Libs and RINOs hate Sarah and fear her for precisely the reasons you cited.
They saw her impact in Alaska and know full well what she is capable of. They loathe her ability to connect with common Americans all over the country.
That appeal was evident not only in the large numbers who came out to see her, but in the excitement generated at those rallies.
She accomplished more in a few short weeks in that regard on the national stage than other politicians have in a life time...and so they want to do whatever they can to marginalize and stop her and keep her from bringing that to DC.
But they shall completely fail in their attempts to destroy her because this is EXACTLY what most Americans want to see happen in DC and many will find out soon enough how they have been bamboozled by Obama in that regard.
The more these people seek to down play her and besmirch her with these underhanded, cowardly attacks, the more the conservative base and common Americans will rally to her.
For our part, we must do what we can to stand in the breach and write our GOP senators and urge them to stand.
At the same time standing up in any way we can ourselves over these next four years until we can turn this OBAMANATION out.
Ain't that the truth! Just think about it for a minute: Obama is virtually annointed by the media, shoved down our gullets for 2 YEARS by every tv station, magazine, newspaper and talking head political expert under the sun, is praised as the "hypnotic new messiah..."
...and then fresh off his acceptance speech at the DNC convention (which should have been his ultimate triumph at the time!), he gets BLASTED into oblivion for a month by the mere appearance of Sarah Palin.
Talk about putting the fear of God into the puppetmasters who like to feel in control!
Holy crap. I never even thought what she did was possible! She is AMAZING.
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