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her extreme view of a women's right (no right to an abortion in rape/incest), her view on teaching creationism in public schools, her view against climate change...these are far right views imo not held by the vast majority of americans.
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You are taking this to a silly end.
What matters is the contrast between Obama and Palin.
Obama has never voted contrary to any abortion right. Obama (unless the media is reporting wrongfully) is even in support of infanticide when he apparently voted for the termination of an infant born alive DESPITE an attempt to abort (failed abortion=living child). Obama is in favor of the partial birth abortion.
So, Obama is only "mainstream" to the far left on the abortion issue.
To complain that Sarah is far right and missing a "mainstream" view is too simple an analysis.
You have to look at what is mainstream and then determine which candidate comes closest to the parts of the debate you support.
It may be "mainstream" to favor abortion for rape/incest. I don't know and have never seen a poll on such things that could help us conclude what "mainstream" abortion thought is.
But...
you have to realize that Sarah attracts a large swarm of those who may be "mainstream" and certainly attracts the right.
Sarah is very attractive to small town USA.