Another ex-supporter of Palin heard from......... No wonder they have been hiding her from the press.


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Palin: Withdraw "for your country"
September 26, 2008 8:25 AM

Syndicated conservative columnist Kathleen Parker, who once described Sarah Palin's candidacy as a "bright light," now is calling on her to withdraw. She is the first prominent conservative to stake out that position--bringing to mind Bill Kristol's early pronouncement in 2005 that he was "disappointed, depressed and demoralized" over the Harriet Miers nomination.

In a column titled "The Palin Problem," Parker says Palin's recent "painful" interviews with Gibson, Hannity and Couric show she is "clearly out of her league" and that "we'd all be guffawing" if she were a man.

"No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I've been pulling for Palin, wishing her the best, hoping she will perform brilliantly," Parker writes. "I've also noticed that I watch her interviews with the held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over the mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted."

Palin, she writes, filibusters and fills the space with deadwood. "Cut the verbiage and there's not much content there," Parker concludes. And then she provides an example--an exchange with Sean Hannity.

Bottom line:

"Only Palin can save McCain, her party and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first," Parker writes.

"Do it for your country."