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Sarah Palin is so irrelevant. She panders to people who rant about socialism, fascism, nazi – terms they can't even define.

Does Ms. Palin really think war is a secret and only "bad guys" die?

Sarah Palin did not bring this up in a speech, she did not hold a news conference, she made an entry on her FaceBook page. To accuse her of trying to use this for political gain is disingenuous at best.

Why is this woman still talking????

Eh... I am surprised to admit I largely agree with her here.

There's this little matter of free speech, and freedom of the press that she's not very comfortable with. As a result, it makes me very uncomfortable thinking of her in any office other than Mattel, Inc. corporate.

Palin 2012!! Finally somone who stands up to the press. At least we're certain to have a Rebulplican in the WH in 2012, whether its Sarah or someone else.

Thanks to our brave soldiers for what they do so we can be Free. Sad some many of you Dems despise them.

Apparently Sarah and I can agree 1 percent of the time. The family's wishes should have been followed.

Despite who's saying it, she's 100% right. Would any of you liberals, who mouth support for our troops but do little else to show it, want your dying loved one's picture published? The left has never and will never support our troops. Just stop pretending.

we don't need this freak show to help esplain any thing to any one

she needs to go away and not come back

Sarah Palin and that photo should not be released.

Does anybody listen do this woman? She is looking for anything to trigger irritation and anger from people. She is an agitator who hopes she will somehow benefit from the chaos. Very sad she is still around. She will always be a minority as her lack of education and information does not qualify her to talk on any issue.

Just imagine this was YOUR son, brother, or friend. Still want to see? Palin is correct. The wishes of the family should be respected. All these "airhead" comments reflect your lack of maturity!

This woman is...let's face it...not real bright. President Obama is 'EVIL"....Keith Olberman is "EVIL" ....AP....."EVIL". Coming up with a new and different adjective is just too much for her. It was wrong and in bad taste for the photo to be published but I sure as heck don't need to hear or read about her lecturing anyone on being despicable. What a joke she is.

The photo, though it causes anguish to the family, should be published. This is news, and it's not evil. The unjustified war is the evil here. We are not fighting a war in a vacuum, and it's been too sanitized as it is. Palin isn't worth the coverage she gets.

If it were up to me, it would be required that everyone see this photo. THIS is the war we fight – not the photos pre-approved by those in charge of military men and women smiling and standing around.

I can't believe I'm agreeing with this no-nothing airhead, but as the mother of a soldier, to air this against their wishes is cruel, insensitive and selfish. Heads should roll!! However, I still can't bear Palin.

Seems to me showing the photo reminds us that real people are dying, not just names and ranks. These photos show those of us back home what is happening to the men and women we are sending overseas. It is not "evil" to show these photos, it is the right thing to do.

I see a photo of a dying soldier as a tribute to that soldier. Should we just pretend he died peacefully fighting for our freedom? Freedom is expensive. It costs a lot of blood and guts. If you can't stomach that, you don't deserve freedom.

Stoking the fire is just as bad.

Palin needs to stop capitalizing on things like this.

nuff said.

What many of you miss is, this isn't about Palin...
I can not honestly believe that any of you would like to see a picture of your brother, son, sister daughter dying moments used for publicity without your consent.
The AP was way out of line and I would hope that no major news organization (CNN) would carry it.

Respectfully,
Active Duty Military Man

Sarah, you are such a hack. The only time in recent history that showing the truth about war was denied and hidden has been in the last few years. To the extent that we were not even supposed to see the flag draped coffins! War is evil and by NOT showing the vagaries of war is simply hiding what it really is. It is not some patriotic ideal. The most important photographs in history are the ones that show the truth: of war, life. Why is anyone even giving you print and air time??? You have done incredible damage to those working with the terminally ill, have spread lies and encouraged the fear mongering. Hell, much of the paranoia and hate filled speech of late began with your despicable statements during the campaign. Go away.

Sarah Palin is wrong again... it seems to me that she does not poses the critical thinking skills that would make a good president.

America has a long and bloody history of war. As such, photos of war, the dead and dying are a part of that history and have been since the civil war. I wish it were not so. But the truth is, when we make decisions as a nation to go to war, we must live with that decision. We must be reminded that these decisions should not be made lightly, and that we must only go to war when it is right and justified. I wish we didn't have to see these images, but they serve the public. They remind us that the fallen are the true heroes, and that these deaths should not be forgotten, but revered and remembered. These images, if shown, must be done so in a respectful manner that pays tribute to the fallen, and reminds all of us that freedom once won must kept .

Maybe the first time I have ever agreed with Palin. Yes, the press needs to make sure we all know the horrors of war, but to exploit the greiving family and to dishonor the sacrifice this young man made to protect YOU, is as disgraceful and disgustiong as it gets.

God Bless Sarah Palin

I may not agree with the publication of the dying Marine's photo, particularly over the objection of the family, however Mrs. Palin's opinion is purely a publicity opportunity. Evil? I can't agree. Palin, an opportunistic media hound? Without question.

My condolences to the family of the fallen warrior.

Go Away! Go Away! GO AWAY! Just let her go away!

Can't wait to get a copy of the Sarah Palin memoirs brochure!

Ignore this stupid woman, AP. (as if you wouldn't anyway). It's about time the media starts showing Americans what war is really all about: people dying and often horribly. As much as I feel for this family, it is not for them to say whether a news photograph is published.

I had not heard of this story. Is it crass of me to think that that is precisely why Palin said this? She has to know that thousands more people will search out this picture, now that she has brought it to light. She also knows that the Afgan war is a stone around Obama's neck. Could she be deviously encouraging people to look at the picture and further drive down Obama's support? Or is she genuinely angry about it? I wouldn't put anything past this person.

How selfish and arrogant AP.

Evil is slaughtering innocent wolves from a helicopter.

This was a horrible invasion of the rights of this Soldier and his family. His family pleaded not to release the photos. I have a son who has been in the Military for almost 20 years. This is not be how any Soldier should be remembered. Shame on those who thought differently. My heart goes out to his family. Take your camera and put it where the sun doesn't shine!

We NEED occasional pics like this to keep the war "front & center". Without them, our brave soldiers sacrifices seem like the numbers on the gas pumps edging higher. A short distraction, then business as usual.

She speaks of evil a lot, is she intimately aquainted with evil? I thought she was exercised a couple of years ago by her witch doctor pastor?

You know what I think is evil? Self proffessed religious people who claim that my God is okay with them praying for our President to die. My God is not okay with that, My God is a loving God who deplores hate and ignorance. My God also wants to stay out of politics and stay in the business of helping people who want to live a free and decent life.

Now, I am a private citizen, just like granny Palin and if I put my comments on my facebook page, in the middle of the night, is cnn going to pick up on it and make a headline? Why not? Is it because hate speech sells? I am beginning to think that is that the case. Get granny out of the limelight and we will all be better for it.

Comparing a picture of a dying Marine in battle to her opinion on a Harry Potter movie is in itself disrepectful! A Harry Potter movie? Give me a break!

That being said, Palin does need to accept that she is yesterday's news, and just go away.

Palin no doubt prefers the "good ol' days" of the Civil War, World War I, and World War II, when battlefield photos were staged for effect.

That's the last straw. I'm out, CNN! Giving this woman any press is a waste of airtime and bandwidth. If you need me, I'll be over at the NPR website.

Sarah Palin is such a moron who is irrelevant to politics. We need to see the reality of war and its consequences. Showing the pictures is the right thing to do.

