I think Palin was trying to gain favor with the psycho wing of the party. She is part of that wing and would like to see the platform in place.
But, Mccant isn't a total psycho yet. He is certainly pandering and degrading himself with his campaign, but he never had a love for those dobson types. All mccant cares about is deregulation and funding the military so he can use it to kill rats in his house.
Palin is very strange. I believe she thinks that her own views are the only valid views. Who's not for her is against her, and that there is absolutely nothing wrong with inciting hate and/or violence if it achieves her goals.
I believe she is a sociopath.