[NavyCanDo]

“I don’t see Sarah getting much criticism when she endorses conservatives - it’s when she endorses liberals like John McCain that she DOES and SHOULD be criticized.”

OK, fair enough. But where on FR can we find criticism about these other endorsements? You can't. Can't you see, most of the critical comments about her McCain endorsement on FR is coming from people who don't like her regardless. They just use it as an excuse to bash her.

Tancredo endorsed Romney

DeMint endorsed Romney

Hunter endorsed Huckabee

Thompson endorsed McCain

Gingrich endorsed Scozzafava

Pawlenty endorsed McCain

[alicewonders]

I can remember seeing criticism in ALL of the examples you’ve given. I, myself, criticised Duncan Hunter - who I have the greatest admiration & respect for - as I do Sarah Palin.

But the whole Tea Party movement is because we are tired of “politics as usual”. When leaders do things that run contrary to what they say - they should be called on it. It doesn’t mean you are subversively pushing another candidate, our leaders should be responsive to us - they should have to answer to us. To not be allowed to criticise someone, no matter how much we like them - that’s not the kind of country I want to live in.

[alicewonders]

Besides:

Gingrich endorsed Scozzafava

Are you kidding? There was TONS of criticism leveled at Newt over this!

[CharlesWayneCT]

Don’t forget: Tom Coburn endorsed John McCain.

[ConservativeMind]

Uh, what have you been smoking?

Each of those endorsements, along with the endorsees, were derided at that time. Including Hunter and Tancredo.