A reader writes:You ask, what it is about sunlight and open debate that Palin is afraid of.
My guess is that it isnt fear. (Though she knows on some level that
shes not capable of debate with her dismal language skills.) I think
that its because the debate isnt the point. Because she doesnt want
debate. Her sole objective, and that of the neocons who back her, is to
continue consolidating a rabid right wing base, to reinforce the views
they already have and then send them out to keep their fel....

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