In my opinion, Sarah Palin should not be supported OR trusted.
She should not be supported because she is incompetent. She turned a lot of voters away from the Republicans by displaying her ignorance and foolishness on important issues during the latest presidential campaign. There is a non-negligible number of Americans who eventually voted for Barry Suetro (aka Barack Hussein Obama), not because they were particularly fond of the Indonesian Kenya-born Muslim, but because they were scared at the prospect of Sarah Palin becoming President of the US, given John Mac Cain's health problems.
Furthermore, she should not be trusted because she lacks judgement. She probably sincerely supports Israel as far as the "flotilla" incident is concerned, but she could easily change her mind on Israel under bad influence. The fact that she endorses Rand Paul simply confirms that she cannot be trusted.
I do not mean to be disrespectful to Sarah Palin, I think she was subject to a vicious smear campaign by the Liberals and the media. I just think that she is not fit for major political positions.
I remain of the opinion that it was John McCain's ultra politically correct campaign AND the overwhelming majority of the media being an extension of Barack Hussein Obama's campaign that cost McCain any chance at winning the 2008 Presidential Election. While some people weren't comfortable with Sarah Palin on the Republican Ticket, for many including myself, Sarah Palin's presence on the ticket provided reason to enthusiastically support the ticket. Of course I would have voted for McCain regardless of who he selected as his running mate. There's a difference though in voting for someone compared to making campaign contributions AND helping promote the ticket ( as well as actively oppose the opposition ).
There are no guarantees about any human being. I'm confident though that Sarah Palin will continue to support Israel because of her strong religious beliefs. The same with Mike Huckabee. Both aren't perfect. But who is other than G-d? Sarah Palin isn't GW Bush, who had a checkered background and was influenced by his evil father.
The question I have for anyone who opposes Sarah Palin is which potential viable candidate (s ) do you support? I'm interested for information purposes to try to understand the reasoning behind the line of thinking. Guaranteed, there are going to be concerns with everyone in the Republican Presidential Field until at least the time JTF becomes a mass movement.