[Lakeshark]

She's hardly "sitting on the sidelines", she's been in the thick of the fray for years now, and whether or not she runs she'll still be in the thick of it for a long time.

I believe the context was a question from a reporter, she was asked about differences between her and Michele Bachmann and she answered that Michele Bachmann had no executive experience.

Big whoop, particularly since it's obviously true. She did not seek the question out, nor ask it, nor prompt it, she simply answered it.

You seem to be pretending that's somehow "criticizing" in an unfair way. Why? Kindly explain the problem and the animus here.

[Carling]

I don’t think her criticizing Bachmann is unfair at all. It’s called politics. I do think that some of the Palinbots in this thread personally insulting fellow FReepers for some minor criticism of Sarah Palin to be below the belt, though.

As I posted earlier, apparently every other GOP candidate or rumored candidate is OK to criticize, yet if anybody mentions Palin in anything other than reverance, it’s flame wars with some of them. I think you’re being fair in our debate, and I appreciate that, so thank you.