I wonder how many words were written about Palin's terrible Paul Revere gaffe vs Obama's terrible "I'm campaigning in 57 states" gaffe? Do you think only an order of magnitude more about Palin? 2 orders of magnitude? More?
It was pretty clear in the last election, the press spent far more time scrutinizing the credentials of (and digging up dirt on) the republican VP candidate than the democrat presidential one.
I think this actually backfires, though. All it does is show the press to be biased, and they are already distrusted.
I hope she doesn't run, frankly, though if she does, I bet she runs as an Independent (thus guaranteeing a 2d Obama term).
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