Are you thoroughly disgusted with the liberal media? I am. I’ve had it with them; and although I had no intention of jumping into the political fray, count me in. Enough is enough.

In Jon Meacham’s Newsweek article, "The Palin Problem," published October 4, 2008 he said, "It seems only reasonable and patriotic to hold candidates for high office to high standards... It is, rather, about the pursuit of excellence no matter where you started out in life."

I’m not sure which politician he’s using as a benchmark, but it seems to me that Meacham wouldn’t recognize excellence if Palin field dressed it, grilled it, and served it to him on a platter. If Palin didn’t show up on Meacham’s chart of high standards, it’s because she set a new standard that blew it out the top.

You see, Sarah Palin doesn’t hold herself accountable to the standards of this world. She holds herself to God’s standard, and that is a standard this world knows nothing about. Her confidence is not in herself. It is in Him. And her boldness is not cockiness. It is holy boldness that comes from knowing who she is in Christ.

Meacham referred to Palin’s responses in her Katie Couric interview when Couric deliberately stalked her before moving in for the kill in a game of "gotcha." Now tell me that Sarah Palin, a card carrying member of the NRA, didn’t recognize Couric’s tactics.

Palin not only recognized the ploy for what it was, she refused to play the game. She then withdrew her forthright answers and stopped giving Couric the full disclosure that Couric desired.

When the interview was spoofed on Saturday Night Live, Palin was amused. I wonder if Katie Couric was equally amused.

Later, when interviewed by Sean Hannity and again by Carl Cameron, both from FOX News, Palin was open, honest, and at ease with them knowing that they weren’t out to get her.

Maybe one day the liberal media will stop trying to elevate themselves to a position of their own imagined superiority by playing the game of one-upmanship and start treating the ones they interview with respect.

I know. I know. I’m the eternal optimist, but at least where there is life there is hope.

Linda Winn, M.A.T., is an author, teacher, and speaker who encourages others to think from a biblical world view.