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and got blasted by liberal bloggers

It would have been nice if you had given at least a hint of what their criticism was, if not giving actual links to the criticism by the liberal bloggers:

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2009/07/14/sarah-palin-has-an-op-ed-today.aspx
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2009/07/sarah_palin_one_of_us.html
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/07/palin-washington-post-and-the-end-of-newspapers.php

At the very least, I hope people read this great twist on her "op-ed":
http://curiouscapitalist.blogs.time.com/2009/07/14/sarah-palin-takes-on-the-water-cannon-threat/

I am deeply concerned about the continued use by firefighters nationwide of pressurized water cannons, and I believe it is an enormous threat to our economy. It would undermine our recovery over the short term and would inflict permanent damage.

American prosperity has always been driven by the steady supply of dry, habitable dwellings. Particularly in Alaska, we understand the inherent link between dry shelter and prosperity, dry shelter and opportunity, and dry shelter and security. Consequently, many of us in this huge if dry-shelter-poor state recognize that the continued pointing of high-pressure water cannons at commercial and residential structures would adversely affect every aspect of the U.S. economy....