Look... I'm not ruling Gov. Palin out for a future try, but I'm not going to lose sleep over her either.
From the little I've seen of you on other threads, you have quite an obsession about this. So you know, there's no need to waste your time on me: I'm not one of the "Palinista's" you're looking for.
For the record...the antagonism that those of us who were against Palin for POTUS did not start with us. A few of us posted our reasons why we thought that she was unelectable and/or un-qualified.
The attacks started right away, including posts caling for us to die in a house fire and accusing us of NAMBLA membership. The mods turned a blind eye to any personal attack as long as it came from one of the dozen or so palinistas.
The purpose was to drive any poster who did not drink from the same cup away. I have received dozens of free-mails from long-time freepers who told me that they felt as I did but did not want to endyre the attacks. Those of us who did keep posting started giving it back....never as vile and never as personal though. In that entire time I had one post pulled --- for calling a palinista a "boob" - yep a "boob".
Take it or leave it but that's how it evolved.