Even the NY Times has a hard time with McGinnis’s book:
The writer of that column goes into fair detail about the volume of charges that McGinnis puts forth. Using your stated standard on this thread, Scanian, that the sheer volume of allegations against Palin indicates there must be something behind them, please square that with the critique of all of the allegations put forth in the Times column. Note that it becomes clear in the article that the author is no particular fan of Palin’s.
That is understood...McGinniss is her sworn enemy and very extreme about it, having rented the house next door and all.
HOWEVER, even if every one of the charges in the book were disproven, I would still have multiple objections to a Palin candidacy. Just her advocacy of Title IX and justification of AA for woman athletes shows me that she is no anti-government constitutionalist when it is convenient for her to take a liberal position. And there is the matter of her voice. I mentioned yesterday that she could deliver an excellent, conservative speech which would look wonderful on paper but with her delivery would come out shrill and possibly abrasive depending on her level of agitation.
IOW, it’s her tone. Her conservatism is mostly strong but her tone is way too hard for me to take.
But who am I? Why would anybody care what I or any other FReeper thinks?
We are still entitled to our own opinions, aren’t we?
The problem for me was that most of these charges were based on comments from the locals. Who are these locals? Are they Democrats? Are they union members? Are they people who were way down on their luck, looking for a small moment of fame?
Rather than pay attention to this noise, I’d rather let it blow over, and see what’s still percolating after a few months.
Whatever is of substance, I’ll evaluate that in due course.
If the NYTimes is shooting much of this down, it’s either to give this writer what he deserves, or to highlight what the Time finds real and very troublesome later on.
Another shoe might drop from the Times, in time.