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LAT columnist James Rainey hits CNN anchor Rick Sanchez for trying to tie Palin to the Alaska secessionist party, and then asking whether the party bears an ideological resemblance to those who carried out the Oklahoma City bombing.

The Daily Beast clearly plans a more, ah, passionate brand of media criticism than the one I practice. To wit, Jessi Klein's confession:

"I can't hold in the truth any longer. My feelings are too large to live just within the confines of my heart. I need everyone to know:

"I am passionately in love with David Gergen . . .

"All of a sudden my face felt hot. I was blushing. I was loving David Gergen.

"How do I love David Gergen? Let me count the ways.

"I love his low, quiet voice. That unmodulated buttery whisper that sounds like it's elbowing its way past a cough drop that's permanently lodged at the back of his throat. You know how Bed Bath & Beyond sells those white noise machines that help you sleep? And they usually make ocean noises? I want one that's just David Gergen gently muttering about the economy.

"I love the way Gergen makes me feel calm, even when he's making dire predictions about the future of our country. I love the way he knows everything and then formulates an opinion about everything that's always right. I love that his eyebrows only move when he gets mad, and I love that he almost never gets mad."

Could she possibly be pulling our collective leg?

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