D1, I completely understand your point of view and where you’re coming from and I agree with you that her comments will be misunderstood by innocents and purposely miscontrued by her detractors. If I have one criticism of her, it is her unabashed honesty and desire to quickly answers questions posed to her. She answered from her heart, and in doing so, she supplied more information than “we think” was necessary.
Reportedly, she said,
“I am so sorry if people took this silly incident the wrong way. I adore John McCain, support him 100 percent and will do everything I can to support his reelection. As everyone knows, I was honored and proud to run with him. And Todd and I were with him in D.C. just a week ago. So much for trying to be incognito.”
To parse her statement: She adores him, (OK) supports “him” 100% (OK) and will do everything she can to support his reelection.(OK)
That’s not saying she supports his policies. She supports her friend. She does say will support his reelection to the US senate.
She hasn’t articulated her policies on the issues you have listed, but I think she may have expressed her opposition to the closing of GITMO and bringing the detainees to our soil? She’s recently separated herself from McCain on global warming, and she’s always differed with him on drilling in ANWR.
I don’t think she’s into praising Obama either, -— death panels -— but again, we need to give her time. She’s not a candidate yet. She is a conservative, and also a ‘maverick’ when it comes to fighting corruption within her own party.
She’s done superbly since she’s been calling her own shots, but there will be times, (like this) when she provides too much information.
I was hoping to see McCain defeated in the AZ primary. I am still holding out that hope, but if Sarah gets involved in the primary, then her reputation is on the line too. UGH and UGH.
The fossil should have had the grace and sense to retire. But no. That addiction to DC power must be awfully intense.
FR mail coming soon. There’s some things I do not want to post on the forum.
Onyx. Got the FreepMail and I appreciated it. Thank you.
I sympathize with folks who desire Palin to be president. I know there’s an inclination to try to see things in the best light, and that’s admirable to me because I too want to see her become a great president.
That being said, we can’t just wish thing to be “okay”. They have to be okay on their own.
She made a mistake here IMO. I’ve addressed it far more than I wanted to, because people were so quick to defend her. Hey, I want to defend her too, but there are things you can’t defend. And if I can’t defend it, it’s not simply because I disagree, it’s also because I happen to think it can come back to hurt her.
Why would I want to gloss over that, so it could be repeated. I don’t ever want this to be repeated.
How about something neutral like, he has been a dedicated Senator for many years. We fought the good battle as a team last year. People should give John consideration for re-election next year. He deserves that.
Sounds great, but it hits just the right note. It’s not an endorsement. It just says, think about it. Consider him. He deserves consideration. (And of course, whatever you do, don’t vote for this xxx. LOL)
Now you could say I’ve had a chance to frame this answer just right after careful study.
Sarah is positioning herself to run for the presidency, and this question was sure to be at the top of any reporters list. She has had a year to develop the response she gave today. I developed this response in a couple of minutes.
Thanks for the give and take on this one. I appreciate it.