That had absolutely nothing to do with my post, read it again, and your post 55 that it was directed to.
Many Conservatives first learned about Palin from Bill Kristol's appearances on Fox News after he met her on the 2007 Alaskan cruise hosted by The Weekly Standard.
Bill Kristol's Palin piece which mentions their meeting in Alaska:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/06/opinion/06kristol.html?_r=1
Fred Barnes' article on Palin from Juneau during the cruise:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/851orcjq.asp
The Weekly Standard's comments about a Daily Beast article which referenced the cruise:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2008/10/horton_of_the_beast.asp
A New Yorker piece on Palin's ascent (biased but it describes the cruise and meeting):
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/10/27/081027fa_fact_mayer?currentPage=all