Andrew Tallman  I assume it is unnecessary to answer the
logically prior question of whether or not they hate Sarah
Palin. The level of vitriol flung at her over the past week and
a half by critics in every liberal outlet ranging from The New
York Times to Air America is particularly awe-inspiring given
that this is all the longer they’ve even known her name.
Ordinarily, such hatred takes years to cultivate. The force and
acceleration of their vehemence virtually demands
psychoanalysis. Since this sport is in vogue, I’ll give my
diagnostic skills a shot at the trophy.   Preface: There Is a
Pathology  The natural first reaction of a Palin-hater to this
column is to deny the hatred. They will say it’s her politics,
her religion, or possibly the whiff of scandal some have managed
to ladle upon her. But if they’re honest with themselves,
they’ll have to admit three simple facts.  First, the reasons
they give aren’t the reasons they hate. If they didn’t have
these, they’d manufacture others. There’s an old story a