If we actually discuss any of these links, we should ping the person in, but I hope we don't have to do that. They are not all perfect examples, I was trying not to take too much time, and to get examples from just a couple of threads.
I really didn't think what I said was at all controversial -- I'm a Palin supporter and in this very thread I made at least one observation that another freeper pointed out was simply my projection onto what she said, a likely misinterpretation.
Endorsement of McCain Alienates Palin Supporters:
1: Attack the poster: Just trying to stir up trouble are we?
1: Attack the poster: Well, congrats,everyone. You seem to be accomplishing what the democrats desperately wanted to do but couldn’t. Doing in our best hope for conservative leadership.
1a: Attack the post:
The people posting on Facebook are liberal trolls.
1b: attack the post: Correct! This article came from the Atlanta Urinal and Constipation! Can’t anyone see the divide and conquer going on here...
1c: Attack the commenters: JD is dirty and you are a hypocrite. 1d: Attack the reporter: jay bookman is a nasty, vicious liberal.
2: Say she didn't mean it: No. Payment of a debt. After this the slate is clean.
3: Say it was misinterpreted: Hell, you haven't even heard her endorsement yet - it could be tepid as hell. I hope you are shamed.
4: Say she was forced into it: you can be sure she didn’t fall on her sword. She honored an earlier promise.
4: Say she was forced into it: She owed him one. Got to respect the fact that she repays her obligations.
2: Say she didn't mean it: Shall we parse this? did everything I could to stop global warming which was not a darn thing."
1: Attack the posters: But the Freepers who support, Mitt Say Anything Romney, Ron Paul, or Mike Huckleberry, will try to find anything against her. These posts are hilarious and obvious examples.
1: Attack the posters: If you keep track of the "tsk tsk" scumbags who posted on this thread, you'll generally see the same names pop up on other, similar threads where some desperate rat media mouse thinks he's breached Sarah's armor."
3: say they misinterpreted it: She's thankful for McCain giving her the opportunity, and she supports McCain taking advantage of the opportunity to run again in his state for the office of his choice.
3: say she didn't mean it: She is not going to go out of her way and campaign for him or give speeches on his behalf! She will remain neutral,
4: Say she's forced into it: she's loyal to him personally and feels that she owes him an enormous political debt,
There are many other examples, on several other issues than the McCain endorsement. FOr example, remember when it came out that Palin sneaked to Canada for Health Care?:
Refuse to believe it: smells like a fresh load bull crap to me.....
Say it's a lie: I call B.S.
Deny she said it: What??? Something doesn’t sound right here... I don’t believe Sarah said this.
Again, I don't think this is an issue, just a fact of life, not just for Sarah Palin supporters either. We all tend not to believe what we don't want to believe about our candidates, and we want our candidates to be saying what we expect them to say, and we are slow to believe when they say things we disagree with.
Because there are so many Palin fans here, it happens a lot in Palin threads. People assume they know what Palin will say, so they don't hear exactly what she actually says.
I certainly have made that mistake myself.