From Eric Dondero:

Sarah Palin was a guest along with Congressman Ron Paul of Texas, on Judge Andrew Napolitano's Freedom Watch show on Saturday (see video and links post below). The pairing was dubbed the "Tea Party Summit."

In a stunning statement that may shock some of her most hardened critics, Governor Sarah Palin yesterday on Fox News' Freedom Watch show hosted by Judge Andrew Napolitano said the following:

NAPOLITANO: Governor Palin switching gears. Is it any business of the federal government if someone were to use a recreational drug in the privacy of their own home? In such a time or manner not to harm another individual.

PALIN: Well, if we're talking about pot, I'm not for the legalization of pot cause I think that that would just encourage our young people that it's okay to use it, and I'm not an advocate for that. However, I think we need to prioritize our law enforcement efforts, and if somebody is going to smoke a joint in their own house and not do anybody else harm, then perhaps there are other things that our cops should be looking at, engage in, and perhaps clean up some of the other problems of society that are appropriate for law enforcement...

Note - In her 2006 campaign for Governor, during the Republican primary, Palin foes criticized her as a "closet libertarian," suggesting that she supported marijuana legalization. She had once made a similar comment to the one above in a magazine interview which garnered the slam. She is also a past marijuana user herself.

In 2008, immediately after her pick as Republican VP nominee, the Marijuana Policy Project sent out a press release praising her stance on marijuana. The release was pulled soon after, when the media template switched to Palin as a "religious conservative." (Source: Boston radio talk show host Howie Carr read the release in full on air minutes after her nomination was announced.)