Sarah Palin's Venomous Muse: Westbrook Pegler

Pegler never-ever-"praised Harry Truman". And the feeling was mutual: Truman referred to Pegler as a "guttersnipe".

Moreover, this worshipper of small town virtues- Pegler- was from Chicago . Shows just how gullible Palin's toadies really are.

Even disregarding its source, it's a deeply bigoted comment meant to be dismissive of areas where her own ideology is less popular, casting them as somehow less moral.

Not very accurate.

Westbrook Pegler was not an Anti-Semite. He was married to a Jewish woman by the name of Julia Harpman - see Wikipedia). If he hated Jews, he probably wouldn't have married one.

Westbrook Pegler was known to attack corrupt labor leaders (he attacked all sorts of labor leaders - it didn't matter what their religion was). Some of them happened to be Jewish.

The Jewish leaders who were attacked retaliated by accusing Westbrook of Anti-Semitism.

-Obama fan

this campaign is like a scary movie.

Sarah Palin is so far outside the mainstream that it's terrifying. She will never be accepted because her views are too extreme.

So glad to be informed by those who investigate in full what is beyond the reach of most Americans. Appalled to learn that Palin's quote came from the likes of Westbrook Pegler. Her judgement and the judgement of the Republican party is seriously in question when this is who they site as someone they identify with. I'm amazed and horrified.

"Hatred" is too strong, but there's certainly deep suspicion and here's why: They're the same people who, in the name of gov't, have spied on us without warrants, suspended the rights of citizens to protest unlawful imprisonment, unlawfully tortured people without redress, placed liability immunity for giant telecoms ahead of national security, advocated for gov't intrusion in doctor's offices, bedrooms, etc. They only seem to be for "limited" gov't when it comes to regulating the profit motive.