of course no-one will raise these questions with Ms Palin as long as her handlers restrict her appearances to invitation only rallies, and interviews with republican pet pundits like Charles Gibson and Sean Hannity. Nor will these questions be answered as long as ANY question about her record and her tenuous relationship with the truth is shot down as unfair and sexist.
  77. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    Mark Twane

    Hilarious! Are you saying that Fox News is the only one that reported Mallick's column, a column about American politics and a candidate for VP? You've just given a classic example of the biased reporting at other 'news outlets'.
  78. Michael McCarthy from Toronto, writes: I do a lot of work in the States....and Mary Smith is the kind of raving nutbar suburban republican I see with the 'God Bless America' bumper stickers and 'creationism is a lie' banners. Mary, can you even define Liberalism. Have you read anything other than the field manual for a hunting rifle or National Review ? America is a great country...unfortunately it is becoming two nations. A relatively open and rational, predominately urban political centre, and an ideologically driven, ignorant, predominantly rural right wing. It will be really interesting to see what happens...Have a nice day Mary....maybe good ole god will smite us non believers to the north and solve all your 'liberal' problems for you...
  79. Alec Robertson from Riverdale, Canada writes: So much for the first amendment.
  80. Mrs Patrick Campbell from United States writes: Palin has all the earmarks of white trash. She was a terrible choice for VP. Malick is a journalist and in the West, freedom of the press is supreme. Disagree with her all you want but she has a right to an opinion and the right to broadcast it publicly.

    I wish more journalist called a spade a spade instead of walking the line between integrity and pleasing their corporate masters.
  81. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    azif

    Mallick is supported through the extortion of tax-payers by the CBC.
  82. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    Mrs. Patrick

    Liberalism is a mental disorder.
  83. Mike Quinlan from Gatineau QC, Canada writes: Seems even some pretty dumb people were able to read through the fancy words and conclude that Ms Pallin was being called a whore. Surprise, surprise that some people got riled up. Strange how some of the most conservative people I know are unfaillingly polite and courteous to others, while others who consider themselves more socially progressive are completely lacking in tact and respect for others.
  84. Mrs Patrick Campbell from United States writes: 'azif

    Mallick is supported through the extortion of tax-payers by the CBC. '

    I'd rather that than her be supported through General Electric or Robert Murdoch.
  85. Sandra Walker from Canada writes: Heather was shaken, well I sure was shaken on what she wrote. I was watching Greta and I sure did not feel proud to be a Canadian when one of us wrote something like that.
    Does she know Sarah personally that she can comment on her? I doubt it.
    Always thought us Canadians were better then this but guess there are some bad apples.
    I have watched the American media rip her apart and thought how terrible they were. Makes me like Sarah even more.
    I dont believe in comments that want to harm anyone as Heather is receiving, only adding to the badness of this.
  86. Mrs Patrick Campbell from United States writes: 'Mrs. Patrick

    Liberalism is a mental disorder.'

    No dear, it's not. It's the basis for the founding of the Republic.

    Religious extremism and hate are mental disorders.
  87. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    If more reporters actually reported the truth, Obama would NEVER be a candidate for President. Obama is an incompetent, do-nothing created by the corrupt Chicago Democratic Machine and the MEDIA.
  88. Mrs Patrick Campbell from United States writes: 'I have watched the American media rip her apart and thought how terrible they were. Makes me like Sarah even more.'

    Please, she's been given the kid gloves treatment. She's a joke and if the media had any backbone they'd rip that ticket apart.
  89. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    Mrs. Patrick

    Whatever 'Liberalism' was the basis for the founding of the Republic is loooooong gone.

    Liberals are hate-filled, psychotic lunatics.

    Enlighten yourself dear. Go read JFK's Inaugural Address. It would send today's Liberals over the cliff.
  90. Linda Dial from Calgary, Canada writes: And you know what Fox News? We are just lovin’ it! We are just lovin’ watching America being laid low by its own greedy pig leaders. Hey, who needs enemies when you can defeat yourselves? We are just lovin’ all your insults and vitriol, like knock yourselves out, po’boys! Heather Mallick got your goat, but good. And she welcomes you all coming up to Canada. She is waiting for you all. She has many, many ladies waiting for you Fox News guys. They will welcome you with garden shears. And when you crawl back to the Land of the Freaks and Home of the Bankrupt, David Jones is going sing the lead role in Fox News presents the Sopranos. C'mon Dave, don't be shy.
  91. Jim Thorne from Toronto, Canada writes: Right on Mallick! Everyone should be scared if Pallin is elected VP. The right way's violent, threathening response shows that trailer trash is alive and well, and proves her point. Someone states an opinion, and instead of debating it, you feel it appropriate to respond with violent threats, calling her a Jew or Muslin, showing you either don't know or maybe don't care what the truth is. Narrow mindedness is our greatest threat to progress, and both the American and Canadian elections are showing this continues to be an issue for our countries. Narrow mindedness is what leads to bigotry, fear and lies.
  92. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    Linda Dial

