She was gamed by unscrupulous political enemies. Could this happen on a federal level? Could a President Palin be gamed again by unscrupulous political enemies? Maybe so. Ain’t like it didn’t already happen.
And Finny, thanx for all the historical generalities and background info, but Palin ain’t Reagan. Doubt there’ll ever be another Reagan. I say again, if you really believe “Palin detractors have to be devious and misrepresent the truth in their attempt to get people not to support Palin,” you either didn’t really mean it the way you wrote it, or you’re deluded/irrational/incompetent.
So you think it's NOT devious and misleading to imply that Palin "quit because she couldn't take the political heat" when she sidestepped inevitable bankruptcy deliberately intended by Democrat opponents, and which could not happen today because Alaskan law has since been changed to protect its governors from such "legal" financial nukes? When you deny that that was the case, you are deluded, irrational, and/or incompetent. And you reveal a lot about the character (or lack thereof) of some Palin detractors.
And (though I haven't seen it on this thread) you think it's not devious or misleading to describe Palin's ACES plan regarding what the State of Alaska charges oil companies for drilling on state-owned land (pretty much the same way you or I would charge an oil company for drilling on our own private land if it had oil) as an "oil windfall profits tax" (though it involved neither profits nor windfalls)? Again, Palin detractors have FOR YEARS been using the scary propaganda phrase "oil windfall profits tax" to falsely describe ACES. It is plainly an example of Palin detractors being devious and misrepresenting the truth in their attempt to get people not to support Palin.
And yes, I mean it EXACTLY the way I wrote it. You are deluded, irrational, and incompetent if you cannot recognize duplicity among Palin detractors when you see it -- or when YOU ENGAGE IN IT.
Bottom line: Palin detractors have a weak hand, so they have to be deceitful. When you find yourself siding folks who have to lie to themselves as well as their opponents, it's a sure sign you're on the wrong side.