Not really. The US is becoming more secularized as time passes
by. These two probably stand out because you are seeing less
and less of it. Nothing wrong with them being outspoken, you
will always encounter such ones and they probably have a good
life living the way they do.
Palin has something in common with Obama. They appeared
promising at first, but both end up being huge disappointments,
if not outright dangerous. Of course, Obama's fascist leanings
make him the greater of two evils.
"the most do-nothing Congress in the history of this country."
I would go one step farther and call them the" most harmful
Congress in the history of the country."