Posted on 05/04/2010 12:59:07 AM PDT by militanttoby
Sarah Palin is one of the most intriguing (and polarizing) personalities to emerge on the national political stage in a long time. The way that many conservatives embrace her and many liberals vilify her illustrates in microcosm the yawning political divide in America today.
We can draw insights about Palin's significance in America today from a trio of three markedly disparate historical figures: Ronald Reagan, the late Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises, and the Gospel of Matthew's King Herod. The connection between Sarah Palin and Ronald Reagan is fairly simple and straightforward. They share conservative convictions and a special gift of communication. Palin is reminiscent of Reagan in the way she resonates, inspires, and energizes conservatives.
Less apparent are the links that may be drawn between Palin and the long-departed Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises -- and Palin and the much-longer-ago-departed King Herod.
The connection between Palin and Mises occurred to me while rereading Mises' 1944 book Bureaucracy. Mises wrote, "...the educated strata are more gullible than the less educated. The most enthusiastic supporters of Marxism, Nazism, and Fascism were the intellectuals, not the boors." Indeed, Marx, Lenin, et al., were intellectuals, and the leaders of socialism have been relatively well-to-do educated folks like Bill Ayers, not salt-of-the-earth blue-collar folks.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
He's one of the most honest people here.
Wasn't he the poster banned for a while due to his outragous lies and vile temper?
You apparently define an honest person as someone you agree with.
That wasn't him. That description applies to a lot of Palinistas and birthers, though.
That description applies to a lot of Palinistas and birthers, though.
Name one, and link to such a post.
All you have to do is look at the way some Palinistas resort to personal attacks when confronted with an opposing opinion.
Anyway, Bob is truthful and he keeps quite calm under the circumstances.
Thanks for the kind words and support.
This is kids play. I sharpened my sword doing battle with the worst anti-freepers while supporting Jim and FR for many years. That some now use that term to disparage the character of anyone with whom they disagree shows the shallow nature of their character and emptiness of their arguments. That it may come from Jim is even more disheartening.
It’s the same as when libs call conservatives nazis.
It’s one of the reasons I left the conservative activism movement, it got to the point where I couldn’t tell the difference in mentality between the two. Although there was a solid core of reasoned, principled fighters I workled with, too many fair weather fans were simply angry buffoons whose only goal was to rip everything and everyone down. I finally had to look at myself and ask “What are you doing this for?”
A number of people that have been here a while seem to have forgotten what battles were waged the first ten years and who carried the flags. You were a standard bearer and dispite disagreements at certain times recently with Jim or others there are those of us that still have the utmost respect for your many contributions.
Many things mellow with time and I hope this disrespect for your past contributions based upon heated current disagreement is one of them.
Nominating an unelectable candidate.
I think that given the situation, she is very electable. We won’t know however until the election, and that is IF she runs.
As for me, I have taken the pledge never to vote for another RINO, and just like your opinion that Mrs. Palin is unelectable, I get to decide who is a RINO.
Thanks KC. Nice to see you!
I believe Palin has been Chosen By God to LEAD OUR COUNTRY FOREVER! In fact, I am coming to believe that Sarah Palin is GOD HERSELF.
God is a woman? Our next President? Working for FNC? Campaigning?
I’m still waiting for her to turn water into wine.
Isn't that what got Obama elected in the first place.
Yeah and we can see what that got us. Cult-like adoration and worship are the worst possible qualities to take the place of clear thinking and reasoned logic, especially when it comes to electing someone to the most powerful political office on Earth.
All I see is denigration. Bob J doesn’t lie. If he does? Somebody debate im him here and now.
” Cult-like adoration and worship are the worst possible qualities to take the place of clear thinking and reasoned logic, especially when it comes to electing someone to the most powerful political office on Earth.”
It means throwing reason & logic out the window.
It's the former. I think I know Laz by now. :)
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