[WVNan]

I still do not think that Sarah misspoke about the debt ceiling. She is still a private citizen. What she was saying is that from her position she can’t really do anything to stop anything that the congress does at this point in time. She says that it looks like they are going to pass something that will raise the debt ceiling, even though she does not support it and would not go that route herself. So if they are going to do that anyway, then get something useful out of it. Don’t throw away what little power you have congress.

[so_real]

And yours and mine is a genuine, polite, intellectual difference of opinion and I completely respect yours. This is the kind of discourse I've come to enjoy, and expect, here at FR. Thank you :-) And don't think for a moment I've written Mrs. Palin off. She's not even in the race (yet?) and she's still a front runner on my scorecard. It's only that our Tea Party types in Congress are in the middle of the storm trying to hold the line and do what is "right" instead of what is "easy" (which would be to carry water for the establishment republicans). Currently Sarah Palin is on the sidelines as the greatest advocate to our cause. I simply had hoped she would have more adamantly encouraged our people with her words, to keep fighting the debt ceiling rise rather than to equivocate that it is inevitable. Had she said, "Don't retreat ... reload!" we might have even gained people off the fence to our aid.