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"What's up", like the author of this article is misconstruing her words and the interview. If you hear the interview, it was Greta that said it would be seen as a "victory". Palin very clearly said it was a victory only in that the TEA party changed the debate and nothing more. She also dissed some of the details saying she was disgusted (my word) with us giving Obama more to spend, etc.

"What's up", you are being disingenuous here, I cut you some slack last night, and now you come on with the same slander.

Have a link by chance? I missed it and would like to see it if you happen to have it.

You don't want to go there. It degenerated into a flame war and too many long term FReepers got tarred as trolls and threatened with a zot.

Here's the link to what Sarah actually said. Her "victory" remarks start just after three minutes -- she clarified what "victory" means in the context of shifting the debate, what it does NOT mean (handing Obama a blank check for 2.4 trillion, yes she said TRILLION, for example).

http://www.therightscoop.com/sarah-palin-quite-appalling-to-be-called-a-terrorist-by-vice-president/

VAN SUSTEREN: Well, you know, I think — it will be interesting to see what happens. The Tea Party, I think, had an enormous victory, because they did change the discussion here in Washington. It’s a little bit like trying to change the direction of an aircraft carrier. It’s not easy. So they certainly, I mean, that’s huge. And I’m sort of curious whether the American people will now sort of take a bow, those who are Tea Party activists, and go back to their lives, which are very busy and very full, and they’re worried about their own lives, or whether this is now going to — now they’ll take this victory and move on. I don’t know.

PALIN: Well, I think that we shall take this victory and make sure that our politicians in office today are learning from this victory, realizing that it’s not 100 percent pure, genuine victory because realize, Greta, we just handed the most liberal president, I believe, in U.S. history a $2.4 trillion debt increase. We’re allowing him to increase the budget even more, and without guaranteed cuts, and without guaranteed reforms. And we have to make sure that we realize that, yes, this is a victory, because Tea Party patriots did shift the debate. However, there’s so much more work to do in order to get the economy back on the right track and to restore the exceptionalism that is America.