Sara Palin is evil-–so I guess she is an authority.

Why does CNN keep reporting about this idiot. She is a private citizen. She resigned as Governor of Alaska, basically a quitter. She is uneducated. Can't properly construct a sentence and yet you keep her in the news. Who cares what she says or thinks. If she can even think. Stop giving her news coverage. No other news outlet covers her, so why should CNN?

So Facebook is her medium now..........
I am 100% sure that somebody else might be writing those stuffs as well as her coming book.

You socialist communists seem to think its your right to see our heroic soldiers die on the field. If you dont already know what its like, why dont you join the armed services and fight the war...instead of clawing to see (and complain) about it in the media. Thats what cowards do.

Why do we care what Palin thinks?

Everything is evil according to Palin. Why we even pay attention to this has-been is beyond me.

What Palin thinks (or doesn't) is of no consequence to anyone. Is CNN going to do articles on every person's opinion in this country? Palin is not a player in the political realm and her thoughts, opinions, statements, speaking venues, and movements should all be kept out of the news. She is a nobody and a quitter who will never play with the big boys because she buckles under pressure.

I also didn't like this photo being released to the public, but I could care less what Palin thinks.

what people get killed in wars

Please note, people, this is CNN telling us what is on her facebook blog. She has every right to say what she feels and post it for the world to see. It is your choice to read it or not.
I agree AP should have not posted the photo over the family's wishes and I'm sure there are plenty of opportunities to show the public all of the gore and bloodshed they desire to see (one of many reasons I do not watch television).

I respect freedom of speech, but the content of Mrs. Palin’s speech has always been extreme, not true, irrelevant, and contained many words that never parallel with her pretty face.

Whew!! If we could only package up all you socialist liberals ('progressives'! haha), and put you on a boat back to your own socialists/communist countries (Cuba, USSR, China), we'd be back to having a UNITED STATES that our patriotic founding fathers envisioned.

I simply enjoy reading how much Sarah gets the "progessive" types all fired up. LOL. Nothing quite reflects so well that the "lefties" are truly terrified by her ideas and values.

Please keep up the good work. The nonsensical blather and the vitriol you type is always a good read.

Some of you people on here are just wrong, Its like no matter what she says or what its about you find a way to attack Palin. And I'm not even a huge Sarah Palin fan. Grow up.

She is exactly right. What possible good does it do to have that picture shown?

People are dying overseas in wars. The press never shows the horror of war, as a result the people voting for for pro war parties never see what is actually happening. Folks make up their own fantasies of valor and honor bases on fictional movies and the Disney channel. Soldiers come back from war mentally traumatized and the general public doesn't understand how it happened, as it doesn't line up with the fantasy they have created.

If you decide to go to a "Public" war in another country, then the press has the right to show public pictures of you. By showing these picture the population will get a better idea of what is actually happening.

If you do not like war pictures being shown then don't vote for war political parties and don't sign up for organizations that are going to war.

When people die in battle or accidents or other events that happen in the public, out in the open, during things that are public like WARS, then all images are correct. Families are not allowed to censor the news if something happens in PUBLIC.

That is, our collective right to know how our soldiers are dying and to see this directly trumps family desires to keep this private. Our soldiers are invading distant lands to kill the people who live there and in turn, these people have a right to kill our soldiers any way they can, it being their own homes at stake here.

And we are paying for this. The family of the dead soldier was not paying for him to be on vacation. He was paid by the US public to go there and kill people. So we must see the results of our hiring him and his actions, there.

All wars should be fully covered in greatest detail. We should see every single possible death, IN FULL. This seems to be the only way to wake people up to the reality of what is going on.

Way to go Sarah! I love that she tells it like it is!

Now let the libs trash you in a feeble attempt to divert attention from their IDIOT in the White House.

Really,Palin doesn't support freedom of the press – shocking. I did notice that she has no problem exploiting soldiers deaths for her own benefit .

well, she is the expert on being selfish and exploits!

Did the family give the AP permission to use the photo? If AP used it without permission, then I actually agree with Palin (believe me, that's a first and probably last).

If the family gave permission, I have no problem with Americans seeing the real cost of this war. However, if reports are true that the family did not approve it, then it's unforgivable to do that to the family.

Whatever your politics and likes or dislikes about Sarah Palin, she is absolutely right. The AP aka the government controlled media must not go against the wishes of the fallen soldiers parents.

The people who laud the Associated Press for publishing this photo are the same people who censor images of 9/11 as being too "inflamatory". You can't have it both ways folks.

Sarah Palin's decision to post anything on a Facebook page is an evil thing to do. The media's decision to read and repeat anything Sarah Palin posts is also an evil thing to do.

No one embraces the idea of seeing a photo of one of our young men killed at war. Unfortunately, we lose young men and women to this war every day and we must not forget that. Ms. Palin supports the war and should understand the consequences. Every American needs to understand the consequences of fighting a war abroad that costs Americans money, resources and most importantly American lives. Ms. Palin should be more concerned with what this war represents and what we are fighting for than about a single photo of a single life lost. Does anyone remember why our patriotic men and women must lost their lives over there? The Taliban is re-building, Al Queda is re-building, our armed forces have weakend and we have a huge deficit. Let's not keep talking ourselves into why this was is a good idea or we will have another Vietnam on our hands. Stop defending poor policy and blindly following your own party lines and let's all start THINKING INDEPENDENTLY – where have I heard idea before?!

They should have granted the family that last wish for their son's photo not to be shone. PS I care what Sarah has to say and so do hundres of tousands of people otherwise the media wouldn't keep posting it, so if you don't want to read or hear it then close your eyes and ears everytime you see the word Palin, as for those of us that do Thank you CNN.

Will she ever go away !!!!!!!!!

Why is she in the news? She is NOT a politician. She quit. Remember?

Sarah Palin has never done anything or said anything important enough to make me want to read her "memoirs".

Who cares what she thinks. She is a troublemaker from the work go.

Is the image of his death more sacred than the life he had before he was shipped off to die?

For the first time ever, I have to agree with Ms. Palin.

While I agree that the AP's decision to publish such a photograph without consent of the family was wrong and terribly misguided, Ms.Palin's jump into the foreray is pointless and fairly hypocritcal. She never misses an opportunity to exploit her own family to further her own headlines. Her recent comments about her Down's child not being permitted the same level of care under ALL of the proposed healthcare reform bills (She didn'tread a single one!) completely reinforces the clear conculsion that she is uninformed, easily manipulated, and cares only about her own self-perservation.

Ms. Palin, you make a lack of sagacity look like a virture.

Hypocrite ! She spews lies about Obama then thinks she has a moral soapbox to stand on? Palin, go dig a hole and crawl in.

What's more evil, publishing the photo or exploiting the controversy for one's own political gain?

Will someone PLEASE tell the airhead from Alaska that NO ONE cares at all about the opinions that she has rattling around in her EMPTY head!

How is Palin any different? While I agree the AP is tasteless in this situation, Palin has no connection to this story and her making comments about it is the exact thing the AP was doing–using the photo and situation to gain media coverage. Hypocrisy knows no bounds.

Those evil-doers again.

Americans need to see what war really looks like. We are isolated from those images here in this country while the people in those countries where these wars are being fought see the ugly tragedy of lives lost every day. If we are going to send our young men and women overseas to fight these wars, then the American people have a right and responsibility to see the results of those actions. War is not a lovely picture of military uniforms and American flags waving. It is Americans coming home physically maimed or psycholoically damaged for life or in caskets – images that are hidden from the American public. We need to be sure we are willing to pay that price before sending these Americans off to fight wars around the world.

