[mkjessup]

You feel you can criticize Palin for speaking out because she doesn’t have as much skin in the game as Newt but I can not criticize you for not having as much skin in the game as Sarah.

Neither YOU nor I are the topics of discussion in the thread. The entire issue that Sam Paine raised was the fact that she is a non-candidate as opposed to Newt. She wants to be taken seriously, she wants to be relevant, but unfortunately she opted out of the race and she is indeed not a factor as she would be IF she had gotten into the race.

Let's try an analogy. You and I are watching a NASCAR event, we'll say the Daytona 500. Morgan Shepherd is drafting Dale Earnhardt Jr, and suddenly goes outside, I say "he doesn't have enough room" and sure enough, he hits the wall, scrapes Earnhardt's car, and Shepherd is out of the race. I say "he didn't scope out how much room was there before he made his move", and you suddenly retort with "you're not a race car driver, you've never been in a race car, you're just up here in the stands watching the race! you don't know anything and until you have the experience of those drivers, you can't criticize them at ALL!"

Now quietly dwell upon just how stupid that sounds, and then apply it to your own commentary regarding Sam and I.

I'm still hopeful that you might "get it".

[christianhomeschoolmommaof3]

And I am still hopeful that you might get it.

I actually think you have EVERY right to comment on the race car driver from the stands. Let’s continue your analogy shall we.

After the race, an ex race car driver, Tim Jones (sorry I don’t do Nascar), is on his Facebook criticizing the way Shepherd ran the race. You comment on Free Republic that Tim Jones shouldn’t be talking about it because he isn’t in the race with Shepherd and Earnhart and it didn’t cost him anything.