Minus Palin, I have a feeling they would actually have to explain what Rolling Thunder was.
Minus Palin, I don’t know if the WH would have scheduled the Obama Joplin memorial in the same slot, when they had high level advisors to Obama appearing.
Minus Palin in the wild, the newsdesks would have gone away, and been happy to have long coverage of a live event they could take from a pool camera.
I don’t blame Palin for any of this, nor am I suggesting her appearance was a mistake (for those getting their panties in a bunch) but what I am questioning is the idea that she played Pippi Longstocking and pulled one over on the media in a manner that worked to get her messager out...or that benefitted the Rolling Thunder cause.
Quit whining, please.