The press is absolutely right to have published the photo. Their job is to show the realities of war – not keep it sanitized so the rest of the world can forget that we're in a war. Personally I want to know what's happening to our soldiers abroad – the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The lying lier about death squads has no credibility whatsoever. Even if she is correct (because the family's wish was not to show the picture), she does not get any credit. Kind of a penalty for being a lier and a flamer that contributed to the division of this nation, in the same category as Bill O'Reilly and Sean Hannity. No credibility whatsoever. Nil, nada, zero, negative number.

Why is the media still covering this woman? She doesn't have the intelligence that God gave a doorknob.

This happened last week and Sara Palin comment today just show how bad she crave attention. Using anything to make news. Something that happen last week which is old news.

Who but CNN goes to Palin's facebook in order to keep her
in the headlines??
We are getting tired of your love affair with this hypocrit.

Yes, it's better to hide the faces of the fallen so we don't have to suffer the discomfort of the realities of war.
Yes, it is better to imagine all of our fallen soldiers dying peaceful deaths. It sure makes it easier to send them off to war, that way.
But, when we are face to face with the horror of war, the evil that Palin sees is not in the horrific battles between human beings and nations. No, the evil she sees is in the journalists' attempts to show reality to the public.
I guess we all see things however we really want to.

I thought her 15 minutes were up...

Wow, the first time I've ever agreed with Mrs. Palin on anything. The photo should not be released.

OK Palin, why do things or people or actions always be defined as evil. Why do you always use hate speech? Nobody wants to see a person dying. But it does put a human face on the the "war". Maybe it will make us think twice before we send our sisters and brothers into a battle. We better make sure there lives are worth it and NOT foer political gain. Ya know?

Where was the eminent ex-Governor when the war that led to this Marine's death was being sold to us with lies?

Despite what Ms. Palin says, she has mostly practiced situational ethics, the reason she is destined for the elite political realm of talk TV.

Family and dignity first, in this case. Jeff in Houston, I agree with you completely. If AP was asked by the family not to publish the pictures, then the issue of respect should have garnered top priority in their decision. Even we Obama supporters know how to respect soldiers and their families. Truly.

This is why I love Sarah. She calls a spade a spade.
What a courageous and patriotic woman.

You all need to listen to Don Henley's dirty laundry song. 'get the widow on the set, they love dirty laundry..." The press does what it thinks will sell newspapers, or the nightly news, how many times have you seen some perky little reporter stick a microphone in some weeping mother/father's face and ask, "so, how does it feel to watch your son/daughter die? It's all about business.

Sadly irrelevant and irrational. She makes me embarrassed to be an American.

She's right, but it's not her issue to own. It's our issue as a nation. She's trying to lay her claim on it now and later will likely attempt to put her political opponents on the other side of the issue. Even though Robert Gates did everything he could to stop it.

I thought Republicans were against government intervention in matters of corporate business? Why the sudden change?

The face of war is ugly and will always display loss.

The media's job is to report the truth, not to protect people from the truth. The truth is that American troops are being killed because of political decisions made by the Bush administration.

It is easy to support a war when you have no personal stake in it. Every American needs to see the faces of all our dead, needs to hear the cries of all our wounded, needs to see the loss apparent on the family members faces as the final rifle salute echoes The wounded and the dead belong to all of us. Their images belong to all of us. Without those brutal photographs on our televisions and monitors, it is all too easy to forget the absolute cost of letting our politicians involve us in wars.

Palin, once again, knows nothing of what she's speaking about. Rank her with Halliburton, Blackwater/Xe, and all the other contractors, just another profiteer using our troops for personal gain.

I am an Army Officer and Afghanistan veteran. I think Sarah Palin has a right to an opinion but frankly feel her opinion is ridiculous. Embedded reporters have a duty to show what's happening on the battlefield. The photo was of Marines diligently working to save the life of their brother Marine. This is the battlefield, not paparazzi. It’s the battlefield, not art. I feel sorry for the family loss. I lost a couple soldiers during my tour. Families don’t have the right to shield the world from their loss, no matter how great. My understanding was the AP complied and did not release the photo until the appropriate next of kin were notified. Its news – its reality. If Sarah Palin doesn’t like – I AM SURE – we will here more about it, but I say keep it coming. Americans need to suffer with the families and share their Pride and loss.

The man's FAMILY didn't want the photos released. The news agency decided that their selfish needs outweighed the family who lost a loved one. It really doesn't matter who spoke out – the news agency was at fault.

Sarah Palin posted a comment on HER Facebook. Y'all do the SAME on yours. Only YOURS isn't interesting enough hit the news - HERS is - so shut up, already, you morons! She's an American and she can say whatever she wants! And so, clearly, can all you morons who continually denigrate this woman on a public ticker - JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN! Yep - you're real "smart" people, alright (NOT).

I do not agree with most of what Sarah says but here I have to agree. What purpose did this serve that was so important (other than making money) that the family's wishes were overridden.

Won't you please stop reporting this woman's words? She is not representative of anyone or anything. Please stop trying to make her relavent. She is a product of the media. You, the media, can make her go away. Please, she is like a little germ that makes people sick every time they are exposed to her.

As a former soldier the AP should respect the parent's wishes at the least. The AP has no morals or sympathy for the fallen.

it's the cost of War, let me remind you that President Bush, a Republican authorized the War. But I suppose Bush & Cheney have no remorse for any of this, especially since they went to War for the Oil and in pursuit of their New World Order which CNN never ever talks about..

This is a true instance of the pot calling the kettle black. Shara P. is the biggest media hog there is. She would sell her own disabled child's story if the price is right. I do believe the media is using the solders on camera death as a way to get higher ratings, but for Shara to support the incident in no way should mean it is a popular or just stance, She should bring no more credibility to a cause then a paid advocate!

For once I agree with Sarah Palin. Some issues require more thought and respect.

I have never in the past year, since learning who Sarah Palin is, agreed with even one thing she has said or stood for. That said, I agree with this. If the family has stated that they wish not for the photo to be released, it should be a respected request.

And as much of a liberal as I am, I find all those who are using this space to denounce Ms. Palin appalling. It makes us look heartless, and I know we're not. We all know what war looks like; why do we need more pictures? Stop acting like it's our right to view something that the Lance Corporal's family requested be kept out of the media.

I think that the AP was absolutely despicable for not respecting the family's wishes, and I'm ashamed that some of my liberal brethren seem to think that this is the place to put others down.

She's right.

She's politically exploiting this Marine's death by showing her airhead indignation.

Stay in Alaska – no one in the lower 48 wants to hear your crap.

I wonder if any cognative thought passed through the photog's mind as she set up the shot, such as, "Should I go over there and offer assistance to that hero, or should i just try to set up my shot in hopes of gaining the quintescential war shot. Sorry about your luck bud"...click, click, click. I wonder further if she were the one laying almost blown in half, would she want someone to comfort her as she breathed her last in the dirt. Both she and AP are reprehensible in their treatment of this hero's last moments and she, in particular is a self indulging worthless hag. She owed this man and the rest of his unit for facing the enemy at their own peril so she could do her job.

Caribou Barbie's at it again, doing whatever it takes to get attention. Even FatBoy Limbaugh's going on today about what a great person she is. They both should be silenced.

