I don’t believe any of this is true but clearly this is the template the left has and will keep using to destroy her. She has to agressively debunk a lot of these myths by some serious policy speeches at serious venues. The narrative of her as “dumb” has stuck with a lot of people and she has to change that image. Her gig on Fox may help with this. I support Palin a 100% but the way the electoral math works she needs to pick off the independents and some democrats to win and this is her big challenge. I think she is up to it, she has debunked many lies before.
A lot of it is regurgitated nonsense from the campaign trail. There’s nothing new or revealing here. This is more of the same crap that was distracting the McCain camp in the final push of the campaign. They spent their days trashing Sarah and her family, than attacking Obama’s policies.
Good point about Fox. Sarah knows how to campaign, no doubt about it. Perhaps she realizes she needs to attack this misconception, and Fox is a good place to do it.
I think she should do exactly what you say. But she also needs a team of competent talking heads to aggressively take it to the media on their own turf. Let those talking heads mix it up while she stays serious. It will work.
I think she needs to destroy the little pissant Steve Schmidt in order to a) get him off her back and 2) show she has the stomach to play in this league. She made hay in Alaska by taking on the good old boys and winning. She needs to do it nationally, and not just by talking.