It lets you go back and see all the great things that people have posted.
Some days, in between trying to get my work done, keeping my house in order, and trying to get at least 5 hours of sleep, I'll go back through the archives on conservative blogs to see just how much their positions have changed on certain issues and what they think of people now versus the past.
Today, that search is for thoughts on Sarah Palin.
A popular blogger @ Townhall.com called Killroy did a little bit of satire revolving around Sarah Palin's "Bridge To Nowhere" in relation to the deadly bridge collapse in Minnesota last year.
Another blog hosted by Townhall.com is entitled:
The Conservative Case to Vote Democrat for President
This was posted by user Crescen7(Regis Matejcik) on Thursday, January 31, 2008 at 1:38:20 PM.
In it, the user outlined each reason that he saw fit that ALL conservatives should vote Democrat in the upcoming election. But, low and behold, all changed once Palin was in the picture:
Update - 8/31/08
Based on the continued exposure of Barak Obama as an extreme and potentially dangerous threat to our individual liberties, and economic liberties - this above position must be reconsidered. Additionally in light of Senator McCain's brilliant selection of Sarah Palin as VP, it is obvious that all conservatives, yea, all Americans that cherish liberty and indivdual freedom - must unite to stop the dangerous policies of Barak Obama.
So, now this person is quite alright with McCain's positions? What explicit examples do they offer about Obama rather generalizations that are continually parroted by the conservative-right as "facts"?
Nothing.
Chealse Thompson's blog on Townhall.com entitled Diaries Of A Young Conservative has this to say about Palin:
Let’s be real, though, what does a 44-year old woman who has served little over a year in the non-continental United States have to offer to the McCain ticket other than a pretty face and three electoral votes?
Then, there are other blogs that don't think to highly of McCain such as this one.
There are, however, other blogs that mention Palin prior to her pick ( but not before mentioning Jindal's name first ) in relation to polar bears, ANWR, and her child.
True, her name was mentioned as a possible pick. But up until McCain actually did the unthinkable and chose her, she was just a name - and not a name that everyone was comforatble with
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In searching other blogs, Palin wasn't even mentioned by the Grande Mistress of neo-conservative drivel - Michelle Malkin - and her wildly sychophantic followers at HotAir until the day of her pick.
Then, it was all wine-and-roses.
Funny, Malkin seemed to be pushing REALLY hard for a Jindal pick. She was following this even lesser-known Governor as if to say that he was the future of the GOP. But, like so many before him, he was quickly marginalized in favor of a pretty face and fresh talking-points.
The bloggers @ HotAir covered Jindal too.
It was interesting to note that many of the aspects that were lauded as positives for Palin were also positives for Jindal. So, why was he left in the dust? I'll give you three guesses.
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The same predictable fare can be seen on other prominent conservative blogs from Powerline, to Redstate. FreeRepublic had a couple of mentions of Palin as a potential VP choice as far back as February of this year, but that stemmed more from the fact that a TON of GOP possibilities were being named for people that were still in the race at that time - including Thompson.
The earliest mention of Palin at National Review Online was her standing the in the race for what would ultimately be her win as Governor of Alaska in 2006. This was no mean feat, as this is standard coverage for any and all election year publications.
The site Real Clear Politics actually had what might be considered a rather detailed rationale of why Palin would be a great pic.
But, the only site that actually went in-depth and vetted the candidate better than the McCain campain did ( did they even ) was the website PalinForVP.com.
All this attention - or lack therof - leads me to believe that the conservative movement in America, the media that they control, and the pundits, bloggers, and prattle-heads that follow them were far more suprised than the opposition they claim are "afraid". They are having to grasp at any and everything they can in the vein attempt to convince the rest of the country that this purely theatrical pick, this gimmick of a VP candidate, actually has the credibility, the tenacity, the "sand" enough to be the Vice Presdient.
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