David Corn to Todd Palin: "Please don't hit me"

Lefty drive-by David Corn was expecting the worst when John Coale informed him at a pre-WHCD soiree Saturday that Todd Palin wanted to meet him.

The Washington Post reported that Corn said:

"I was worried he was going to punch me in the face."

According to Mother Jones, of which Corn is Washington bureau chief:

"Please don't hit me," Corn joked as he shook hands with the champion snowmobiler and all around bad-ass-looking guy.

But there was no need for Corn's guilt trip. Alaska's First Gentleman demonstrated that he is indeed a gentleman, one who out-classes the liberati scribe who had dissed Todd's wife, the governor, in print:

Palin laughed, and, steering clear of politics, they went on to have a pleasant discussion about having 8-year-old daughters and about commercial fishing.

No word yet on whether a relieved Corn had to excuse himself for a wardrobe adjustment.

- JP