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Originally Posted by aceventura3
If these "top aids" don't have the courage to make their statements in public they are cowards and lack character. People make mistakes, Obama visited 57 states, Bidden talked about FDR's comments on TV and didn't know how many letters are in jobs - in most cases people have a chuckle and move on. People hate Palin in a manner that is not normal, I don't get it. But, I really like the fact that she is not affraid to stand strong, face her critics and give it back with a smile. She is one of my heroes.
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ace....did you really expect McCain to throw Palin under the bus on the Tonight Show and admit that he made a terrible choice, as most polls suggested?
As to anonymous sources from within her own party, I would tell Palin ....welcome to national politics.
When you make statements like you have foreign policy experience because you can see Russia from your shores or that as VP you would take a greater policymaking role in Congress or that First Amendment rights of candidates are endangered by an aggressive press...you should expect scrutiny and ridicule. Comments like those came right from the horses mouth...not anonymous sources.
I dont see the "hatred" you see, rather I see many in her party admitting that she was unprepared at a policy level for such a high national political office.
The cultural conservative base of the party obviously sees her as a potential leader, although I havent heard many who hold her to the level of hero worship.
As a partisan, I wish her well because there is nothing to suggest that she can appeal to swing voters in the future.