If you have fantasy expectations of her that's your delusion not Sarah Palin's.
Go ahead and fool yourself, go ahead an attach your wagon to a runaway horse. If you really think that a majority of Americans outside of FR are going to be sympathetic and applaud this slime, help yourself. Nothing is ever Palin’s fault, even her own decisions. Now who does that remind me of?
That is what primaries are for. It will all come out in the wash.