@Advocate,
There should be a clue in there for you about your idiotic comparison of Palin to Bush. Palin's game is so pathetic, she can't even find a speechwriter who can repackage the partisan drivel in new words. Because i'm sure you don't understand, let me point out some other differences for you. Alaska is not a major state in terms of population or electoral votes--Texas is. Palin's daddy wasn't a big political player--Bush's daddy was the Director of Central Intelligence, the Chairman of the Republican National Committee, twice Vice President of the United States, and served one term as President of the United States. Palin's daddy was not able to introduce her into the corridors of power--Buth's daddy not only introduced him to the big boys of Texas oil, he set him up, more than once, in business. Palin attended four different community colleges, colleges and universities on five different occassions to get her degree, none of them major universities in the accepted sense of the word--Bush attended Yale where he obtained a bachelor's degree, and then got an MBA from Harvard (you make hold his education in contempt, but it was more than adequate credentials for those who voted for him).
So your hysterical rant about Palin
qua Bush is nonsense, which is why i describe it as paranoia. Bush managed to get almost all mainstream Republicans to vote for him, and in 2004, a considerable number of those who had voted Democratic in 2000. Palin can't get the support of the majority of Republicans.
So let me return to my original statement--i doubt that any "liberal" who can realistically assess the contemporary political scene is afraid of Palin.