DISQUS

I don't blame Gov. Palin from wanting to distance herself from members of the media as their attitude towards her is like Matthew Delong's in the previous message. She will reach those who want to hear what she has to say and what she wants to do for the nation and Alaska.

Probably for reasons of privacy and rightly so, there is an issue here that is not at the top of the news. That is the issue of a man who is said to have abused his family (he reportedly turned his tasor on his own son). These allegations should not be taken lightly as they are the kinds of things that do occur in an abusive situations. Other things that occur are the victims of the abuse are expected to stay silent, and they are vilified and discounted if they come forward with abuse reports. Another thing that happens is that the abuser makes themselves into the victim. So in this case, the trooper in question who was abusing his family (the sister of Gov. Sarah Palin) is now being painted to look like a victim. He is activley promoting this image and others are unknowingly 'buying into ' it. I am sure this will come out. Sarah Palin is too law abiding to have done anything she is said to have done without a genuine reason...protecting her sister's family and her parents from threats from an abusive person who used his status as a trooper to wield control and now to gain sympathy. Many cases of abuse where there are threats against people are carried out, so extended family members of Sarah's sister were justifiably concerned about this abusive person and his threats against family members. We have to trust that Ms. Palin has valid reasons for coming forward and also when she is being discreet about it...we do have to trust her.