Anonymous strikes again! I love the internet sometimes.

Sent by Teresa | 5:05 PM ET | 09-17-2008

Go Anon! Right on!

Sent by Jody Sol | 5:14 PM ET | 09-17-2008

I'm voting Obama and I would never condone hacking anyone's email account. I hope the person who did it pays for it.

Sent by Todd | 5:28 PM ET | 09-17-2008

I hate to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but doesn't that seem like an awfully convenient excuse for her to delete all her email, including anything involving the investigation?

Sent by Eric George | 5:30 PM ET | 09-17-2008

That does it! Enough! She isn't smart enough to be VP. My teenager isn't that naive. Besides what posesses a public
person to have a yahoo account.

Sent by M.A. | 5:55 PM ET | 09-17-2008

Such childishness only plays more to the argument that more control is needed. Let's face it, this ain't the Matrix, and these 'Anonymous' fools are going to screw it up for the rest of us.

Sent by platonicform | 6:24 PM ET | 09-17-2008

As Palin often says, she's just like us. Not exactly a ringing endorsement for her qualifications, however. So, she was hacked. We've been hacked, searched, surveilled, wiretapped, and who knows what else by our government. Surely even Sarah Palin knows that nothing is confidential any longer. Or, is she out of the loop on that, also? And let's have no cries of outrage from the Republican campaign.

Sent by lynn in north carolina | 6:29 PM ET | 09-17-2008

This isn't the way to win a political campaign. It just makes Democrats and Obama look bad even if they had nothing to do with the hacking. The mud that will be slung will be against Obama. What then is the purpose? I don't get it.

Sent by Helene | 7:47 PM ET | 09-17-2008

Did the government take down wikileaks?

Sent by Gray | 10:24 PM ET | 09-17-2008

Given that we're all highly likely to see Bin Laden pulled out of the dungeons of Guantanamo sometime before the election (or on Jan 20th - just like Reagan with the 'freed' hostages in Iran) - I'd bet my moose-killin' gun that this is the typical Republican Scam, Karl Rove style...musta been the Dems, eh?

These Elephants are not only wearin' lipstick, they're greased up reeeel good y'all!

To be serious - who really knows.

Sent by Kevin Caldwell | 12:20 AM ET | 09-18-2008

1. Although it's most certainly not cool for someone to hack into another person's email account, it IS rather funny to see the tables turned on a government employee that quite likely believes in and supports the unconstitutional spying on American citizens that is still being conducted by the current administration.

2. When the GOP picked a vice-presidential candidate whose personal life and attitude strongly resembles a Jerry Springer episode, they should have anticipated things reaching such a shrill, trashy, and melodramatic state. Consider this most recent occurrence to be the chair thrown across the stage.

Sent by jonathon, pdx | 1:00 AM ET | 09-18-2008

If Gov. Palin is conducting state business on her personal email accounts, then her accounts should be subject to the Freedom of Information Act or other similar statutes, as it seems any public official's emails would be, especially if that official was the subject of an investigation into the possible misuse of their office, as Gov. Palin currently is. If she used her personal email account to send or receive messages related to Troopergate or any other government business, possibly to circumvent disclosure, the account is fair game. It also shows a lack of judgment that should be unacceptable in a Vice Presidential candidate. If John McCain does not know how to use email, and Sarah Palin does not know how NOT to use email, I suggest a crash course in "EMAIL ETIQUETTE FOR GOP DUMMIES" is called for, and FAST. Tina Fey, please come back to SNL next week...WE NEED YOU!

Sent by Lisa Hanna | 2:54 AM ET | 09-18-2008

I agree with many of the comments...

This Would be a good excuse for lost/deleted e-mails related to Troopergate investigation.

Yes, the Repubs will probably point fingers at the Dem's/Obama specifically.

Sarah, Dearie- get over it. It is Your Party who 'hacks, searches, wiretaps' the general public.

and Finally - She isn't smart enough to be V.P.- what would possess anyone to have a Yahoo account, anyway!?

Unfortunately, Obama will probably be blamed.

Sent by Donna | 6:06 AM ET | 09-18-2008

Yahoo account for official buiness? The RNC and The White House have seen the benefit of avoiding leaving a trail too.

