“In a February interview with MTV, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin lavished praise on maverick Republican presidential contender Ron Paul.
She had a few nice things to say about another GOP candidate, Mitt Romney.
But Palin made no mention of John McCain.”
Evidence of her good judgement, assuming it was Paul’s domestic policies she was praising.
Considering her strong pro-Israel position, I'm pretty sure that's the case (and that Paul would probably therefore have nothing to do with her).
For many years American conservatism was anti-Israel (just as American liberalism has until recently been pro-Israel, despite the fact that this is the opposite of the position of the International Left and has been since the Fifties). For a very long time pro-Israel conservatives had the choice of supporting anti-Israel conservatives or liberals. They chose the former, mostly totally unaware of their anti-Israel positions. Shoot, even Jesse Helms, the ultra-Southern Baptist, was originally virulently anti-Israel, even calling for breaking off diplomatic relations with her in '82 (he changed, thank G-d). There was a time when even Pat Buchanan attracted pro-Israel Fundamentalist support for his domestic positions even as they demonstrated their disagreement with him by wearing "Hands off Israel!" buttons.
I'd say it is the Internet that has really given traditional pro-Israel Fundamentalists a voice in a political movement where their Middle East positions were for so long ignored. No longer do Birchites and "palaeos" rule the roost. No longer is an anti-Israel position the official conservative "party line."
I should know. I used to be a John Bircher, and until that experience never dreamed there was such a thing as an anti-Israel conservative or a pro-Israel liberal. Now that old Fundamentalist worldview is becoming reality (again, thank G-d!).