It seems to me that people wanting to keep the images of the fallen soldiers from the American people are exactly those who want to ensure that we sustain this unwinable war. A family has every right to wish that a photo not be shown, but the press has a right to ensure that the American people see that this war is not just something that happens overseas, this is a war that costs us all.

Who cares what Mrs. Palin has to say.

She just like to babbles for nothing.......to keep herself in the media....

Denise

It is much more "Evil" to glorify war and guns as this woman does. Given her way, she would take away your free speech. That by the way, would be anything that disagreed with her.

"Prolife", she is not. The agenda is to control everyone and have them live by her twisted idea of what is right. Sounds like the Talaban or aL Queda agenda to me.

She is violent in her rethoric and thought process and she is pro money above the personal welfare of her fellow Americans, you betcha. Where is her positive, helpful approach to anything? She just complains. Pathetic.

Is there some reason why we should care what she says? I'm against publishing the photo, but I'm also against giving any credibility to Sarah Palin. Why does CNN report everything idiodic thing she says?

If the AP is willing to publish this image after the family directly requests they not do so, I believe my tax dollars should not be spent to protect their butts in the field, they should figure that out on their own, along with any "battlefield reporter" who wants to run the risk. Why should our brave men and women, who are quite busy trying to protect their fellow soldier and accomplish a mission, be distracted by a self serving media jerk. Just crazy, our country is out of control.

When is the media going to get smart enough to stop covering Palin?

I AGREE, THE PHOTOS SHOULD HAVE NOT BEEN SHOWN, , , BUT, , , Sarah Palin is far too HYPOCRITICAL with her lying "Death Panels" and false "paling around with terrorists" accusations to be a credible critic of AP.

Umm...Mrs Palin? No one cares what you think–crawl back in the sewer and stay put.

Sarah is right, the AP should be ashame for doing this. I hope Sarah runs for President; she's very smart and strong unlike liberal women that all they do is insult because they don't know how to express their views.

How utterly despicable and selfish!

How dare Sarah Palin take advantage of a dying soldier to get her airhead face back in the news! TALK ABOUT EVIL!!! This women cares nothing about our soldiers, they are just fodder for her SELFISH CAMPAIGN for wealth and power!
THE EVIL AIRHEAD HAS STUCK AGAIN!

If only a man had said AP was wrong to publish the picture against the wishes of the family, my god if only a black man had said it then I would really like the idea, but a woman, get a clue folks, all women are airheads, and they don't deserve a darn bit of our attention.

Women belong in the kitchen. Palin is a woman and I don't like to hear her speak. I really would rather women not speak at all, thank you very much.

But then again, I am a woman who doesn't like other women very much. Don't trust a darn one of them. Especially democratic or republican women.

For once, I agree with this woman. Shame on the AP and best wishes to this man's family.

Some of you people who call obama and his administration socialist ro communist or whatever and I am sure really dont have a true grasp of the meaning of either word must have some mental issues caused no doubt by the acid you must have dropped in your youths. Either that or youre mentally retarded. Take your pick.

Associated Press is a well known old anti American news service.
Always highlighting the terrorists ativities while blaming our soldiers.

She needs to shut up and quit thinking she is the President. She is always trying to out do the President. She is not the PRESIDENT!'
This is why I stop coming to CNN because they cover Sara Pallin like she is the President!

In a Sunday night post on her Facebook page, the former Alaska governor called the photo a "sacred image."

If the image is ''sacred" why the objection to it being captured and displayed for all to see?

This hypocrite will say anything and do anything to stay in the media spotlight. Come on, CNN, do the right thing and ignore her.

Showing the death of a US solider is something I would not appove of having shown, but everyone need to know the cost of war. The most heart wrenching thing I have ever seen is a mother laying the rest of her son who has not even begun to live a life. I still have my hometown paper where the mother of a soldier is crying because her heart is breaking because of a death. Sarah Palin in only trying to promote herself and not have an intelligent discussion of the issues. If she is looking for her real debate. Ask her to put her policy viewpoints down in writing in a real fourum. Put it in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Times... Pick one... and don't just try to play to your base plz... Present real solutions... NO TALKING POINTS PLZ ...

Pot. Kettle. Black.

'Nuff Said.

I AGREE, THE PHOTOS SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SHOWN, , , BUT, , , Sarah Palin is far too HYPOCRITICAL with her lying "Death Panels" and false "paling with terrorists" accusations to be a credible critic of AP.

The U.S. news is one of the most censored broadcasts as far a free democracies go. They don't hold back in other countries like we do.

If the war never started these deaths would have been averted. Wasn't it Palin's party that started the war? Go figure!!!!

This woman is so very dangerous to our way of life. She grabs every opportunity to rip the media apart - better wake up readers and viewers....this woman and others like her are eroding the foundation of our free speech bit by bit. If you are even the slightest bit worried about Obama's administration and congress 'taking over' corporate America, you should be 10x more worried about Sarah and her crusade to eradicate the fair dispersal of what is going on in the world...the real world.

Sarah, why do you hate the media so? Maybe you should be back into reporting again and do it right? Set an example? Oh wait....thats another job you left................

why does CNN continue to give this has been
quitter loon national coverage. leave her as the
footnote to failed politics that she is...

I don't always agree with her, but I do this time. Standing up for this dead soldier's family is simple human decency. The left loves using Palin to paint the entire Republican party. What I see is an awful lot of hatred directed towards this woman (not just her views) by people who only preach about tolerance when it comes to their own beliefs.

Even on a subject that most Americans should/would agree on, the AP releasing a photo without family permission – the far left on this site employ it as an opportunity for offensive comments directed at Sarah Palin.

Probably the same folks who place ideology above human character, values.

Of course, people on the far right act in the same boorish manner when it comes to liberals. I think they deserve each other!

As a military mom I deplore sensationalizing the anguish of war for whatever reasons. My heart bleeds for the families of our fallen heroes. The AP has no right to deepen the anguish of military families, and should be held accountable for poor journalistic judgment. That said, Palin has used the media to her advantage all to often, and cries unfair when it also serves her purpose. She lives a double standard. She remains an opportunist in every way.

Sarah Palin's anger stems from her misguided and sheltered view of the world. The grisly image shown evokes a sense of anger and sadness and reminds clueless American's that young men and women are dying in a country they couldn't even find on a map.

LOL, Sarah Palin is to a liberal what holy water is to Dracula. It's hilarious.

Yes Palin is right. Amazing that some don't get it and even some who do get it still try make this story about Palin because they are so small-minded.

Wow. I never thought I'd agree with Sarah Palin on anything.

None of your business Palin.

The reality is war is evil. I honestly believe that if I were the mother of this marine I would want the world to see this photo. War brings nothing but death and destruction. Stay the course? I don't think so. I think we are fighting a losing battle. Bring our young men and women home!

Nothing she hates more than a free press.

While I might agree with Sarah on this one, she's still a dingbat.

I can't stand Palin, but when she's right, she's right. The AP should have had some respect for the wishes of the family. I wouldn't go so far to call them "evil", but it was not the right thing to do.

War is ugly sarah! It's filled with hate; propaganda and lies that are meant to mislead; doing everything within your power to discredit the other; the willingness and utter immorality to do anything to win; it’s typically done in the name of God, but really meant for control, power, and money. Kind of like you and the lackeys that follow you.

Wow newver thought I'd agree with anything Caribou Barbie said....but in this case she's right. If the family said No then AP should have respected that! I'll go eat crow now.

As incredible as it seems, she's right on this one.

