You’re a better person than me, Finny. I get tired of reading the same talking points, lies and distortions over and over again. To me it seems fruitless to argue with them because it doesn’t matter how many times you prove them wrong, they just move on to the next thread and start the same talking points, lies and distortions all over again. They are intellectually dishonest people who’s only purpose in life seems to be to trash the best potential conservative candidate we’ve had since Reagan.
Horsepucky. I'm a different person than you. Older, maybe, or maybe more patient in this particular area, but in no way "better." You're fine the way you are, IMO.
Yes, they will always move on to the next thread. I'm not writing to or for them, I'm writing to and for folks who read FR. I think probably a lot of the folks here are lurkers who rarely if ever post, but come to FR to eavesdrop on political conversations. For some of them, it's the first time they see the lies and distortions, and if those lies and distortions go unexposed, they'll think there was no legit response. When those who can answer the lies with truth, readers have info to process.
The folks with the talking points and lies and distortions move to a new thread. New readers see them for the first time -- and those who aren't so new see them posting the same old lies and distortions, and start to understand what's really going on.
Debating and responding to the talking points Palin detractors is like weeding a garden. You don't weed the garden once and have done with it. It's a constant thing of diligence -- it's just the way it is. Kind of like freedom -- it isn't free. It takes constant defending.