Trying to maintain a higher standard of public discourse than, say, DU is not “spineless.”
I’m not suggesting Palin’s comment “went there” — this time. But if we chip away at our own standards, this will go nowhere.
With all due respect, taking the high road against the Rats has NOT worked at all. When they are playing by Alinsky rules, you can't play by Marquess of Queensbury rules and expect to win.
If we're going to defeat them, then yes, we have to take off the silk gloves, put on the brass knuckles, and get down in the mud and slug it out with them using their own rules against them.
And Sarah Palin is doing that.