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You have a problem with capitalism?

No.

Seems to me there are plenty of people who are willing to pay to hear her speak.

Good for them. They can spend their money on magic beans and dragon eggs for all I care.

Oh, and btw, her view on anything that is popular?

This is precisely my problem with her. When being a moderate and 'reaching across the aisle' were popular, she fell right in line when she ran for governor. She campaigned and governed as a moderate, not a conservative. Her taxes on the oil and gas industry were destructive, to the point that Alaska has some of the industry's highest tax rates. Many people even compare it to places like Norway. Energy development here decreased as a result, but, our state-run kids health care was expanded. Thank goodness for that.

The policies of her adminstration greatly decreased the chances of developing north slope (Arctic) gas, and drilling permits for Cook Inlet gas were denied. The state is now bracing for shortages.

Please note, tax hikes are exactly that. They are not 'fighting corruption' as she somehow loves to claim. Furthermore, those wheels were already turning before she became governor and involved a couple contract firms, not the Alaskan oil industry as a whole.

The tax hikes her administration levied on cruise ships curbed tourism to lots of small coastal towns dependent on it for income, when it was already hit hard by a rough economy. Those nagging conservative, capitalist, free-market principles hard at work.

Fast forward to now, when socialism, liberalism and democrats aren't the most popular thing going. Gone are the days of bipartisanship and 'reaching across the aisle' that were the flavor when she ran for governor. Now the world gets to see outspoken, staunch right-wing, capitalist Palin. She is bringing in millions of dollars preaching conservative values that we certainly didn't see when she was governor.

I wish that she held the same conservative, free-market values when she was gov. that she preaches now. Her administration did more damage to the Alaskan economy over her short term as gov. than environmentalists and their lawyers were able to do over 30 years.

I find it very suspicious that of all the posters on FR, in the two years since Palin has been in the spotlight, you're the only one to level these accusations, outside of the typical liberal bloggers in Alaska.

Her administration did more damage to the Alaskan economy over her short term as gov. than environmentalists and their lawyers were able to do over 30 years.

I want to see proof. Please provide links proving your assertion.

And what about her record of rooting out corruption in her own party in Alaska? I’m sure the Alaska Repubics weren’t unhappy to see her resign.

On the other hand, what you described could help explain her enthusiastic support for McCain, in spite of people in his presidential campaign trying to destroy her. On the other hand, she appears to have made a good endorsement here, contrary to my initial assessment based on his McCain association.

I’d like to see those links, too.