Do you live in pro-America?

In an attempt to further drive a wedge between and divide the American people, Sarah Palin unleashed her latest diatribe on the campaign trail today.

Palin also made a point of mentioning that she loved to visit the "pro-America" areas of the country, of which North Carolina is one. No word on which states she views as unpatriotic.

I'd like to challenge Senator Palin to tell us where the anti-American parts of our nation are. My guess, though, is that Palin is generalizing, marginalizing and denigrating highly populous urban areas that tend to vote overwhelmingly Democratic.

Senator Joe Biden didn't take too kindly to Governor Pain's words and issued his own response.

But forget about what we liberal blogger types say about Sarah Palin. As the story goes, we're supposed to hate her and write terrible things about her. So don't take our word for it. Take Peggy Noonan's (she worked for Saint Ronnie the Hallowed as a speechwriter).

She is not as thoughtful or persuasive as Joe the Plumber, who in an extended cable interview Thursday made a better case for the Republican ticket than the Republican ticket has made. In the past two weeks she has spent her time throwing out tinny lines to crowds she doesn't, really, understand. This is not a leader, this is a follower, and she follows what she imagines is the base, which is in fact a vast and broken-hearted thing whose pain she cannot, actually, imagine.

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In the end the Palin candidacy is a symptom and expression of a new vulgarization in American politics. It's no good, not for conservatism and not for the country. And yes, it is a mark against John McCain, against his judgment and idealism.

Well said, Peggy. Well said, indeed. Questioning the patriotism of good and decent Americans who have a different opinion than you is a vulgarization of political discourse.