This from a ignorant quitter that used and selfishly put her children in danger for her Right Wing-nut photo opts every chance she got.

If a soldier dying is so "sacred", why do neo-cons want so many to die?

She needs to stop speaking in Right Wing Fundamentalist Terms, like Bush did with "Axis of Evil". Get a life and get out of ours Palin!

Is "evil" the only adjective Sarah Palin knows?

Dying soldiers have been photographed since we have had photography.

Check out Civil War photos of battlefields.

Grow up, folks! AND GET TO WORK! What are you doing not working on Labor Day?

How come we did'nt show the people jumping off the Twin Towers after it got hit, oh thats not acceptable, it's to graphic for Americans to Handle i forgot. But the libs want to showe a dying solider. We already know war is ugly and brutal.

Sarah, you quit. You gave up on the people who elected you. CNN, stop printing Sarah's facebook comments. The American people hate quitters and you my dear are one of the biggest. You don't have the guts, smarts or morals to be a public figure. Go away now before you're as much of a joke as Tanya Harding.

Showing the death of a US solider is something I would not appove of having shown, but everyone need to know the cost of war. The most heart wrenching thing I have ever seen is a mother laying the rest of her son who has not even begun to live a life. I still have my hometown paper where the mother of a soldier is crying because her heart is breaking because of a death. Sarah Palin in only trying to promote herself and not have an intelligent discussion of the issues. If she is looking for her real debate. Ask her to put her policy viewpoints down in writing in a real fourum. Put it in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Times... Pick one... and don't just try to play to your base plz... Present real solutions... NO TALKING POINTS PLZ

As much as it pains me, I must agree with Sarah Palin on the photo issue. I also think it was over the top when they put the video of Neda all over the news as she was dying. That is a moment in time that should be shared only between the person dying and their GOD.

On the other hand people need to realize that Sarah Palin could not have written that Facebook entry as it contained grammatically correct phrases forming complete sentences and we all know that Sarah Palin speaks in phrases so lighten up on the criticism of her as this was not her writing.

War is about killing people. America has been killing people, and suffering the killing of its own people, without interruption, for many years now. Let's face it: Images of dying and dead American soldiers are going to effect American viewers much more than images of dead and dying "foreigners," enemy or otherwise. I still vividly recall the news photo of a truckload of dead American soldiers, stacked like cord wood, from the Vietnam war. These are the kinds of images that turn Americans against war. That make them want to stop it. And that would, obviously, save American lives. And foreign lives too. Out of sight, out of mind. In sight, in mind.

How did she not find a way to tie Obama into this latest rant??? Boy, she's slipping.

For once I agree with Sarah Palin.

Palin's comments about AP's being heartless and selfish and doing an evil thing about publishing a photo of a dying soldier illustrates what a self-serving shallow thinker she is. She is trying to cover up the horrors of the war she unquestioningly supports.

She has over 100 paid speaking engagements coming up. Liberals, she isn't going away, in fact she is going to be more in your face now than she was (thanks to the extreme left focusing on her as Governor).

And whoever thinks it is o.k. to show a picture like this against the family's wishes, no matter what political point you are trying to justify, you need to shake yourself and think about others grief instead of your own agenda.

wasn't pictures of dead or dying soldiers shown on TV and in the newspapers during the Vietnam conflict??? What is evil is the idea that a war was started on false "information", that caused the lives of over 4,000 Americans and countless Iraqi's, so where was/is the uproar about that...Maybe seeing pictures of this sort will cause people to think real hard about even thinking about going to war in the first place.

I may be stoned by my fellow progressives, but on this point, Palin is absolutely on target. The wishes of the family trump EVERYTHING folks. Period. End of discussion.

And even though bile raises in my throat, I stand and bow to Ms. Palin on this one. Someone at AP needs to be horsewhipped, and i would hand Sarah the whip.

And how is this her concern? SHUT HER UP. She'll snap at anything to stay in the news.

and she studied journalism in college? crawl under a rock sarah

So many people SO OVER Sarah – yet you take the time to read her stories AND comment? Tell me who needs to get a life!

Isn't talking about the 'event' making it more public than it already is ?

Dear Sarah – if you would like to look at what evil looks like – try a mirror.

Yes, that heartless eveil media again – not quite the same as using the same incident for political gain in a paid speech, but you're right Sarah, they're evil.

The irony in this situation is that when young 'Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard' signed up for the military forces, he was in agreement to serve the country. Perhaps when his life was ending as a result of a fraudulent and needless war, we as a country should bare witness to the sorrow and grief of a family losing their son needlessly. He completed his service and we all learned what it was about. Godspeed to his family, and may Lance Corporal Joshua Bernard rest in peace. We thank him for his service.
JMajor

it's a fact of war that people die. If a reporter was traveling with these troops, and some were killed, why wouldn't they report about it.

It's just like the caskets coming home, covered with flags. The repukes think that if no one sees the caskets, no will know that our kids are being killed.

Maybe if we saw a new photo every day, people would actually remember what is going on over there......

Iraq is a needless war....Afghanistan is the forgotten war....

I was just wondering what "enforcer" means by the "real american" comment. Perhaps "think like me" and you are real. Aparrently only rightwingnuts are entitled to be "real americans".

In case you haven't figured it out...

Palin's commenting about this is EXPLOITING the death of an American hero too!

After all, it got her the headline didn't it.

Guess by your own words you're "evil" as well hey Palin...

If all of you want her to go away, quit visiting this web-site. They run a story about her everday. Many people posted a comment on face book but cnn puts her's out there!!

Let's see: AP's decision is "lamentable," "regrettable," "unfortunate," "misguided," "bone-headed," and many other adjectives too numerous to list. The family's wished must be respected.

The decision to run the photo is not, however, "evil." Only a demagogue like Palin and her ignorant supporters could twist this incident into some kind of condemnation of AP as a satanic force.

So, even when Palin is right, she's wrong. Now THAT is a talent!

No Sarah, you've got it backwards: starting this war was an evil thing to do. Supporting it didn't help much either.

Have you ever noticed how much liberals and Demoncrats rant, rave and spew hatred for people like Bush and Palin....but adamantly (and ignorantly) defend a manipulative and dangerous man like Obama who is spending this country into extinction, hiring czars who are avowed Communists, and taking over major US corporations? The hypocrisy is disgusting...!!!

Palin is a part of a bunch of misguided individuals who want to shield the American public from the realities of war. They only want to see the sanitized version, not the images that show people and soldiers dying. This is reality!

I agree it is not a pretty sight but the American public should see what goes on in their name especially in a war that was not necessary. Perhaps if more people realized that war is ugly and devestating to those who fight in them, we would not be so quick to approve military action.

I'm so tired of hearing from this wannbe. Who cares what Sarah thinks? Doesn't CNN have anything more important to report.

What has America come too? Democrat or Republican, Black, White, Hispanic, Asian, etc. I mean really? It is tragic to lose any Solider, Airman, Marine or Sailor. Put you politics aside and look at the real issue here, which isn't Sarah Palin or her comments, it's the publication of this Marine's death. Take a moment to think about all the thousands of our troops who are overseas working hard on this national holiday. They are way from their families, sweating in high heat and humidity, putting themselves in harms way and sadly dying. I know because I am one of them. I ask you again to look at this issue for what it really is about.

I agree with Palin on this

there was no secret to unvail, nothing blockbuster about this

just heartless doing something because they could

Egomaniac grabs every opportunity for headlines...my how she hates the media...snore

Sarah Palin why don't you "go fishing" nobody cares about your opinions.

