As we approach the 100th birthday of Ronald Reagan many conservatives are quoting him, and playing back his famous speeches, and swooning in awe at how much they think Sarah Palin is like him. Really, I’m not making that last part up, they are really swooning over how much they think Palin is like Reagan.
President Reagan famously said that the “nine most terrifying words” in his opinion were, “I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”
I hate to dispute that, but, those aren’t the nine most terrifying words, the nine most terrifying words are, “I am Sarah Palin, and I want your vote.”
A conservative recently said, “What is it about Sarah Palin that scares liberals to death? That she will take away their abortions? Promote freedom? Lower taxes? Get government out of our lives? Oh ya, those are some scary things alright!”
What “scares liberals” about Palin? It’s plain and simple, she’s an idiot; nothing else, just that. I can very easily tell you one thing (as someone who knew and worked for him) she isn’t Ronald Reagan.
On Palin and all the wonderful things she’ll allegedly do.
First, Roe – v – Wade is pretty well established law in the country, and if someone runs for President claiming they’re going to overturn it they’re one of two things, either a fool, or a liar, and possibly both.
Second, how will supporting the policies of the previous administration – which is what she has said she’d do – promote freedom? Through the unconstitutional suspension of habeas corpus (constitutionally a president can only suspend habeas corpus under two circumstances; against individuals who are in rebellion – as Lincoln did during the Civil War – and against foreign invaders), torturing of prisoners, sending the country into a war with anyone who seems to oppose the U.S.? And yes, she’s said she’d attack Iran. Where is it written, previous to the Bush Doctrine – which Palin didn’t know what was – that the U.S, can do whatever it pleases anywhere in the world?
Third, she’ll lower taxes? Hey Tea Party people, and Republicans, stop whining about your huge tax burden, we currently have the lowest tax rates in a long time; much lower than your parents or grandparents lived under. We have – for a very large part – a huge debt because Bush/Cheney ignored a fundamental economic maxim and conducted wars without raising taxes. Blame the President for the country’s debt, because I know conservatives will, but don’t be obtuse about it, admit where it came from in the first place, along with the crippling economy.
And last, how will Sarah get the government out of our lives? Oh yeah, by abolishing the Dept of Ed, and the EPA, and any other government agency or regulation limiting the newly acquired constitutional liberties of big business. So, you like polluted streams and rivers, and you like that minorities, women and children with special needs would have no protections in the classroom? You don’t want federal dollars going to the infrastructure of the country? Because it doesn’t say anywhere in the Constitution that the federal government can do those things. It also doesn’t say the President can send the country off to war, that’s a power enumerated to the Congress, not the President. Why? So, we don’t get into the mess we’re currently in.
So, that’s why liberals are “scared of” Palin. And, here’s a little secret. We’re not scared of her. In the world of political reality, she’s a 10 second sound bite. I hope she runs, I really do, because if she does, she will be exposed for the moronic fraud she really is. She won’t have to worry about the President illuminating just how unprepared she is, her fellow Republicans will take care of that. Oh, and here’s another little secret, when she doesn’t win the GOP nomination, or if it looks like she might not be able to get it in the first place, she’ll probably run as the Tea Party candidate, which will take votes from which party? So, please let’s see those Palin 2012 bumper stickers, let’s see those yard signs.
The Liberty Tree 
