Let me start with I do not ever plan to vote for Sarah Palin due to her stand on creationism. However, one of the things I thought we were all trying to get past was our “model” of what a great leader should be…i.e. white, male, East Coast educated, well traveled, impeccable spouse, 2.3 children…etc. That a person felt uncomfortable around different people at 18 or whether they did cocaine at 18 bothers me not the least.