I don't think her response (if you read the whole thing in context) sounded thin skinned. It just sounded honest. She said "with all due respect" and that she really likes the Bushes. I think one of the problems too many conservatives have is they always bend over and grab the ankles when being unfairly criticized. Well she doesn't do that and God bless her for that!
The problem is that Palin’s remark won’t be reported in context and it’s getting to be time that Palin understands that.
When she says a sentence with “Blue Bloods” in it, she ought to know that all that is going to make it into the soundbites, headlines, radio teasers is the two words “Blue Bloods.” And all those two words convey is a play into class warfare.
Palin simply needed to explain why she feels she can contribute to national politics. That is all.