IN JUST A FEW WORDS – AT 6:02 P.M. ET:  I'm not comparing Sarah Palin to Lincoln, but I'm reminded of the comment of Edward Everett, the great orator, who'd spoken for two hours at the dedication of the Gettysburg military cemetery.  After then hearing Lincon's comments, now known as the Gettsyburg Address, Everett sent a note to Lincoln saying that the president had gotten closer to the spirit of the occasion in a few words than he, Everettt, had in two hours.

There's a great debate over whether a Muslim group with a controversial history should be permitted to build a mosque at Ground Zero in New York.  The debate has raged with speeches, columns, and petitions. 

But now Sarah Palin, in just a few words on her Facebook page, has come closer to the issue than all the debaters put together:

"Peace-seeking Muslims, pls understand, Ground Zero mosque is UNNECESSARY provocation; it stabs hearts. Pls reject it in interest of healing." 

No one has said it better.  At her best, this woman has a touch that no one else has.  The idea is to keep her at her best.

July 18, 2010