Palin Confidante Cites Distraction of Investigations

Wall Street Journal ^ | JULY 6, 2009 | JIM CARLTON

[AFreeBird]

Are the Palin boosters on her payroll?

no, we gladly do it for free.

[counterpunch]

I remember them too.
I did battle against them on behalf of Fred many times.
Now they’re shouting down anyone not on the Palin bandwagon.

[Uncle Ivan]

You and I fought side by side, then.

What I've noticed is that many former Fredheads jumped on the Palin bandwagon.

[kevkrom]

In other words, Palin has proved that she is susceptible to the Cloward-Piven strategy.

Actually, no. What it proved was that the office of Alaska's governor is susceptible to the Cloward-Piven strategy. So she dissociates herself from the office to cut off an avenue of attack against her; doubly important because that line of attack was also hurting the state of Alaska.

[MortMan]

Doesn’t determining the winner require seeing what comes of her tactical/strategic move?

Ambush tactics commonly require letting the opposing force believe they have the upper hand until the stage is set for explosively proving otherwise.

I’m in the wait-and-see-what-happens camp.