You keep assuming that I think “conservatives reading conservative websites” is a bad thing.
Since I’ve been reading Free Republic since before Mar of 1998, and a member since March 26, 1998, that would be a pretty silly charge for me to be laying at the feet of others.
Now read again what I wrote with the assumption that reading conservative websites is a GOOD thing.
Wrong. I never wrote that and don't think that. That is a false straw man argument.
In response to your comment #73, I wrote the following:
“You have patronizingly assumed that I judge Palin to have won her debate only because I am ‘a conservative who reads conservative websites.’”
You said that only such a person would think Palin won.
BTW, here is the AP write-up on MSNBC.com:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27001589/ns/politics-decision_08/t/expectations-low-palin-scores-debate/
"Expectations low, Palin scores in debate
"Contest with Biden allows her to get past embarrassing moments
"WASHINGTON — Joe Biden’s task was to attack. Sarah Palin’s was to attack, connect and stick to her folksy script.
"While both vice presidential candidates succeeded in their only debate of the campaign Thursday night, the stakes were much higher and the bar was much lower for Palin. So, in the contest of low expectations, Palin won.
"If nothing else, the first-term Alaska governor got past the raft of nonsensical and meandering answers in evening news interviews with Katie Couric and Charlie Gibson, the spoofs by Saturday Night Live and the mockery of late-night comics."