If the family doesn't want the photo shown, it should not be shown. Common sense and common decency should prevail. It should take opportunistic grandstanding by a twit like Sarah Palin to call attention to the problem.

New name for the spotlight-grubbing Palin – Captain Obvious!

If Peace is so arrogant and heartless as well as cowardly to fight for the principals of his country, then he/she don't belong in the same country as a Sarah Palin or any true patrior.

So what the AP exploits him, then you do...

Who cares what she thinks...she is now a media puppet. If CNN was a "real" news company they wouldn't even print what she says anymore...leave it to the Enquirer.

It's just HI-larious how CNN continues to torment you libs with these never ending Sarah Palin quotes...It's so funny to see you all up in arms about every little thing she says on her facie page or tweeter...

I wonder if she thinks Jesus on the Cross has been exploited, and used in a heartless and selfish way??

As a Democrat I believe Ms. Palin is just using this for political gain. However I do agree, the AP should honor the families wishes.

Sarah go kill a moose. Order something from Taco Bell. Have one of your kids vaccum.
Whatever.
Just go away.
Please. Just go away.

She's right (and that creeps me out to say....)

Well I don't like her... but if it's true that the parents requested the photos not be used, then Palin is right about this one.

Please stop covering Sarah Palin's dying moments ... it's cruel to continue pushing this idiot on the rest of the country that could care less about her Facebook musings.

Sarah, we need to know what is going on over there. The reality of this photo hits home so hard that maybe we will all start paying attention. While I greive right along with the family of this soldier, I also think he is a hero and you should be focusing on that fact rather than condemning the media. War is ugly, and we all sit back in our comfortable living rooms watching reality television while people are dying. This reaction will cause more harm than good, focus on what we can learn from this photo rather than why it is bad – we all know why it is bad, someone died.

Palin and many of you are wrong. The image does not belong to the Bernard family, it belongs to us, we who sent this boy to his death, and it is our responsibility to look at that image and take responsibility for it and reconcile our guilt with it.

In a perfect world, I could never agree with Sara Palin about ANYTHING, but this is clearly not a perfect world. In this specific instance, while I do not agree with her invectives I agree that publication of the photos, against the wishes of the family showed poor judgment and VERY bad taste.

Does CNN have an obsession with covering Palin? There are so many posts here that want Palin to shut up, yet CNN keeps putting out articles on her, and people keep commenting on it.

Americans should see what happens in a WAR! PEOPLE DIE! Let's not white wash what happens!

Why are so many here opposed to seeing the realities of war?

Face it, this is the reality.

I agree with Palin. But this story is bigger than Palin. I sense a bit of media bias on this one.

Awww...she wants to wave her American flag, cheer on the troops, throw red meat to the mob-but she doesn't want Americans to see the consequences of sending young people off to war? Sure, let's keep war like a video game-that'll really help us make the right decisions for the people we shove in the way of live bullets.

Palin being elected President in 2012, or anytime really, would prove to me that there is no God.

I don't think it's horrible to display the photo – perhaps if more photos of the war were shown, we would be out of both needless wars by now.

Palins just looking for a little more airtime. Her opinion on any matter is moot to me. She's all drama and no substance.

Sarah, we DON'T care what your opinions and thoughts are. We are SO over you. Go away, far, far away. Go commit to another "Alaska Picnic/barbeque" in the wilds and be a no-show again. You are a NO-SHOW in american politics.

Please go away, or shut your mouth, you have nothing to say except what someone has told you to say. You could not pour water of boots with the instructions written on the bottom.
Go Away please.............

Funny how liberals would have you believe they support the minorities, including women. Then a woman has a chance to be a major political figure and they excoriate her at every turn. Oh, wait she's a conservative woman. Doesn't fit the mold of a woman worth accepting.

WELL, THAT IS MIGHTY HYPOCRITICAL OF YOU SARAH PALIN . . .
Why is it okay for you to stir "dangerous unchecked anger" against the President with lies that he is a terrorist (e.i. – "paling around with terrorist"), and now you sit up on your fake conservative ivory tower pretending to be distraught by the pictures? LIAR!

Palin posted this on her facebook page the news decided to make it public.
I think a lot of people need to read before commenting. Just like the news seems most people have no respect for any one these days. For those who said you didn't care what Palin said you read the artical and then made a comment so you must have cared a little.

In case you haven't figured it out, the point here is not Palin–it is the AP's despicable decision–despite the family's and Sec. Gates' objection–to publish this picture. Is nothing sacred–not even a soldier's dying moment?

Photos of a dying Neda were called 'Journalism'. Photos of a dying Marine are called 'evil'. Politicians will say *anything* for political points – this is the true evil.

How true......

Palin is another Chavez. If she had her way, she would shut down all the radio and television stations and block the internet unless they said and did exactly as she instructed them. She is a threat to freedom of the press.

More manufactured outrage from the fringe elements of what once was a great political party.

Ms. Palin, What does this story have to do with you? While this is a case of some in the news media crossing the line to get everything they want, you on the other hand make the news media by running your mouth and screaming at them when you are under scrutiny. If you can't stand the heat, just get out of the kitchen.

Well, I feel sympathy for the family and such, and perhaps the AP should not have released the photo. However, I don't think it was an "evil" act. Mrs. Palin needs to go on vacation and find her center. The reality of the whole of the Irag war and the War in Afganistain has been that we, as a people, and through are elected officials are so very ready to send young women and men to die, or suffer dearly, for what often are lies and coruption. Maybe if we spent the same amount of time debating the use of bombs, bullets, and blood as we do healthcare (about a 50 year debate by the way, since Truman) there wouldn't be so many pitcures of dead marines to be concerned about.

stop giving this woman attention!

if you have time and space to fill, focus on something that matters like world hunger or domestic violence.

It never ceases to amaze me how much hate is out there on the liberal side of the fence. Just because the statement comes from a rival, it's somehow instantaneously wrong.
Quite simply – the family specifically asked that the photo not be published. Yet the AP published it anyway. I DO consider that selfish and evil – at the very least, heartless and unprofessional. It really does demonstrate how the media has shirked its responsibilities for the sake of ratings.
And why has our Commander in Chief been silent about this? This was one of HIS soldiers who died for OUR country. Or did you forget that part?

You have to thank the new technology Sarah, I do not think you could have said/wrote anything if there wasn't "Facebook"!

While I have not seen the photo, I'm sure it was awful. If it were one of my loved ones, I would not want it published. But as awful as it sounds, the AP did it's job.
I'm a former reporter and editor. The news media's job it to report the news, no matter how ugly, horrible, etc. A photographer in a war zone took at picture. The AP was/is under no obligation to consult with the soldier's family. If everything that someone found objectionable was omitted from the news, we would have no news at all.

Intelligent people have already weighed in with the same opinion. So why does this moron have to spout off on it and, more importantly, why is it covered as a news event?

I do not think the AP meant it to be evil or heartless rather letting people see the tragedy of war. Especially a war of choice, and a war based on lies. This is easily a debatable topic. Plain is not way off base this time i have to say. But the converse point is that it puts a human face on all this insanity.

It is regrettable that the same ethnic group which has controlled the press for more than a century and has made billions of dollars from the making of movies about the so called "H', is seeking profit by exploiting images of a battlefield casualty who was killed primarily to defend this same ethnic groups place in the world.

