I live in a small town in a rural state, too, and it is filled with ALL KINDS of people, just as cities are.

What this all boils down to for me is that Palin is being programmed by the neo-cons of the Republican party. They are in bliss that they have a new face to promote their agenda and a clean slate in her - they can mold her. She is not the old McCain style Republican at all. I actually had some respect for McCain before he chose her.