re: #639 kynna

I had to come back after I read those articles. They’re opinion pieces that don’t actually contain facts. The Chapman piece actually claims Palin added nothing to the ticket which is a stupid meme since the polls show exactly when McCain started to rise (Palin choice) and when he started to fall again (economy), so we know where that guy’s coming from.

I admit, I’ve been quick to defend Palin. I haven’t found the substance in her detractor’s arguments. And I hate to see people maligned with terms like “insane” when it’s wholly unjustified. She resigned as governor. Yeah, I can understand it since I don’t have $500,00 to lend her to fight off the harassing investigations. Crazy!! Some of us just don’t want to go into bankruptcy after we’ve achieved our goals and we can leave our ally in a successor position. Madness!

I’m a fan of Reason Magazine, too, but those pieces are nothing more than opinion columns written by people who never liked her in the first place. And they don’t give any factual evidence to follow the Palin = bimbo crowd.

I will have to admit that Palin, while espousing, or at least not distancing, from some red meat socon positions, nevertheless governed Alaska as an undogmatic personal freedom libertarian. Reagan did much the same thing. Unfortunately, after his signing of a Disco-Institute-drafter creationism-in-public-schools bill, I cannot say the same for Jindal.

Bill Clinton, too, was financially dogged by expensive lawsuit bills. But he waited until the end of his term to fundraise and pay them off. The fact that Palin wouldn’t do so for her last 18 months will prove disastrous for any subsequent presidential bid by her - and should.