"Small wonder the libs on the DR constantly dis her since they're obviously afraid of her."
Honestly, I am afraid of Palin. That woman represents all of the worst components of republican ideology: divisive in her approach ("real" America...), acid-tongued attacks that cloud the real issues, vacuous, ignorant of international affairs (the woman never left the country), opportunistic, single-focused in terms of foreign relations (our way or war), fundamentalist in her approach to spiritual belief (dinosaurs and mankind, anyone?), lying and flip-flopping to fit popular trends...man the list could go on and on and on but the main point is she just is not very fucking bright. It would be like Bush, but worse...
Though this profile will scare away many of the moderate or more "centered" electorate, it seems to galvanize the crazies to the far right. After her pathetic performance in this race, she still garners more support than any other republican. Add that to the usually impressive election machine that the republicans have and you've got a fucking hillbilly, fundy, ignorant wretch for President.
Consider this: with the incredible damage inflicted to the u.s. by the republicans in the past 8 years, it was still a close race. The Dems should have crushed and humiliated the repubs this go around, but they won by what? 7%?
Her chances at getting to penn. ave are good, and that is very scary.