[Bitwhacker]

In re your thought about the Commies using mental institutions to 're-educate' people who had opposing political views:

Yes, that has always been the tactics of the Left, right down to Political Correctness and Saul Alinsky -- PC sweeps whole categories of speech off the table; Alinsky's mandate was to 'polarize the target', no matter the substance of the argument.

Again, I say that without the Lamestream Media behind them, this kind of villification would be impossible. We need more Fox News Channels and more talk radio, not less.

A good book to read is The Fountainhead, in which Ayn Rand describes how in the 30's the print media were the 'king makers', and the opinion leaders within the media held the true power -- and her hero the architect didn't give a damn what they were writing and saying about him because he followed his own internal compass (a lot like Palin is now)...;-))

[Molly Pitcher]

Yes, Palin is a good example...there are others, and they're usually on the right. Look at Reagan! People who don't like to be "herded"...

LB, I see now...thanks!

NY, that is such wonderful news.