I don't care for Palin personally - I think that her "down to earth image" was manufactured to appeal to voters, and I find it patronizing.

Though the far-left's paranoia toward her is unjustified and quite amusing - back in the day when I was extremely disaffected with the Republican party I despised her during her McCain election campaign, but couldn't name one actual fact about her beyond something that had been parroted by followers of the tabloid media..