I’m not against vetting Perry, but for a pro Palin site to post a hit piece on an announced candidate when Palin hasn’t joined the fray is unseemly and I don’t think Palin would support such an effort. There are enough anti-Perry threads started with articles from the MSM. We don’t need them coming from Pro-Palin sites. You want to promote Palin, that’s great. You want to destroy Perry? Don’t use Sarah Palin as a cover for your hatred.
Anything that tries to point out some concern about Perry is a “hit piece”. Oh, but wait, I see you’re not opposed to “vetting”, just so long as the “vetting” is all “positive”. I get it now.
Marlowe, why the words "destroy" and "hatred"? Can you only conclude that no one would want to challenge Perry for any other reasons?
Is your hand so weak that you have to resort to such emotion-driven words to describe people here who are helping to VET a Republican in a race where his other opponents are Republicans?
Years ago I read the frightening accusation that Palin had established a windfall profits tax on oil companies in Alaska. I was heartbroken, but glad to learn of it early so I could get off the stick, do some investigating, and alert fellow conservatives not to support her. Years earlier, a Republican pundit (Hugh Hewitt) I respected greatly spoke highly of Mitt Romney. I was so glad, and got off the stick to do some investigating because I wanted to alert fellow conservatives about Romney's great potential.
I learned that the so-called "windfall profits tax" was a myth. I learned that Romney was a statist who was registered "Republican." In both situations, I was happy to be part of the vetting process that broadened the information base with which readers of FR might make smarter choices. Stupid choices arise from ignorance and fear. Smart choices come from being informed and having the courage of your convictions.
Redux here with Perry, though I haven't engaged in it much because I'm not very interested in Perry right now -- I'm waiting to see what Palin does. This is a vetting process, at the right time -- these are primaries, when we're looking for the best Republican. BY DEFINITION, that will mean digging to uncover flaws in each and every one running, including Perry, and including Palin when/if she declares. The dif is, Palin has already been vetted up one side and down the other.
Perceiving this as the intention to "destroy" and as being motivated by "hate" indicates a mindset that is defensive and weak.