Really? When is the last time Sarah Palin has been on a show that wasn't on Fox News Channel? Trump, OTOH has appeared on virtually every network, and even every show other than "This Old House" in the last weeks.
Why is Sarah Palin afraid of confrontation with unfriendly journalists, and Donald Trump relishes it?
"Your first two points are nonsense. Trump is in no way, currently, being treated as bad as Mrs. Palin has been over the last 2+ years, and that's a fact."
Trump isn't being "treated as bad" because Donald Trump has media skills, Palin doesn't - at all. Trump DESTROYED Meredith Viera to such a point leftists were calling for her firing. Sarah Palin withered in front of Katie Couric. WITHERED.
"The comparison is apples to oranges at this point in time."
We agree - Donald Trump is a media juggernaut, and Palin is a media paper tiger - apples & oranges.
It's a given that Mrs. Palin has had her low points in interviews, but the situations, once again, are simply not comparable. I'm of the opinion that the MSM has their own reasons for this, but the time span of focus on Trump has still been entirely too short to know for certain, but as I said before, I have my suspicions that their motives in this regard are to choose the Republican candidate for 2012.
Trump is not being treated in the same manner at this point in time, and only time will tell if the comparisons are truly apt.
Why haven't the big bad interviewers highlighted his "negatives" with the same fervor they went after Mrs. Palin? I will concede that there hasn't been much time for that so far, but I'm seeing no indications at this point that they are preparing for such tactics, and that should give pause to all of the Trump “fans”.
In any case, this country needs a POTUS like Mrs. Palin, but already has a POTUS that is ideologically more like Trump.
We don't agree at all over Trump. I don't see him as any "juggernaut" in any sense outside of his own mind and the minds of those who hate this administration so much they would vote in Soros or Ahmadinnerjacket from Iran just to rid us of Obama.
As for Mrs. Palin, Your casual dismissal of her is contradictory to her full track record over the last 2+ years, and I'm of the opinion she has dramatically improved her "talents" when it comes to MSM exposure. When and If the times comes for her to travel back into enemy territory, I feel she will be able to hold her own without any problems.
Trump, on the other hand, has taken this path for his own personal interests, and his flip flops on core conservative issues along with his beliefs on health care and the second amendment will not get him the support he needs from conservatives unless he has something else to offer, and that something else is what we have seen in the last month.