[samantha]

You are right, they never stuck up for her or defended her about anything. She was fighting these wars by herself, and the enemy was both Republican and DemocRAT scum.

[greene66]

Well, one rather interesting thing has come from all this. For three years, Palin was taking the full brunt of media hellfire for the GOP, conservatives, and the Tea Party.

Now that she has opted to remove herself from the bullseye, the whole GOP field is laid bare on the battlefield, and revealed to be pretty damned pathetic.