‘You belong on MSNBC. You’re no republican and should be ashamed of what you wrote. You’re a disgrace to this journal and the republican party. Everyone knows you are a democrat with a name Lopez. I don’t ever want to hear from you. Thousands of complaints about you have been expressed.”

That was one of many Sunday-morning e-mails. After a steady stream of supportive e-mails in response to my piece “Free Sarah Palin!“ on Friday — from readers who actually read the piece — at one point in the afternoon, the tone of my Palin e-mails changed. Suddenly, people wanted my head. My head, which, even if I put lipstick on, would still be a pig’s, I was told. Some of the e-mails were mindlessly vicious because people had come to me not after reading my piece, but after reading or hearing it quoted out of context — in an item on America Online, in an Associated Press story, on TV or radio. Some didn’t even know about my “Free Sarah” piece but wanted to blast the editor of National Review Online for running Kathleen Parker’s syndicated column saying Palin should go back to Alaska. Others had read erroneously or heard that National Review wanted Palin to resign. National Review and NRO, of course, have said no such thing. One syndicated column that we ran did.

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I wrote in “Free Sarah Palin!“ that the McCain campaign should stop trying to ruin their good thing — a vice-presidential candidate who was a breath of fresh air not only in the campaign but in American politics and culture — by over-preparing her and tossing her into hostile media interviews. I added that, given what we’ve seen of Palin in the last few weeks, Kathleen’s column wasn’t crazy — and because of that, I’ve gotten a lot of the same e-mails she’s been getting about how we’re jealous, sexually frustrated pigs who are bitchy because we couldn’t dream of having the same talent as Sarah Palin (usually misspelled Sara, but I digress). I’m glad people don’t bother reading my piece, because I wouldn’t have wanted Kathleen to have all the fun reading those e-mails all weekend. A sample from the Parker inbox:

Your article sounds more like a female on the rug. You don’t do yourself credit for the lousy journalism you displayed in your article. The article filled with so much BS, mud slinging, it came to a point it became unbearable to read any more drool from your part. So I must ask you, are you some pig that resembles Rosy O’Donnell, or do you hate real feminine, soft and powerful woman who has reversed years of corruption in Alaska, and fearful that she will do the same thing, but her problem that might shatter this dream is her poor performance in a few interviews?

Hopefully this is not typical of your journalist abilities, otherwise, you might be better off heading home and cooking some cookies.

And:

My, My, Kathleen, what a nice conservative facade you have!! Truly, your aren’t fooling anyone with your so called concern for the betterment of the Republican Party by asking Sarah Palin to get off the ticket. What you did was embarrass yourself and negate every positive article you ever wrote about Republicans. See, I think you are a fake — a wolf in sheep clothing. A pretend conservative. Someone who can’t be relied on in tough times and has zero loyalty. Someone who lies in wait to attack. In your dark heart, that opportunity couldn’t come too soon. So, please, spare us conservatives, who actually care about supporting our party through smooth & rough roads, with your disingenuous regrets.

Clearly, your article proved that you are not a supporter of women or loyal to the party, because you implied that Sarah Palin has to be perfect in every way to be counted as credible. And in your eyes, she doesn’t perform according to your standards. Finally, I don’t have the time nor do I want to waste my time with you by making comparisons of Sarah Palin to many of our past, ‘experienced & knowledgeable leaders’ that brought this country to crisis after crisis.  So, you might want to re-categorize yourself as, a “woman who won’t support another woman unless she believes what I believe” — LIBERAL. Having mass amounts of ‘information’ pale in comparison to the Godly character Sarah Palin has & how that character would bring her through any challenging situation. But I guess only a Christian conservative could see that.

And (asterisks are mine):

You talk too f***ing much.  Get out from behind you computer and get a real job. And stop help Senator Hairplugs, you f***ing dope.

And the refreshingly sympathetic:

Kathleen, Kathleen, Kathleen,

What were you thinking? Didn’t you realize you would lose half or more of your readers and fans by switching sides and going over to the dark side? To bad. . . .

Your “Face it:” stunt sort of reminds me of a dumb movie star like Alec Baldwin losing at least 1/2 his fans by coming out as a far left radical liberal. What was he thinking!!!

Good luck to you,

And:

You are very easy to figure as are many like you. The bad have always hated the good. No matter what issue. War, terrorism, politics, evil like Osama Bin and people like him, Mumoud from Iran and such. Evil has always hated the good!!!!!!!!!

Case closed

So now we’re just like Ahmadinejad?