How easy is it to be able to sit back on Facebook and throw pot shots and whatever you feel like and the have the fawning media print every word (even the religious buzz words like "evil")? SHe can pick and choose the tiniest of incidents to "make a stand" on principled issues (sic). This one incident plays right into the Shoot the Messenger / Liberal Media Bias mantra that has exemplifies today's right-wing.

I actually agree with Palin for once. Never thought I'd say that.

I do wish, though, that she'd quit using jumping on everything that involves the military as a way to draw attention to herself. I mean, isn't she also indirectly exploiting that photo to get us to all pay attention to her?

I disagree with Palin on a lot of things, but I completely agree with her about this event. Quite frankly, I'm surprised that there isn't some kind of legal provision that would prevent media from publishing these types of photos against the wishes of the family. The AP should be ashamed of itself. Death is not to be politicized-what a disgraceful thing to do.

As some on who lost a brother in the sensless and un-just Iraq war – these photos need to put out there folks. Even if it was my brother people need to be shown all sides of war. It gives a full balance of what happens when war happens. Its just not all flag waving. Families get hurt, and to not show the hurt just brushes my feelings, my families feelings under the carpet as "don't talk about what happend".

Again, Palin shut up go away..do somthing important like...finish a project or commitment...teach your kids about birth control..make a fish dinner or somthing. ENOUGH of you!

To say Sarah "The Blogger" Palin has a point, is a statement I never thought I would make. I still have reservations about the reasons she does or says anything though, as I truly believe she has a love affair with cameras and mics. I can't really start to miss her, if she won't do some "fancy pageant walking" into the sunset. Sarah, that would be, exit, stage West.

I think the real question has to be posed: If you were the solider who lost gave his life fighting for this country, would you want your sacrifice to lose its weight as a statistic or be recognized in the "thousand words" of a picture by your fellow Americans?

Palin is a goofball, but she is 100% correct on this one.

I don't care for Sarah Palin or her political stances.
But even I am at a loss to understand why we need to have all this "information" when it comes to other people's private lives.
There use to be a concept of "privacy" in this country. But with all this government interference and media hype, our freedoms and personal liberties are slipping away. It is NOT a matter of life and death that we have to know everything about everybody.
And CNN could find some other politicians to report on besides this Palin and her faceless Facebook page.

What? The "evil" word again! First it's "death panels" and now this... Tsk, tsk.... Besides, the same media that is "exploiting" this also sees fit to publish the continual drivel that escapes her mouth... No accounting for taste or relevance...

"How selfish and uncaring of us?" It is selfish and uncaring of us to NOT see these photos, to sit in our comfortable little bubble and pretend that the wars and violence only exist elsewhere when we turn on the news. It would be selfish and uncaring to barely pay attention to the fact that military personnel AND afghan civilians are dying every day. The family may understandably not want the photo released, but why would any of you be squeamish? Its not because it could be your son or daughter, its that you can't face reality, that war is occurring and you feel you are too busy with your extremely important lives to deal with anything that could depress you or make you feel anything other than peachy this morning. Its time for the United States to grow up.

I can't believe the nut jobs in here that don't believe what Palin said is true. You all need to get a life.!!!

She would know about exploiting family members ...

Dear CNN,

I agree that it is evil and unconscionable–and totally unnecessary–to release such a photo.

Your headline link seems worded in such a way as to disparage Palin. If that was your intent, you should know that the effect it had one me was different: It caused me to link you with the unconscionalbe actions of AP, and to think of synonyms you might find useful (if you don't care for the word "evil"). Consider words such as wicked, obscene and vile. Perhaps you would prefer those adjectives, which might somehow make Palin's characterization more palatable to whatever soul you have.

Regardless if the family wishes the photo aired or not, it is news, news not allowed out for over 8 years now. No one remembers the photos opf Nam on the news? What, all of a sudden we reverse a double standard by the conservative facists and we have to cry out foul? How else do you show the horrors of war to those imbeciles who wish to declare war at every misconceived word who refuse to learn there is no good side of war. Yes, people die, these are the facts of war, the only person who really has a say is the one who died, his last words were his death, I think that far outweighs anything his family desires or wishes, perhaps it is they who need to understand what it was they condoned when they supported him joining the military, perhaps it is time they finally wake up to their own sins and hatred!

No, the photos should not be released just like Palin was selfish and heartless in her attempt to hide her daughter's pregnancy by taking the child from the parents to protect her own public image.

I agree yet ,interesting that Sarah Palin sure never has or see's a problem with it when she exploits our military, another's family, turkey's or even her own children upon her own ignorant and careless whims!

This isn't news.. but it's Sarah Palin (who? oh yeah that world-renowned author and political expert) so CNN must report every time she scratches her butt.

I think it's interesting that Sarah Palin seems to have adopted the use a word that may begin to take on life of it's own......evil. The word has been used often enough before, and by many others – but she uses it consistently in relation to varying things that the general public vehemently disagrees with. This could become her trademark......"defeating evil"....around every corner. Don't underestimate her being a player in future elections.....the conservative/independent/libertarian backlash will be coming sooner than later.

Does this mean its also evil to broadcast images of dead Iraqi or Afghan people? Where is the uproar from palin and the right wing trolls when we are shown images of SW Asian people our forces have killed? Oh, thats right they are evil, so showing pictures of their mangled corpses is a good thing.

She reminds me of my x-wife ! Good god can't she just go away?

Does the human punchline realize that by getting involved, she is turning this into a bigger story than it ever was and is exploiting the situation herself? Upon further consideration, she probably doesn't.

I agree with MS Palin that the photo of the battlefield death of Marine Joshua Bernard is a sacred image but I think that it is an image that we Americans all need to see and to take into our hearts and minds. Without these sacred images most of us will never understand the cost of these wars. Life goes on for most Americans the way it always has. While a few, a very few, of us sacrifice everything. We Americans need to see the cost of war, the waste of young lives and the sorrow of families. My heart goes out to Lance Corporal Bernard's family but he is not just theirs anymore he belongs to all of us now.

To all you rabid Palin haters out there, watch out for you will reap what you sew.
Palin is more popular than your not soon enough ex POTUS Obama.
No POTUS has ever dropped so fast in the polls than this fake.
And why is it happening? Because we are a people who love freedom and we are awakening to the reality of a Marxist in the White House.
Palin2012..........

Even though I agree with her, she devalues anything she comments on.

Goes to show if you open your mouth up enough times you'll finally get something right.

All the Palin haters are really stinking up the place again with their witless remarks. She's 100% right about this issue. The AP made a huge mistake, nothing new there. The tragic thing about this is the family suffered even more. The other tragedy, this lame leader we have in the White House and that idiot press secretary of his have made no comment and did not chastise the AP. Guess they were too busy thinking of new ways to screw the country and reward their pals, like ACORN.

It is shame on AP

She would have released it gladly if she thought it would discredit the Obama administration. What an opportunist! Isn't it about time for the media to stop giving a voice to political dissenters like Palin, Beck, Limbaugh, Bachman, among others. Beware of false would-be leaders who encourage cult-like behavior. They stir up violence and hatred to further their own agendas and careers. I would think all Americans would want to respect their leaders even if they don't agree with them on all political issues.

CNN are the only ones who care about this woman anymore.

How sad to see all the hate out there. Of course Palin is right. Shame on those who's lives are so bleak that they spew such venom towards another human being.

the drama queen strikes yet another blow, well, for drama of course.... sarah, baby. you are so 20 minutes ago.......lol.....

It might be a stretch to call it evil, but it was the wrong thing to do.

