[Gen. Burkhalter]

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.

[definitelynotaliberal]

All of us here are familiar with the inside baseball with respects to her decision to resign as governor.
You have more confidence in our co-nationals than I do and your demeanor towards them is more tolerant than mine. I'm unimpacted by what the average Joe in the street sees and how his view is different than mine. The average Joe in the street voted for a Biden ticket. Need I say more? The average Joe in the street believes John Kerry to be a war hero and an accomplished American. Color me unimpressed. If the occasion calls for a recitation of the facts, recite them I will because I know them. So, if it's posed to me to answer how she's going to handle it on a national level if she couldn't handle all of the flak she was getting in Alaska, I will have my ready response. It's going to be no challenge to me at all to rebut, refute and refudiate.

[Jess79]

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.

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.