Palin's forgiveness

Sarah Palin's critics often call her vindictive. But one thing that Palin's defense of "Dr. Laura" Schlessinger, forced off radio for a rant about why white people can't use the N-word, suggests is that Palin doesn't hold every grudge.

Because, as a liberal blog notes, Schlessinger scalded Palin with a trademark judgmental pronouncement back in 2008:

I’m stunned — couldn’t the Republican Party find one competent female with adult children to run for Vice President with McCain? I realize his advisers probably didn’t want a “mature” woman, as the Democrats keep harping on his age. But really, what kind of role model is a woman whose fifth child was recently born with a serious issue, Down syndrome, and then goes back to the job of governor within days of the birth?

(Alternate theory: Palin isn't a regular listener.)