In their universe, Team Sarah members have the right to be gloomy. They lost an election, big time, and their girl has been skewered in the press. Even many in her own party have stated that Palin represents what ails them. Conservative columnist Kathleen Parker wrote in the Washington Post that Palin stood for the "right wing, Evangelical oogedy-boogedy branch of the GOP," which, she said, is in the process of killing the party. (This spawned huge debate in conservative intellectual circles, and now there's even a new blog for the secular Republican.)

TeamSarah.org won't hear of this kind of conservatism. Its members think it's a big plot by the media and the powerful to take Sarah down.

Here's Ronald, a Team Sarah member, in the chat room on a recent night: "Most people (like the media) who try to make others believe that Sara is dumb and stupid or inexperienced actually fear her because of her faith and goodness."

TeamSarah.org was founded to advance Palin's vice-presidential candidacy. Now the group sees her as their presidential candidate for 2012. The group boasts it has more than 60,000 members. At any given time, you'll see as many as 60 people in the chat room, where you'll find an endless stream of ranting about President-elect Obama. Is he a Muslim? (Probably.) Is he Socialist? (Definitely.) Another Hitler or the anti-Christ? (If not, he certainly carries the stench of evil). Sometimes, the conversation will veer to Sarah Palin and what she has done. Here's Ashley posting a "random fact" about Palin while the rest of the group discusses Obama's birth certificate:

"When she took office as Governor, she had a $68,000 salary (paid by the people) she cut 10% of her own salary, in order to create a sales tax, which increased the states revenue by a large percent, the people did not have to pay any more or any less, because she cut her salary 10%. Smart Idea, and shows that she isn't power hungry or money hungry, but just looking out for the state of Alaska and its people."

(If any of this were true, it would be while Palin was the mayor of Wasilla. But none of it is true: under her tenor, the city's long-term debt actually grew from about $1 million to $25 million, most of which was the result of a $15 million sports complex that voters had approved. She did cut personal property taxes and was in favor of reducing her own salary to save the city a few bucks. According to the City of Wasilla, her initial salary was $64,200 a year. The city council lowered her pay to $61,200, yet she didn't put up a fight when it was increased to $68,000 two years later. Again, the council voted for another $2,000 cut, and a year later, again it raised Palin's salary to $68,000)

But nobody seems to care much about Palin's record on TeamSarah.org, or really anything substantive about Palin at all. The conversation stutters and stumbles as members discuss how good she makes them feel. What Team Sarah members really want to talk about is Obama:

Susie Chilberg: Palin is incredible, isn't she. Today as I was getting ready for church there was a rerun of the Beltway Boys......both said she has incredible star power and what a good thing that is for GOP

BJ:We just have to watch and be careful of 666 right?

James:I'm just really worried that Obama is indeed the anti-Christ. The Revelations is too similar to Obama's success. I hope I am wrong but it is hard not to believe

Later, in the same chat, James asks the group if anybody has bought the new Obama coins.

SavantNoir: yes James, and i melted it down to see the look of agnoy on his face, made it a BB

pellet and shot it into a pile of shit.

This was unusual for SavantNoir. His role in the chat rooms seems to be to calm people, to tell them they can't believe everything they see on YouTube or Fox News. Last Friday, he was trying to show a woman named Deb'rah that a quote she had taken from one of Obama's books did not prove that he was a Muslim. Besides, he said, "This is a country where ALL peoples, of ALL faith......have equal rights to pursue truth, liberty, and happiness."

Her response: