The PDS posse has become more sophisticated than they were a year ago. Back then, they just hurled invective at Palin, and made total asses of themselves. They were easy to spot by their unhinged behavior.
Some time since the Republican primary started up in earnest, they started posting repetitive anti-Palin talking points, ad infinitum, but eased up on the invective. They now sound more like paid political operatives, although I doubt that's true of most of them.
For what it's worth, I think a lot of the long-time anti-Palin crowd are just stuck in a rut of their own making, i.e., they've taken such a hardline stance about her, for so long, that it's impossible for them to back off of it now - even in the face of overwhelming reason and logic.
It comes down to simply being right for the sake of being right. Nothing more. In that wise, it has more to do with psychology than with the subject matter at hand. We may as well be arguing over sports. These battles can rage until we all drop dead from old age, and they still won't be resolved, because it's not the facts, or any sort of reason that matters - it's simply about defending ones point of view to the death, if need be.
I'm perfectly capable of shifting my viewpoint on any politician if they give me sufficient cause to do so, but Sarah Palin has not done that. On the contrary, she's reinforced everything my instincts first told me about her, from day one. I honestly do not feel that I'm reflexively defending her. She's given me actual reasons to support her, so it's not about arguing in her favor on a stimulus-response basis.
I'm getting long-winded here (again), so I'll end off by saying that I think most of us Palin supporters are arriving at the same conclusion at the same time, regarding these interminable internecine battles about her. We know that her announcement is imminent, and that the time for debate about her potentials and worthiness to hold the office of president, is over.
“These battles can rage until we all drop dead from old age, and they still won’t be resolved, because it’s not the facts, or any sort of reason that matters - it’s simply about defending ones point of view to the death, if need be.”
I’d said this on another thread but this reminds me of the pic of the guy sitting at the computer in the dark while his impatient wife stands behind him. The caption reads “I can’t go to bed now!!! Someone is wrong on the internet!!!”
Every time you/everyone sees a PDSer on a troll binge, think of that pic and have a good laugh at them because that’s exactly your point summed up in one perfect picture Windflier ... to perfection ;)