Greta had just waxed eloquent about what a great ‘victory’ it had been for the tea party, before asking Palin a leading question.
Palin was IMO largely being polite in acknowledging some baseline of Greta’s assumption before challenging it.
I don’t think Sarah has drunk the Kool Aid on this.
But Greta Van Susteren had a red stain on her face spinning the vote as “victory” for the Tea Party.
No, Sarah agreed with Greta that the Tea Party’s changing of the conversation to focus on spending was a partial victory.
That’s it. She never said anything remotely like “this bill is a victory”.
It’s embarrassing, but not unexpected, that Molly Ball at Politico was more accurate in her reporting than the PDS Freepers that started this thread and continue to push their lies.
On one of the previous threads, that were locked for spreading propaganda through false headlines, no links, and smears, JimRob called them out for their lies.
Happily he pointed out that most don’t have much more time here at FR.
Palin was IMO largely being polite in acknowledging some baseline of Greta’s assumption before challenging it.
Understood. But seriously, I would have shut that down right away. "Greta, you and I might have different opinions on the meaning of 'victory.' With all due respect, while we could have done a lot worse and the Tea Party has much to be proud of, our work has just begun. This is not a victory as much as it is a beginning. We must remain vigilant. It is vital that Tea Party members continue to do the work that the people have elected them to do."
Maybe she chose not to be skeptical on purpose. She probably got reamed alot for the "contested primaries" quote, and maybe she wanted to appear more concilliatory.