In many ways, the Sarah Palin pick has reinvigorated our democracy. Never before have I witnessed so much attention being paid to seek truth and justice and engage in political discussion among so many different types of people. If only we had this type of discourse in 2000 when George W. Bush sold half the electorate on the idea that he was a cowboy, instead of who he really was - the son of a former President and perhaps the closest thing we have to royalty in this country.

Once again the GOP is using Sarah Palin to try and sell a false narrative to the American people. But this time, I hope we don’t buy it.

As shocking as it seems that 37 million people tuned in to watch Palin’s speech last week at the RNC, I see it similar to the concept of traffic bottlenecking after a car accident: it’s so painful to watch, but you still can’t turn away.

Interestingly - all these eyeballs on Palin may not indicate votes, but rather critiques. There was far more blogger coverage of the RNC than the DNC mainly due to fact that all the liberal bloggers got riled up about the Palin choice and decided to flip on their televisions to watch. Not with intentions to vote for her, of course, but rather to sit back, take some notes and tear the GOP apart.

If you take a glance at the RNC & DNC CSPAN Hubs orchestrated by the company I work for - New Media Strategies - there are twice the blogger links that went up during the RNC than the DNC. And if you look at the content of those links - it is criticism, not praise. The liberal bloggerati has become incredibly cohesive in it’s message to tear down this Republican ticket. Particularly, among female liberal bloggers who could have splintered into a million feminist pieces about the Palin pick, but instead found common ground - we can’t elect a woman who doesn’t represent women’s rights. Period. End of story.

While there is no shortage of commentary about this election as of late, here are some of my favorite posts from the past couple of days:

• Hockey Mom: Judy Blume remarks against Palin with the same passion with which she wrote her famous books - “What I don’t need is some sarcastic hockey mom who describes herself as a pit bull, who flaunts her pregnant teenager and her new special needs infant, a heartbeat away from the presidency.”

• Balance Not Perfection: Jill Miller Zimon shares a 2005 piece on balancing the demands of the real world with motherhood and while this piece isn’t directly about the Palin pick, it serves as a reflection on Palin’s status as a working mom: “When beliefs about how mothers should fulfill numerous roles clash with reality, we need to correct those beliefs. We must not settle for merely educating others — through our complaints — about the pain or impossibility of role integration. Rather than cater to the unattainable and destructive goal of perfection, we need to change it. Through our actions and our words, we must model a balanced and achievable image of motherhood.”

• Nerdette27 started her own vlogging revolution this past week on YouTube saying that Palin is just “not my gal” when it comes to valuing community organizers, and the high costs associated with raising children.

The collective effort within the liberal blogosphere has created enough of a firestorm to make Palin finally agree to a media interview with ABC at the end of this week. This is good news after the flippant response from Nicole Wallace of the McCain campaign, who suggested that the American people don’t care whether Palin can answer specific questions about foreign and domestic policy.

Well, excuuuuseeee me - but please don’t throw democracy out with the bathwater.

I’m a voter and I do care what politicians actually think. And hopefully, a live interview with Palin will allow voters to see her off stage, off the teleprompter and for who she really is - a woman who is all show and no substance.

Stay tuned.