“I think Palin is remarkably consistant, and believe she has the same views now she did 3 years ago.”
I generally agree with your thoughtful remarks about pragmatism. But don’t you have a hard time with her connections with McCain and Graham? Isn’t fighting those two and others like ‘em EXACTLY what these primaries are all about? She doesn’t have a dog in that hunt!?
I would have a hard time with her connection to McCain if I thought she shared his views on a wide variety of issues. But I have more respect for McCain I guess than a lot of people here, not that he deserves it.
I guess I think slightly less badly about McCain because Sarah Palin, who spent a significant amount of time with him and his family, says he’s a good man. Either she is a lousy judge of character, or the picture I had painted of him wasn’t accurate.
Since at the moment I trust her judgment, and since I have never met him myself, I give her the benefit of the doubt on this one — not that it would make me send money, or vote for him if I lived in Arizona in the primary.
It’s funny because I certainly am not as much of a Palin supporter as many people here are, but I think I respect her position more than they do.