I have been a supporter and fan of Sarah Palin before John McCain tapped her for VP.  One of her main positions that excited so many us, was her stand against “Politics as usual”.  And now at her first test to abandon the “Politics as usual” currently infecting Washington, she has failed – by supporting the big government progressive John McCain.

In her own words:

“I look forward to helping Governors like Rick Perry in Texas, Representatives like Michele Bachmann in Minnesota, and heroes and statesmen like Senator John McCain.” – Sarah Palin

I understand it would be hard to turn your back on a war hero and personal friend to whom you owe so much, but doing so would be much easier than the decisions she would face in the White House, if elected.

To quote Michelle Malkin:

“With all due respect to McCain’s noble war service, it’s time to head to the pasture. As the Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, he was wrong on the constitutionality of the free-speech-stifling McCain-Feingold campaign finance regulations. He was wrong to side with the junk-science global warming activists in pushing onerous carbon caps on America. He was on the wrong side of every Chicken Little-driven bailout. He was wrong in opposing enhanced CIA interrogation methods that have saved countless American lives and averted jihadi plots. And he was spectacularly wrong in teaming with the open-borders lobby to push a dangerous illegal alien amnesty.”

Sarah Palin seems to believe that John McCain has changed.  Don’t believe it – people don’t change their character that easily.  For Sarah to support her friend John McCain is more ridiculous than when George Bush supported his friend Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court. At least with Harriet Miers we didn’t know much about her – she had no record for us to evaluate.  John McCain, on the other hand, has proven himself to be a turncoat.  I have to wonder if Sarah Palin had been a member of the Senate these last few years, would she have been a member of the gang of 14?

“Savor the irony: After a career spent bashing the right flank of the party, McCain is now clinging to its coattails to save his incumbent hide.” – Michelle Malkin

Now if we could some how convince the Tea party movement to shift their excitement and support away from Sarah Palin and re-direct it towards Michele Bachmann we would once again have a candidate to be excited about – Michele is the “real deal” Sarah is not.