As a admirer of Palin, I feel it is my duty to defend her, if she is so stupid, so dumb such a big piece of Republican fluff why waste your time putting her down, why not ignore her? Why devote subject threads to her?[/B]
Yzarctoo,
You say, "As an admirer of Palin, I feel it my duty to defend her..."
Fair enough, but defend her by responding directly to the points adduced, not by deflecting the argument by saying, oh that reminds me of Obama's shortcomings which are much worse.
You say, "..why not ignore her? Why devote subject threads to her?"
We're all shaped by our past experiences--we can't help it.
Lester Maddox's entry into the GA gubernatorial race was a source of great derision amongst my college buddies. Lester Maddox! the pick axe-wielding, hate-spewing, backward-bicycle-riding owner of the Pickwick Cafeteria--thinks he can become governor of GA--ha, ha, ha, that's a good one. The voters would never elect such a clown. Well, Lester did become Governor and was laughable in the role. Maybe if enough folks had pointed out his laugh-ability quotient beforehand, the course of history might have been changed.
Can you see any current parallel to my Lester Maddox anecdote?
(Hint: it involves a woman who shoots wolves from a helicopter; who claims she's a Mama Grizzly protecting her cubs while not knowing what's going on with them; who compares herself w/ God & with Shakespeare; who didn't know that Africa was a continent; who is endorsing several Tea Party candidates; who is poorly educated, poorly informed & hypocritical.)