    Thank you for AGAIN proving Liberalism is a mental disorder.
  93. Mrs Patrick Campbell from United States writes: 'Mrs. Patrick

    Whatever 'Liberalism' was the basis for the founding of the Republic is loooooong gone.

    Liberals are hate-filled, psychotic lunatics.

    Enlighten yourself dear. Go read JFK's Inaugural Address. It would send today's Liberals over the cliff.'

    values of Liberalism:

    Freedom of the Press

    Free Speech

    Freedom of Religion

    Property Rights

    Civil Rights/Liberties

    Free markets

    Limited government -and checks on the power of the executive branch

    Yes, truly psychotic ideals.

    In Bizarro World.
  94. Mrs Patrick Campbell from United States writes: Insrtead of using FOX News/Hannity/Limbaugh talking points/insults Ms Mary Smith -why not counter with some examples of 'Conservative' values?

    And don't use 'family values'. It's tired.
  95. Bill G from Calgary, Canada writes: Appears Ms. Mallick deserves the vitriol she is receiving. She writes an opinion piece that is over the top and offensive to many and thinks she has impunity from a counter reaction?
  96. azif uno from Canada writes: Mary Smith from United States writes:

    azif

    Mallick is supported through the extortion of tax-payers by the CBC.

    And your point would be. . . ?

    You could address the points I raised, but I suspect you won't. Why? Because that would require a nuanced approach to substantive issues, and it appears that conservatives don't do nuance. Nor, apparently, can they tell the difference between substantive issues and the meaningless twaddle that masquerades as thoughtful discourse in todays's media. The real problem with Ms Malliks column is that she dealt with WHY Senator McCain chose Ms Palin (meaningless twaddle) when she should have addressed WHY Ms Palin is not the best choice for a position where she potentially could have to take up the reins of the presidency (substantive issue).
  97. garlick toast from Canada writes: Fox is running a new sit/com ' Trailer park goys'.
  98. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    Here's one example (of MANY) of the freaks of today's Liberals.

    http://www.zombietime.com/upyouralley_2008/
  99. Michael McCarthy from Toronto, writes: Mary....try to read this......http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/liberalism/

    you might find it helpful
  100. Joan Forsey from Toronto, Canada writes: Anyone as full of hatred as Heather Mallick must surely be suffering. Hatred and suffering go hand in hand, if not immediately, then ultimately. Heather Mallick is more to be pitied than blamed.
  101. Mary Smith from United States writes:

    azif

    Get over yourself. I don't need to substantiate anything to you (a Canadian, yet). I am EXTREMELY well-versed in the politics and accomplishments of all candidates. And 'nuance' is not something ANY person who does not live in a country can grasp about another country. I am privileged to enormous amounts of information and insight than you through various outlets not available to outsiders.
  102. Linda Dial from Calgary, Canada writes: You are certainly welcome, Mary Smith, and Welcome to the Globe and Mail Flameboards. When you get the guts to use your name on the posts, drop me a line on these free boards again. I would give you my phone number but wouldn't want you to bankrupt yourself having purchase stationery and a postage stamp.
  103. L.B. MURRAY from !! from Canada writes: -------------------------------------------

    True North from Canada writes: So much for 'freedom of speech' in America, unless you are talking about the freedom to threaten others for their free speech.
    Posted 21/09/08 at 10:29 AM EDT

    ______________________________________

    Exactly. Not to mention that those right-wing people are the ones shouting ''We're bringing democracy to Iraq'' and ''We're bringing democracy to Afghanistan''....

    Democracy starts with ''Freedom of Speech''.

    -
  104. j wilson from vancouver, Canada writes:
    Oh, Mary Smith from the Red State of Mind.

    You said 'And 'nuance' is not something ANY person who does not live in a country can grasp about another country.'

    Wow. There is nothing in any of your previous posts, on this blog or others, to support that you actually understand this principle.