I can understand your suspicious of Bush 43, given his lineage. While there was a lot not to like about him, the fact is he was much better than his father on taxes, as good or better on national security and much better on judges, all important issues to me.
Sorry, I can't take seriously an argument that Palin is a RINO. Go very far to her right and you're in fringe territory, where we could manage to lose even in a very bad year for Democrats. If you want Obama for eight years, though, I guess that's where you go.
RKBA and Property Rights are my two big hot button topics. Closely followed by "acts of Capitalism between consenting Adults". Also known as free markets.
Bush was lame re: RKBA. He even got rid of Ashcroft just when he was starting to make some good noises about RKBA (http://www.joebrower.com/RKBA/RKBA_FILES/GOV_DOCS/Ashcroft_NRA_letter_010517.pdf). I didn't like Ashcroft's stance on naked statuary, but he was good from an RKBA stance.
All that's a bit of a side trip on this thread though... Back to the fun. ;-)