Palin Hacked
The two events dominating today's news cycle were John McCain's questionable interview and the revelation that Sarah Palin's Yahoo! email account was hacked (contrary to popular belief that no one with any shred of savvy uses Yahoo! mail). While screenshots of the governor's emails and family photos are all over the Internet, respectable media outlets have condemned the act. While it is true that the act was illegal and embarrassing and demands consequences, it is more than a little ironic that Karl Rove and others are so adamantly offended at the invasion of Palin's privacy. The Administration has unilaterally (and without warrant) spied on Americans for years. This is in no way to excuse the crime committed against Palin, but one can't help but feel more than a little hypocrisy in the reaction from the right.