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.
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Damn. Just damn.
Evening Star has assured me that Laz was engaging in sarcasm without use of the ‘sarc’ tag, let us all breathe a sigh of relief. lol
I have seen nuerous posts almost this bad that were not in jest.
Well said.
The complete lack of respect is truly shameful.
...and while I am barely passing by, I may as well point out that most of the retarded antifreepers are back at FR posting away without a care in the world.
Did someone say ‘career belongers’?
Anti-freepers back on FR while long term FR supporters are accused of being anti-freepers.
The world is upside down.
The world is upside down."
Oh, my ups, downs, sides and in betweens.
It has taken me three days and nights to read the genesis of this Alice in Wunderland saga to figure out what loon has accused Bob J of being an anti-freeper.
My conclusion is based on many years of being right on everything being left of center.
Oh, yes. The conclusion on who started this? Laz of course. He's always wanted to be the head moose in the chicken coop.
At the risk of polluting your reputation further I wish we could all just get along on Freeper Island, just one more time.
And, please, Laz, don't blow my covergirl image.
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