Looking through the Palin Prism changes everything I guess. I see two people on a stage at a campaign event. At the moment the picture was taken one was leaning down to shake hands, the other is smiling and waving at the crowd. I see no indication that is crowd abhors or is repulsed by either candidate, but then I am not afflicted by MDS.
In fact I would guess if that Romney/Palin had been our team in 2008 we wouldn’t have real double digit unemployment, O’bamaCare, Elena Kagan, the wise Latina, a $6T dollar increase in the debt etc, etc., etc. And geez if that had been the team then in 2016 Sarah would be ready to take over after 8 years as a very successful VP and the leader on making energy independent.
I guess the biggest question is how can you reconcile your blind adoration for Sarah, your abject hatred of Romney and the fact Sarah allowed herself to be forced to be seen on the same stage with someone obviously as hated as Mitt?
"As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.
* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.
* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace.
* While 8 million Americans over age 16 found work between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed Massachusetts residents actually declined by 8,500 during those years.
"Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents," professors Sum and McLaughlin concluded.
In an April 2003 meeting with the Massachusetts congressional delegation in Washington, Romney failed to endorse President Bush's $726 billion tax-cut proposal."
[Cato Institute annual Fiscal Policy Report Card - America's Governors, 2004.]