Personally, I feel a little let down right now. I am surrounded by Democrats (family/work/neighbors) and I defended her unconditionally throughout the campaign for what she represented to the daughters in this country as well as the party. I was willing to support her in the primary IF she ran and was able to carry the message to the mushy middle. She can obviously galvanize the base, I was just concerned that she may have trouble bringing that message to the middle and bottom line, I do not want BHO in the White house in 2012.
That said, I think you are seeing many folks who are smarting from this and did not want to see her go out in this type of manner.
I’ll admit it, I didn’t want to see her go like this either. But part of me understands why she did it. I mean, running for reelection would deny many candidates around the country of the chance of having her campaigning with them. That had been in the back of my mind for a while.
And yes, at first I thought her actions were foolish. However, I have come to realize that all the innuendos and false allegations were having a toll on her family. I also know that if I had a child with special needs, and some liberal nitwit started insulting him or her, I would be sent to jail for assault (not to mention losing my job).
I can only imagine the anguish her family has been under, and especially Todd. I’m sure he’s been frustrated by the inability to defend his family.
In terms of your family/work/neighbors, keep fighting the good fight. If you can convince at least one of them, then you have denied the rats another vote. And keep defending Sarah. Remind them of the slander their side has been leveling on Trig, and ask them what they would do. Remind them how 0 gets when he hears criticism from Fox News. He starts crying.
Sarah is simply showing that she is one of us. That’s all I care about. Happy 4th of July!