Full Disclosure: Why I like (but probably won't vote for) Sarah Palin

I like Palin a lot.  She has spent her political life in a total bubble, and because of this has been afforded the freedom to remain bi-partisan and totally independent.  I don't agree with her socially conservative religious beliefs (anti-gay, pro-life, pro-gun) yet her little bit of legislative work has actually gone against these beliefs, such as when she upheld the rights of homosexuals to get healthcare for their partners by laying her veto-pen to a proposed benefits ban,  a step closer to gay marriage than I'd ever expect Alaska to get.  And why did she say she let gays keep such a right, against the will of the people of Alaska?

"Advice from her new attorney general said the bill passed by the Legislature was unconstitutional, she said. "Signing this bill would be in direct violation of my oath of office," Palin said in a prepared statement released by her administration Thursday night.  For supporters, the Supreme Court ruling was considered a victory for gay rights and civil liberties. To opponents, it equated same-sex partners with married couples, despite the state's ban on gay marriage.

That link goes to the full article published in the Anchorage Daily News.

And then check out this article in the New Yorker which is at least good for the sheer amount of quotes that it has gathered from the Alaskan Gov.

From her lips:

“Turning maybe purple in the state means, to me, it’s more independent, it’s not the obsessive partisanship that gets in the way of doing what’s right for this state, and I think on a national level that’s what we’re gonna see.”

As an independent who is fed up with all this red state blue state propagandist crapola, I like the way that sounds.  Too bad she is simply under-qualified to be President of the United States and wasn't allowed to develop as a politician naturally, instead being plucked out of Alaska and forced to sit on a bus (or plane) all day with McCain's wacky advisors who are whispering who-knows-what in her ear all day long.