A quote from the same initially referenced Wikipedia article:

"The depiction of the anti-Fascist Pegler as himself a Fascist (or "pro-Nazi" or "anti-Semite," etc.) seems to have begun in the late 40s, when Pegler's column intensified its swipes at such leftist politicians as Henry Wallace and pro-Wallace journalists such as Ralph Ingersoll of New York's PM newspaper.[10] Pegler himself was famously an anti-Communist and Catholic. His wife, Julia Harpman Pegler, was a onetime New York Daily News crime reporter who came from a Jewish family in Tennessee.[11]"

The accusations that Pegler is a "fascist" are not just exaggerated but a false smear. Most Americans would gladly associate with the likes of Pegler (whose association with Palin is merely via a brief reference to something he wrote) than the likes of folks Obama has been close to (whose associations with his radical friends was - and continues to be - both personal and lasting.)

Sorry, point not well taken because there is no comparison. Good try, though.