Can’t argue with this. The GOP was handed a political dynamo... a conservative superstar that resonated down deep into the populist culture, for the first time really since Reagan. Stellar record. Corruption fighter. Massive turnouts for speeches. Even after leaving office, Palin had a thousand people standing out during the night, in freezing temps, to get their books signed.
But the GOP? It just stands around and won’t lift a finger, when Dem political operatives conspired to bankrupt her and her family, the media savages her with outlandish smears and lies, late-night comedians make ‘rape’ jokes about her underage daughter, the national media deliberately tries to afix blame on her for a mass-murder in Tucson, millions spent by Hollywood to make a propaganda film to portray her as a mentally-ill nutcase, and it just went on and on. She worked her tail off in the 2008 and 2010 elections, and was one of the very few voices truly combatting Obama’s agenda in the beginning, while most other leaders were cowering behind trees (and many still are). But again, the GOP not only didn’t stand by her, but more often than not, they joined in with the scum in the media to trash her. Disgusting beyond words.
This latter situation showed me more than anything what constitutes the GOP. Cowardice and dishonor. I’ve been an exclusively Republican voter my entire life, but I lost every shred of trust and respect for the GOP due to all this.
***This latter situation [joining with media scum] showed me more than anything what constitutes the GOP. Cowardice and dishonor. I’ve been an exclusively Republican voter my entire life, but I lost every shred of trust and respect for the GOP due to all this.***
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DITTO!
I also wonder how much petty jealousy also played in the trashing of Sarah by so-called conservatives. After all, not only was she an excellent speaker, she was beautiful, athletic, and had a good-looking husband, who apparently was squeaky clean (or we would have heard about any gossip) and who was very supportive of her.