“Ironic isn’t it? “Mittbots”, and “Bushbots” are getting trashed (along with Rove) by Palin supporters.
I have NEVER seen such blind allegiance to a candidate until encountering Palin’s followers. (Other than Zero disciples)”
My defense against slandering Palin has nothing to do with any allegiance. Most feel the same. I need to know more on her POLICY stands before endorsing her for candidate of anything. I defended Bush when he was lied about, I defended Romney when he was lied about, EVEN though they are two of the BIG problems with the GOP. There is plenty to criticize them both about.
Does it bother you that any person is slandered or just your chosen candidates...whoever they might be?
Well what is “slander”? Therein lies your problem. For a public figure like Palin, hardly anything can be categorized as actionable slander. I’m a free speech guy. Unless a MSM outlet publishes a negative story that proves to be demonstrably and maliciously false, (a la Dan Rather), I think it’s all pretty much fair game. There is a lot of smoke coming from Camp Palin on a whole host of issues, and I think she’s done a lousy job refuting such rumors or proving them wrong.
The worst of it was Andrew Sullivan’s allegations that Palin faked her most recent pregnancy. Pretty awful stuff. But Sullivan is a blogger, not MSM, and Palin failed to release her medical records (after she promised she would) unlike the other Prez and VP candidates. We never received an explanation.
Misinformation about a candidate should be immediately refuted with facts. But Palin hasn’t exactly equipped her supporters with the ammo to take on such attacks. All we get are vague and contradicting explanations. Which would lead reasonable people to believe there is at least SOME truth to said allegations.
I absolutely love Sarah’s positions on the issues, and I appreciate her “star power” and everything that entails. I have serious doubts about some of her past actions, both political and personal. And I refuse to give blind allegiance to any politician, unlike many here.