Being a libertarian, there's much I disagree with Palin on. I also thought she was a bad pick as a political candidate for VP in 2008 - though she had more experience than Obama, she would have been lost in DC. In the past 5 years shes gained a lot of experience and I wouldn't hesitate to vote for her now.

Nevertheless, it's refreshing to see that Palin is rebelling against the Republican elite and refusing to condemn Snowden. And as an added bonus, she opposes intervention in Syria.

"Sarah Palin energized a group of social conservatives at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference Saturday, blasting the Obama Administration’s apparent lawlessness, calling the current state of America “Orwellian,” and urging the United States to stay out of Syria’s chaotic and brutal civil war.

In comments to the Daily Caller, the 2008 candidate for vice president also declined to join many of her fellow Republicans in condemning National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, saying the real problem was the government’s violation of Americans’ rights.

In her speech, Palin called the current political atmosphere, rife with scandals, a “a symptom of a bigger disease,” expressing outrage over the Internal Revenue Service’s targeting of conservative nonprofits."

[link to dailycaller.com]