Have you found a significant number of FReepers to be of the opinion that this will not be the case?
As to a person's gender or ethnicity, I couldn't care less...I care about things like integrity, patriotism, decisiveness and an excellent track record, which Governor Palin has in spades and I've 'generally' found most FReepers to be of a similar perspective. If your experience here has been different then I confess that this makes me rather sad. Her long upcoming tenure in the White House will prove naysayers wrong.
Thankfully we have forums like Free Republic that help negotiate us through the liberal haze.