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You’re an idiot RINO propagandist:

“Regarding the debt limit deal, she went on to say that while it is a victory to change the debate toward talking about the debt, there is much more work to be done. She does acknowledge that the debt limit deal is a step in the right direction but she doesn’t like giving what she believes may be the most liberal President in US history another 2 trillion dollars that we don’t have with no major reforms.”

Yeah, that’s what I posted, Jim.

It’s a FACT. Why are you deleting facts, Jim?

Palin strongly opposed any debt limit increase, taking to her Facebook page to issue a veiled threat of “contested primaries” to freshmen members of Congress. But in the wake of the debt deal’s House passage Monday night, she acknowledged a partial victory for the tea party in turning the national conversation to spending and debt.
Nonetheless, she voiced displeasure with the concessions made to the president, and blasted the Republican House leadership.
“What happened to the pledge that our Congress has made to America, saying they would post bills online three days before they voted on them?” she said. “They’ve already broken that pledge, and doggone it, that’s what makes us disappointed in politicians in Washington, D.C.”

does acknowledge that the debt limit deal is a step in the right direction

That is a lot more positive spin on the bill than those that have been trashing Allen West for the past few days.

Nobody likes the bill, but Palin says the bill is "a step in the right direction", not "a step in the wrong direction" like some others.

That also suggests she would have supported voting FOR this bill, since it is "a step in the right direction", even though clearly she, and many others, would have wanted to take MORE steps in the right direction.

One of the things I like about Sarah is that she seems to understand taking what you can get, and then coming back to fight for more tomorrow.

Those comments are uncalled for, Jim.

I have quoted Palin directly.

She does not like the bill 100% but she did use the word victory a couple of times in connection with it. Read the quotes...watch the video.

“Regarding the debt limit deal, she went on to say that while it is a victory to change the debate toward talking about the debt, there is much more work to be done. She does acknowledge that the debt limit deal is a step in the right direction but she doesn’t like giving what she believes may be the most liberal President in US history another 2 trillion dollars that we don’t have with no major reforms.”

I am not convinced that it is a "step in the right direction". They may be talking about the debt and spending cuts, but those "cuts" are largely an illusion. The media has been calling this a Tea Party victory, while Tea Party activists do not consider it much of a victory. If I was to put my cynic hat on, I would guess that the idea is to pin the coming economic fallout in the wake of this deal on the Tea Party pressure to "cut spending", even though very little spending is really being cut. They could then turn around and say, "see we did it your way and cut spending and look where it got us". This would be followed by every economist that they could get to go along with them saying: "We told you that massive spending cuts in a weak economy would spell trouble. We need to invest more in the economy to put Americans back to work".

I am not sure that falling into this trap is helping the cause.