Sarah Palin as Culture-War Hand Grenade

I noted previously that Sarah Palin has altered the electoral dynamics of 2008, and perhaps the most intense reaction to the Alaska Governor has come from the radical feminist abortion-on-demand ayatollahs.

As Ross Douthat argues, Palin's nomination can be described as a hand-grenade in the cultures wars:

One thing at least is clear to me, that wasn't when I was watching Palin from afar, and thinking that she seemed like a politician worth keeping an eye on, is that she and her family are a culture-war hand grenade like nothing we've seen in a long time.

Yes, as I demonstrated in my entry, "Feminist Movement Attacks Sarah Palin Nomination."

Also, Andrea Tantaros shows how Palin's nomination has thrown the lefties over the edge:

Liberals like to pretend they are tolerant and accepting of those who are different but when it comes to anyone not ensconced in their progressive, elitist dogma they mock and attack their lifestyle to inspire hate. But because governor Palin is endearing, authentic–and with this latest revelation–easy to identify with, she invokes panic in the left. Why else would they assail a very popular, promising lady and her children?

Well, Sarah Palin's is the personal embodiment the gendered left's greatest fears, so the campaign of innuendo and smears will continue (see here, for example).

Image Credit: Obama-Palin 2x3 abortion choice matrix, courtesy of 4-Block World, "It's Not So Hypothetical Now, Is It?"