I don't care if the AP thinks the world needs to see the photo. If the family says no, you can't use the picture of our loved one dying, then anyone with a moral compass would yield to the wishes of the family.

Well, Palin certainly should recognize exploitation of our troops since she seems to do it on a regular basis. When she asked the media to honor our troops by "quit makin' things up" she should have been talking to herself. What a hypocrite.

So it's o.k to support the war but then you object to the loss of innocent lives (American only) when it is shown in the media. Palin is a joke. This is a casualty of Bush and the Republicans policies that got us into this unjust war in the first place. Another mess President Obama has to fix... God bless this soldier but Americans that support this war (Palin and the Republicans) need to see what they fought so hard to defend. And instead of protesting at Tea Parties against taxes that haven't even gone up or against our BLACK President speaking to our children, they should have joined the Democrats over the last few years, protesting the loss of innocent lives (both American and Iraqis)! Shame on Palin for her faux outrage!

Something somehow sensible from Sarah Paulin. I hope she will take this time and educate herself on some very basic issue and get away from rhetorics.

Who is Sarah Palin?

Who cares?

CNN should follow the news instead of Palin's facebook page.

god Palin is a nit wit.

What! You didn't have any problem showing your "Shock and Awe" which killed thousands upon thousands of people. Keep sticking your head in the sand – it doesn't change the fact that War Kills people.

My heart does break for this family ... however, their son volunteered & gave his life – all of it as it turned out – to the US gov't. Don't Americans have a right/responsibility to see the result? All except those tragically impacted become very detached from the wars, and maybe a dose of reality will wake up public opinion. It's not just an abstract question, how long our soldiers fight, how many more. Does anyone know how the soldier himself would have felt about his sacrifice being seen?

Once Again It's CNN Giving Volume To The Nonsence & Noise That Is Sarah Palin. Her Premise Is Somewhat Correct Though, But I'm Certain It Wont Endear Her To The Associated Press.

Someone please tell Palin-No-Brains no one really cares what she considers evil or not evil, in fact less than 25% of Americans could care less if she could never talk again and could never call 'Anything' evil again, in my opinion the only thing evil is the 'anti-christ' Palin, after all Christ was a man, would it n ot m ake sense the anti-christ were a woman?

can we stop covering Palin for three months? We all need a break.
Thanks,

Sarah, the more you talk, the better the chances of reelecting Obama. Feel free to keep on going...

Did anyone tell her foxnews posted a link to the picture on their website?

Sarah Palin must really get under the skin of the folks at CNN. Hardly a day goes by without CNN writing a negative article about her. Get a life CNN, she is not even in office right now.

why is Palin always talking about evil?

Thank you Sarah for speaking for real Americans.

If it is against the families will then it is evil. Dirty nasty liberals will do anything for their worthless cause.

The media lost good journalism standards since the Clinton era

Can't believe I am saying this, but...

I agree with Sarah Palin..

ouch, that hurt.

But I'm sure Palin has no problem whatsoever with pictures of dead soldiers in history books, etc. showing the bloodshed of the Civil War, WWII, Vietnam, etc.! Maybe as Americans we need to see our soldiers wounded to realize the cost of war. That soldier in Afghanistan gave his life and he is being honored.

Palin makes me sick.

I used to actually care what private citizen Palin thought....before she abandoned her post and deserted the Alaskan people. Sorry Sarah, you can't have your cake and eat it to. You can't be a quitter and expect people to still take you seriously. Go fish.

Ok, Palin, you got your 15 secs of fame for today... now go back to your cave until tomorrow....

To think people who just despise Palin will think these photos are righteous tokens. Some people cant see the forest for the trees. This is some thing you would expect the enemy to post for gutteral consumption. Guess there could be propaganda terrorists on both sides. Then again when you have kissed the golden childs ring you can get a pass on desecrating the sanctity of ones dying moments. Its the Chicago way!!! Like in the ol song smugglers blues "the lure of easy money has a very strong appeal". 20 to 1 odds this dingleberry reporter gets a Peabody for it. Perfect match for the brain!

these stories always remind me of the famous quotation: "Dead men have indeed died in vain if live men refuse to look at them."

For the first time, I agree with Sarah Palin. Now if we could just lose the reality show perspectives, I would probably hear more of what she is trying to say

Photos of a dying Neda were called 'Journalism'. Photos of a dying Marine are called 'evil'. Politicians will say *anything* for political points – this is the true evil.

Who gives a rat's tail what this nitwit thinks or says????

Who cares what Sarah Palin thinks about this?

I don't always agree with her, but she's right this time. In this situation the desires of the parents should have been honored.

Well, well. Here's the POT calling the KETTLE black. At least now she is finaly talking about something she knows about: being heartless and selfish.....just ask McCain, her husband, Alaska....

I'm not a Palin fan, but she is right about this. No question.

War is almost as ugly as the thought of her being President.

Who are we that we would condone causign any family to have to watch their childs last breath away from home and all alone. If it were my sone or daughter, I would ache knowing that my arms should have been and wanting to have been able to hold my child as tightly as I could. What is wrong with us that we coud believe printing this image and doing this to a grieving family can in any way ever be justified? Some will decide based on who said it is evil. How selfish and truly uncaring and unfeeling we have become as a people and a nation to allow this to happen.

Again, Sarah Palin steps forward for rational thinking. This was just a plain bad decision on the part of the Associated Press. It wreaks of desperate exploitation of a young man's ultimate sacrifice for his country.

The administration's silence on this incident stands out.

First time I've agreed with her.

Yes, keep what happens over there a secret. Wouldn't want the liberals getting squeamish like in Nam. That's the American way.

What's more questionable is the media attention on this joke of an ex-governor. Everyone likes a freak, it seems.

For the first time you are right Palin.

I do feel concern for the family, but we need to see this. Maybe if the public would be allowed to see more of this, there would be enough outrage to end both wars.

If it were my family member, I would want it released, as I would not want any other family to go through what I was going through.

Takes evil to know evil-Go away. No one cares what you have to say!

AP has placed politics above all else.
This is a shinning example of some of the slime comming from the news media of today. Maybe it is time to look at the media in another light and require some responsibility from them.

Why does anyone, especially CNN, care what this serial quitter says? Stop giving her press, which is exactly what she craves.

If anyone knows about being heartless and selfish it is Palin.

Although I agree with you on this issue. However, you need to go away.

You know Palin and Phewlenty are running a race to see who can generate more hate in the news. If these two are examples of republican "leadership" the country will have nothing to worry about the republicans ever getting back in the whitehouse. All you have to do is look at the mess in Alaska and Minnesota...republicans made it...just like bush ruined the USA>

I agree that if the family did not want the photo be released it should not have been. However who gives a hoot as to what Palin has to say? You quit your office Mrs. Palin now just be quiet.

CNN is trolling a Facebook page to generate news about Sarah Palin? Did she also, like, totally hate the latest Harry Potter film too? We need to know, CNN, put your crack reports back on the Facebook/Twitter-Tweet trail and Woodward-Bernstein the facts for us.

Palin is absolutely right about this.

It is odd the press would show this in order to tell the "truth" and yet the press, including CNN, is totally incapable of telling the truth when it comes to the facts relevant to policy.

The press has betrayed the American people and we need people to get out there on YouTube and tear every single news show a new one, until they start showing the facts as truth instead of showing everyone's opinions as facts.

Come on AP, please respect the family's wishes. Don't release the photo.

As I said before – she is an airhead!