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This is the same complaining that was going on last night about Sarah. Fans are mad at someone because that person didnt live up to some standard that the fans set in their own mind. Its the emotional wing of the Republican party.

My respect for Palin has not changed at all from this. She never said she was running, her fans did. And now that the fans have been forsaken, they will forsake.

Rush saying he is disappointed wouldnt have made anyone feel better, it would have just added to the piss and moan club.

I valued Palin because I saw her as a potential candidate for whom to vote. If she had NOT been a potentail candidate, I would not have become "a fan." I didn't expect her to "live up to any standards" -- I had her in mind as a potential president. Now she's said she won't try for that spot, so -- what value does she really have to offer, other than as a pundit trying to sway opinion? We've got all kinds of them already.

My respect for Palin has changed because I think she's pretty badly mistaken if she thinks her influence is going to retain a FRACTION of its potency as to what it was before.

Why do you think Rush would have said he was disappointed, or that I wanted him to say that? I tuned in because a) I wanted to hear his take on it (I have no idea what that take would be) and b) I wanted a much-needed dose of his "be of good cheer" optimism with regard to a big disappointment -- Rush is so good at helping conservatives who're feeling politically low see the bright side. He failed me on both counts.

If anyone failed to live up to "some standard" that I as a fan had set in my mind, it was Rush, and he failed miserably.

Did I ever say Palin was running? NOPE. Never did, and though I kept it to myself, was always a little put-off by fans who insisted that she WAS, becaue no one knew but Palin. IT IS IRRELEVANT. Her value to me was AS A POTENTIAL CANDIDATE because someone elected to office can affect change. Affect, with an a -- the VERB.

Palin doesn't have much to offer me anymore; I'm disappointed and thinks she's very badly mistaken if she thinks her "voice" is going to have the same draw as it did before -- so my regard/respect for her judgment has dropped on that point.

As for Rush, my respect for him dropped because he exibited bad manners, cowardice, and contempt for a big part of his audience. Not because he didn't "say he is disappointed," but because he didn't say sh*t.