All you have to do is go to www.snopes.com or turn on 'talk' radio (Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, etc.) and see how much Obama has been attacked with hate and lies as long as he has been campaigning. The personal attacks on any of the candidates is wrong, but the balance has been FAR, FAR greater against Obama and Clinton than Palin or McCain. Like I said, personal attacks are wrong, but the Republican attack machine was well set up years ago with talk radio and the hate machines that pump out chains of emails with lies about the Democrats, especially about Obama.