Trashing them? Is somebody a little thin-skinned? That's a pretty lame "trashing." Is your middle name Hussein...?
And no, it's perfectly sound strategy to get off the first salvo. Nowhere is it written that the majority of patriotic Americans who love Sarah have to wait to get kicked in the teeth before establishing the battle lines. The gauntlet has been dropped; deal with it.
Regardez la reine...
;-\ ;-/
I'm neither a Palin-worshipper nor a Palin-hater. I'm waiting to see if she's a viable candidate for 2012, i.e., will anybody aside from FReeper vote for her.