I find the repeated defense of Sarah Palin amusing, and Palin herself is certainly fair game, as she hasn't yet removed herself from consideration for national office in 2012, and in fact has a book about to come out, keeping herself in the public eye.
Holding a national office certainly isn't a requirement for comment on those elected by constituents to public life, or those that aspire to it.
Palin isn't attacked as much as she's mocked for the truth about her. A bit of a difference :D Attack would be nastier - maybe saying something that isn't true. Lying would be an "attack" in my book ... maybe something like deliberately spreading lies that someone isn't an American citizen, isn't the religion they claim to be, (saying they are a religion they are not), and also then implying that those of that particular other religion are terrorists just because they are a member of that religion.
Lying and religious prejudice doesn't play with with the traditional American "melting pot, Statue of Liberty, welcome open arms to the world" values that I am aware of. Nearly all Americans are descendents of immigrants from around the world, and I always thought everyone was welcomed into America, no matter their nationality or religious beliefs.
Palin quit her governorship, as she quit being mayor of Wasilla, as she quit four colleges before that. She's not known for finishing what she started. America has always prided itself on being built by hardworking citizens.
Palin was publically found guilty of ethics violations and she publically, amazingly, denied it.
Cognitive dissonance may be a good qualification for national office, though :D
She is still fighting ethics violations. As mayor of Wasilla, when she quit early, she left the town markedly more in debt than when she took office. As governor of Alaska, she created annual "government handouts" - free money - to all Alaskans, including children. Pretty "liberal" fiscal agenda, Palin had!
"Conservative woman with a traditional family" ? Traditional to whom? She was pregnant herself out of wedlock (she was pregnant when she married). Her daughter is pregnant out of wedlock, didn't finish high school, and didn't marry the father. Palin follows a religion that had a pastor literally "cast out her demons".
Nothing wrong with any of the above in my book, but it isn't anywhere near what is touted in America as "conservative" or "traditional" family values. Quite a "liberal" family, it seems :)
Sarah Palin could answer "softball" questions? She wasn't able to. She thought Africa was a country, and couldn't name one newspaper.
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