I expect we all delude ourselves to one degree or the over over our lives, but I've observed that Romney supporters delude themselves to a far, far greater degree than any other Republican candidate's supporters.
Do you want to know why I support Palin and hope she runs? Because I've looked into the charges against her; if they had been true, I'd be right here warning people against her. But what I've found is that a awful lot of people, from both sides of the political aisle, have lied about or carefully and deliberately misrepresented Palin's record.
That tells me as much about Palin's detractors as it does about Palin. BECAUSE I've investigated their charges -- I'd sure as heck not support Palin if they were true -- I am hoping very, very much that Palin gets in the race, because if she does, SHE WILL WIN.
LOL. I am a former Palin supporter who is now on record as being all in for Perry.
I just posted that gif to point out that Palin is doing her damnedest to undermine the conservatives on this panel which will only raise the numbers for Romney, who I absolutely will not vote for if he gets the nomination.
But Palin is sinking her fangs into Perry by insinuating that he is a crony capitalist because Merck donated $5000 to his campaign war chest and Perry thought it was a good idea to vaccinate children against a virus known to cause cancer in women.
Since Palin was all happy to give a political payback to McCain by endorsing his primary bid against a real conservative and since she was acting as the McCain cheerleader for his vote to pass the TARP (which is the largest example of crony capitalism ever passed by congress), she has exposed herself as a hypocrite of the first order.
Perry supported the Guardasil vaccination in 2007 and regrets it. Palin supported TARP in 2008 and then thanked McCain for making her a household name by endorsing his primary bid in 2010. She may be good but she ain't perfect by any stretch and her insinuations against Perry are the same kind of tactic that was used against her. She should know better than this.
If she wants to go after crony capitalism, maybe she should have attacked Mitt Romney's business concerns. Romney's business is the poster child for crony capitalism, but since Romney isn't the leader right now, it's not convenient to attack Romney, so she set her sights on a $5000 contribution from a pharmaceutical company that probably gives $5000 to every governor in America and every congressman and senator regardless of their party affiliation or whether they think it will buy them any favors.
It was disgusting that Palin is employing the same nasty tactics that were used against her. Bachmann can be forgiven because she is naive and downright politically tone deaf. But Palin should know better than to stoop this low.