Also I think this event goes a long way to what I have been saying are my fears about Palin support. For years McCain has been appropriately been the whipping boy of anti-RINO sentiment here on FR, particularly with Jim. To be honest, I was a little surprised of continued fervent support for her in this action. Knowing Jim's support of her I wouldn't expect him to toss her over but I would have thought a little more criticism of it would be in order.
If this was anyone except Palin, the criticism would have been high and hard. Why does she get a pass? My concern is that she will continue to get passes no matter what she does. The Palin support is all about image and symbolism, not substance and how long have we criticized that in politics?
Putting Palin high on a pedestal makes her out of reach of criticism and if we can't hold her feet to the fire (as we did with Bush over Meyers and immigration) then we lose all power as a constituency and voters over our leaders.
Bring Palin back down to earth, make her accountable for her actions as we do any other politician and if she is still standing tall after being put through the ringer than maybe she has what it takes to be president instead of just a pundit.
To be fair, at this point I still have my concerns. I don't believe she is ready, I'm not even sure she has what it takes. Time will tell but until then I'm not anointing Palin anything other than a potential and she is not going to get any free passes from me.
She is going to have to keep it on the straight and narrow but this endorsement of McCain sure looks like a veer into oncoming traffic to me.
Palin is a big girl and can take care of herself. She sure as hell is not going to listen to naysaying nincompoops in the peanut gallery. You just gotta let Sarah be Sarah.