Thanks for taking the time to respond, upsdriver. On that point, we are in complete agreement. However, there's a "yeah ...but" coming. :-)
Dont be afraid of debate or opposing views.
The history of the author (whom I have pinged as a courtesy, hopefully not in vain) is such that he doesn't bother to engage us in a followup give-and-take. The article was posted and then he vanished into the ether. That's why I characterized it as a "hit piece" in the sense that it was a hit (possibly to draw reaction, which it has done) followed by a run. If he does come back to participate in a reasonable discussion, then I'll humbly withdraw the objection I made in post #21.
David Zublick has a radio program on BlogTalkRadio, in fact, he has a program coming up in about 20 minutes. 6pm Eastern
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/americatalks/2011/08/23/america-talks
We just have differing opinions on whether Palin can win or not with David being wrong in this case.:p