Sent by charle wheelr | 7:11 AM ET | 09-18-2008

I am writing with growing concern regarding the upcoming election. I do not understand the interviews I am hearing. My gut feeling is that the election of a president has been reduced to a popularity contest no different than the election of class officers in high school.
Who cares about lipstick? Moose? Cute quips? What does that have to do with anything???? I like to weed a garden and spend time with my dogs.. if others can relate to that, does that make me a good vice presidential candidate?? I feel sick and disoriented when I hear people talking this way.
Sarah Palin is a tool to obscure the issues. They are training her on what to say and not say as fast as they can. She will be a puppet, no different than Bush has been for 8 years. So, if she had to step in to the position, who would be the real president? Chenney and his cohorts again??
What frightens me most is that energy is what I see to be the real issue and there is not enough conversation about it. McCain says nuclear energy is an important part of the solution to the energy problem. It is the oil industry that mines for uranium, so he continues the Bush legacy with the oil industry. This country already has dozens of nuclear waste sites that are extremely dangerous. Leaks and discharges have occurred and continue and cancer rates are notably higher around these facilities, particularly thyroid cancer and brain cancer. I'm talking about Hanford, Washington and the 177 underground tanks adjacent to the Columbia River, and the Oak Ridge Tennessee radioactive weapons plant, Flat Rocks Colorado, and Idaho Falls, and many more sites. We have enough problems with radioactive waste to keep us very busy and concerned for a long time. These places are not discussed when nuclear energy is mentioned, why??? In addition, we have no solution for dealing with the waste from the existing 104 nuclear power plants. If the Roman Empire had used nuclear energy 2,000 years ago, we would still be dealing with their radioactive waste today. That's if the human race still existed. Think of this; nuclear reactors produce cesium-137, strontium-90 and plutonium-239. if I die of a plutonium- 239 induced cancer and am cremated, my smoke and the plutonium leave the crematorium chimney to be inhaled by another human, thus the cancer cycle continues because it remains radioactive and poisonous for half a million years. How can we knowingly create such an environment for our children and future generations?
Barak Obama realizes the nuclear waste situation. He has mentioned it every time the issue has come up. This is a very important election. It cannot be a popularity contest. Please address the issues.

Mrs. J. Bradley (white, married and female)
Windsor, Ma

Sent by Janet Bradley | 7:37 AM ET | 09-18-2008

So much for objectivity - Ask yourself this. What would the response have been if this had happened to Joe Biden instead of Sarah Palin?? Conspiracy thories would be splattered across the news page here - was the McCain campaign involved, did W. know about it, oh, those sleazy Republicans, etc. etc. You can bet this story would still be at the top of NPR's main news page.

Sent by Brian Kerry | 9:48 AM ET | 09-18-2008

Helene, what makes you think the hackers are Obama supporters?

Sent by Gary Cooper | 10:10 AM ET | 09-18-2008

The fact of the matter in my opinion is that she is using a Yahoo email account to conduct government work. That seems very irresponsible.

Sent by Hogan | 10:51 AM ET | 09-18-2008

Oh my... After reading all of these comments I've never been so ashamed to have a Yahoo email account. There go my VP aspirations.. :-(

Sent by Dan | 1:34 PM ET | 09-18-2008

Agreed - using yahoo.com for goverment work? Why not a real email address via the government that's protected?

Anyway, I'm sure there are plenty of emails things showing Palin's character, whatever that may be. Remember - it was McCain's campaign that said "This election is not about issues, its about character".

Great! Then that clearly opens the door to asking about Palin's personal life - sure her "Character" is not just a result of politics, but her day to day life, right? If so - then her marriage after her pregnancy, and her daughter's pregnancy (without apparent plans to marry) are 100% to be explored - the McCain camp just invited us too.

Or do they not understand what it is that creates "character". Certainly that will be seen in the emails...and the more we learn about Palin's character, the more we see how absolutely ill-positioned she is to take over this country when McCain dies...he's practically mummified now.

Sent by Kevin Caldwell | 2:43 PM ET | 09-18-2008

Who did it?

Look no further than the people who most wanted to be able to destroy her emails, say "There was nothing in them increminating" and then announce the same day that they (her and her husband) will not be participating in the Alaska investigations. Would a "Democrat" be so helpful to them?

Sent by Bryon | 1:53 PM ET | 09-19-2008