I was at the Carson rally. And so far EVERYBODY in the media has missed what Palin really did. The "palling with terrorists" line wasn't the point. That Obama feels comfortable in the company of terrorists is a given.  The real theme of Palin's message -- and one that will resonate -- was the set-up. Basically she said "Maybe it's because Obama thinks so little of America that he's able to be palling around with terrorists." 

There's your theme. There's your reality.  "Obama thinks little of America." It ties everything together.

He thinks so little of America (and Americans) that he'll accuse our troops of bombing villages.

He thinks so little of America he won't wear a flag pin til convenient.

He thinks so little of America he'll sit for decades under a pastor who blasts this great land from his pulpit.

He thinks so little of America that he thinks a majority of us "cling" to religion and guns.

He thinks so little of America he'll go to Berlin and not tout this nation.

He thinks so little of America he can't take a few minutes to see our troops.

He thinks so little of America he couldn't be bothered to visit Iraq until goaded into it by McCain.

He thinks so little of America he can't even speak of victory for our troops in Iraq.

He thinks so little of America he would allow his campaign ads mock the war wounds of John McCain.

And yes, he thinks so little of America that he had no problem having his political career launched from the home of and accepting a job with and being "friendly" with a terrorist who tried blowing up the same building Obama wants to stand in front of to take the oath of office.

Toss in a wife who wasn't even proud of America until her husband started doing well in the Presidential race, offering to be a savior for the nation rather than a servant of it, and the support of every organization and celebrity who seem to blame the US for all the world's ills, and the portrait's complete. Yes, Palin summarized in one sentence what Democrats started figuring out by the later primaries but couldn’t articulate and I think a majority of Americans will realize by Election Day:

Barack Obama wants to lead us, but he doesn't really like us.