Someone knows how to get the blogosphere attention without even trying – Anne Kilkenny
http://my2bucks.wordpress.com/2008/09/02/a-letter-from-someone-who-has-known-sarah-palin-since-1992/

I found the above and some other links at:
http://fishwrap.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/more-on-sarah-palin/

One of the retrospective views I’ve heard, through the New Republic, is that McCain’s campaign is the most sarcastic in many years. Palin seemed to add onto this quite heavily in her nomination speech.