GOP faithful lost in the realm of a new enchantress

[Punditty]

The Associated Press did a Fact Check of Palin's convention speech and published it Monday.
To call it "stretching the truth" is kind. I continue to be amazed at the way the non-Evangelical wing of the party has taken to Palin. Other than their love affair with Ronald Reagan, they generally take a more cautious approach to a full embrace of a candidate. Generally speaking in political-emotional sense, I have observed Republicans to be less willing to "take the leap" for a candidate, but more willing to stand by the candidate in question after they have committed.

Palin, for now, defies that pattern. Vast swaths of the GOP have taken to her like caribou to the Alaska countryside. But what happens when her spell begins to wear thin, when her misrepresentations and mischaracterizations of Obama are seen for the partisan sniping that they are?

See my thoughts on the matter at:
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/1279535-palin-enchantress

I welcome all feedback and will be checking back in Thursday or Friday to respond.
Thanks,

Punditty
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[Punditty]

Thanks to all those who read and commented. I am seeing a pattern begin to emerge, which is that Republicans seem to think having a fresh face to look up to will somehow change the bad outcome of their policies.

I know some of you McCain people out there would disagree, and would try and find examples of Obama's contradictions. No doubt they exist. But McCain's move was cynical as much as it was "maverick." Cynical because he has basically told the American people that the time-honored tradition of meeting and getting to know candidates for national office has been superceded by a game of play-the-victim and limiting media access. One of the most cynical ploys I've seen in American politics, actually, but it's already wearing thin.

See my new thread on Palin fatigue if you are so inclined, and thinks again for reading.