“It is way past the point of simple enthusiastic support. It borders on obsession and mental illness.”
Palin gets attacked every single day on FR. So, what you seem to desire is that those attacks go without response.
Obviously, her more intense supporters will defend her. Calling those supporters mentally ill is irrational and how Leftist consistently attack. Try a different tack.
On this very thread, on post #66 ansel12 said, "Nobody on planet earth is better at handling the media than Palin". Now you can call that enthusiastic overstatement but I consider it yet another indicator of obsession (mental illness).