Palin's first instinct was to rebuke these "hecklers" by questioning their patriotism, suggesting completely out of the blue that they might be reluctant to show sufficient gratitude towards our veterans. But then her husband gently let her know that these people weren't hecklers at all. They were supporters who were yelling for her to speak louder.
"They just can't hear you back there," Todd told his wife. "That's why they're yelling louder."
Put aside the awful sanctimony on display here. What's interesting is how automatically Palin slipped into playing this culture war grievance card.
This is the state of modern Republican politics. It begins and ends with viciousness, and rarely goes anywhere in between. It's time we ran our country based on a little more than that.
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As a commenter on another site said, instead of "Louder" they should have been yelling "Smarter".