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# Precisely Right: Douthat on Sarah Palin - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/precisely-right-douthat-on-sarah-palin/
- Published: 2008-09-03T05:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-18T17:41:16.000Z
- Description: I’ve been wondering what to say about this whole Sarah Palin hubub. Ross Douthat’s (humorous) take suffices: Judging by my email, a number of readers seem to be under the impression that what we’ve been witnessing in the media and […]
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Politics

I’ve been wondering what to say about this whole Sarah Palin hubub. [Ross Douthat’s (humorous) take suffices:](http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/archives/2008/09/a%5Ffurther%5Fnote%5Fon%5Fthe%5Fpalin%5Fco.php?ref=mereorthodoxy.com)

> Judging by my email, a number of readers seem to be under the impression that what we’ve been witnessing in the media and online over the past couple days is a very serious, nuanced and thoughtful exploration of Sarah Palin’s record in Alaska politics, a comparison of that record to the record of her Democratic opponents, and a sober discussion of whether she has sufficient experience to step in and run the country should John McCain, God forbid, die in office. If that’s what you seriously, *seriously* think has been going on lately, then you should probably look elsewhere for analysis of the media’s Palin coverage, because you and I are living on very different planets.