Palin resigns as governor of Alaska

[cacophony]

Originally Posted by Sean

Very interesting interview, Cured. Thanks for linking it.

And a new poll has just come out showing that Palin's resignation has had no negative impact on the Republican view of her - in fact, she's gotten a little bump in polls since then. It's not surprising, but it's still an interesting phenomenon to me that so many people are so willing to ignore glaring faults like this. I really don't understand it. I guess a certain portion can be written off to ignorance, but a large percentage seems to involve willful compromising of values and standards just to pull for someone who's on the same team, no matter how flawed they are.

it's in direct opposition of other issues-based polls that support actions like withdrawal from iraq, which she was deadset against, and obama's high approval rating.

so on the one hand you've got people answering one way on issues, but on the other hand a portion of those people are still supporting palin, who runs counter to those opinions.

it speaks volumes about the confusion of the party.