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Palin has had nothing to do with this whole mess in NY...but if I were Sarah I’d take the Imams comments as a badge of honor...

Palin did have something to do with the debate. My take is that after she criticized Obama for lacking “cojones” to solve the illegal immigration issue, Obama was probably seething and when she quickly followed up with the post on the Ground Zero mosque, she provoked him to take a position which she probably knew would be the wrong position as per usual. By getting him to speak in support of the mosque, she probably added five points to the Republican 2010 margin. Am I wrong?

I think you are a bit off on your dates. Palin tweeted about the mosque on July 19th. Obama didn’t come out in support of it until August 13th, a month later. I don’t think there was a connection. And it didn’t really become a natl issue until after he said his piece. I don’t think she can take credit for any of this.

One thing she can take credit for is that at least she was willing to come out and take a stand on an issue of controversy. Where was Romney? Huckabee? Daniels(well, he was probably obsevring his truce), Thune, etc...? None of them said anything. Newt said something, he showed some guts as well. I think it’s admirable that someone comes out and says something rather than staying quiet. We need more leaders who won’t stay quiet. Especially on issues like Islamic terror.

Also, if she comments on anything the media plays it up to no end because they think the public at large considers her a punchline so if they can associate her with the GOP that will help the dems and Obama.

Nevermind that the recent stands she’s taken from the ground zero mosque to the AZ immigration law all have far larger public support than Obama’s positions.

But this imam is just another example of how muslims have a problem with women who don’t do what they tell them to do. He’s probably thinking “how dare this b say something against Islam. If we were back in Saudi she’d be covered in her chador and kept locked up at home where she belongs”

Interestingly, if you look at a number of polls taken on the ground zero mosque, women oppose it in stronger #s(and thus support the conservative/Republican position) than men do. This is noteworthy because on just about every issue men are usually much stronger supporters of the GOP than women. And on issues dealing with natl security/terro it’s especially strong. So I wonder why in this one case women are much more stongly opposed to the mosque than men are. I think it’s because they’re aware of the misogyny that is inherent in Islam and have a much greater appreciation for the threat it poses than men do. And, having strong women like Palin, or even Pam Geller speaking out against it also helps.