Jill Bandes: Criticism Of Palin Is Reflexive, Not Substantive

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Excellent observation by Jill Bandes at the Townhall.com Blog:

Sarah Palin endorsed Carly Fiorina over Chuck DeVore in California, and Terry Branstad over Bob Vander Plaat in the Iowa governor's race. In doing so, she rebuffed standard "tea party" picks for candidates who were more mainstream.

As usual, the mainstream media has found a way to criticize these choices.

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I find analysis such as this especially humorous given the recent round of articles praising Palin for her astute electoral picks. With Palin, though, nothing can ever go without criticism — if she's picking correctly, she's making somebody mad, and so she's clearly doing something wrong. It's a convenient narrative for those who are simply seeking to marginalize the tea party movement, the Republican Party, and conservatism in general.

Once upon a time the wire service known as AP was fair in its reporting, though admittedly that was a very long time ago. But when it come to reporting anything about Sarah Palin, the initials AP stand for "Anti-Palin."

- JP