All of us here are familiar with the inside baseball with respects to her decision to resign as governor. The average joe in the street sees it a little differently. One day they see her as John McCain’s running mate. Then they see SP on reality shows, doing book tours, and winding up as a regular on FNC-—not to mention her daughter on Dancing with the Stars. They see the Palins cashing in on their celebrity status and they see losers like Levi Johnston trying to cash in on his connection with the family.
This morning according to rasmussenreports.com BHO thrashes SP 50% to 33%. The other GOP candidates are catching up, some ahead, others dead even or slightly behind.
Then educate them. You say you know all the reasons. Open your mouth and educate them. Educate your wife while you're at it.
I purposely bring up Palin's name in conversations I have with aquaintences just to guage their reaction. If they start to talk about something negative they've heard in the news, I tell them the other side of the story. Usually, the reaction is something like, "I didn't know that," or "I hadn't heard about that." At that juncture, I point out that you can't always rely on the media to tell the whole story, to which they readily agree. It's incumbant upon all Palin supporters to do this.