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The attacks on Sarah Palin by conservatives (some of whom I respect) have really been cutting me up inside. And I think it is hurting us nationally. To me she represented a bright future for this country. And it seems like she is being destroyed from the left and right now. From all directions. And it is a helpless feeling knowing there is nothing that can be done to stop it.

The nonsense Palin has been subjected to has been very unfair, but this is how politics has always been - Ronald Reagan is a legend now but in the summer and fall of 1980 he was denounced as a radical and a dunce, while moderate Republicans were urged to vote for some non-entity named John Anderson. There's plenty that can be done to stop the attacks on Palin, most of it by Palin herself - Reagan showed how it's done.

But at the end of the day, it's got to be about conservative principles, not personalities. I like and admire Palin, and I'm rooting for her to become the conservative standard-bearer. But I'm not at all swayed by her endorsement of Carly Fiorina - my vote will be cast for Chuck DeVore.

Reagan was my CIC and I loved him. I do remember the drumbeat back then was how “dumb” he was. That is the typical chant of the left: “We are brilliant - everyone else is dumb!” I will say that the attacks on Reagan actually seem tame compared to the attacks on Sarah Palin, however.