IS PALIN THE WINGNUTS VERSION OF ROUSSEAU?

I read this passage from Jonathan Raban's review of Palin's book and another book about Palin:

Commonsense Conservatism hinges on the not-so-tacit assumption that the average, hardworking churchgoer, like the ladies at the booth, equipped with the fundamental, God-given ability to distinguish right from wrong, is in a better position to judge, on "principle," the merits of an economic policy or the deployment of American troops abroad than "the 'experts'"--a term here unfailingly placed between derisive quotation marks. Desiccated expertise, of the kind possessed by economists, environmental scientists, and overinformed reporters from the lamestream media, clouds good judgment; Palin's life, by contrast, is presented as one of passion, sincerity, and principle. Going Rogue, in other words, is a four-hundred-page paean to virtuous ignorance.

and I was reminded that Jean-Jacques Rousseau would probably agree with her:

Throughout his life he kept returning to the thought that man is good by nature but has been corrupted by society and civilization. He did not mean to suggest that society and civilization were inherently bad but rather that both had taken a wrong direction and become more harmful as they had become more sophisticated.

Rousseau, Jean-Jacques. (2009). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved December 27, 2009, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online: http://search.eb.com/eb/article-23963