Terrorism:
the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, esp. for political purposes.
Um, blowing up the pentagon to stop a war, or an abortion clinic to stop abortions, is the same thing. You're using violence to disrupt operations and scare people - exactly for a political purpose.
Palin doesn't want to piss off the NC voters who support Eric Rudolph, let's be honest. HE was a hero there, and she's appealing directly to those voters. undermines her bigtime on the Ayers talk though.