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Title: Palin Exposes the Tea Partiers' True Colors [SPOT-ON READ!!!]
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URL Source: http://townhall.com/columnists/Stev ... s_the_tea_partiers_true_colors
Published: Feb 11, 2010
Author: Steve Chapman
Post Date: 2010-02-11 08:51:55 by Eric Stratton
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Views: 529
Comments: 47
Palin Exposes the Tea Partiers' True Colors The tea party movement started as a welcome protest against the alarming growth of federal spending and federal control. It had a strong anti-statist flavor, or seemed to. But judging from the applause for Sarah Palin at its convention, the movement's suspicion of government power is exceeded only by its worship of government power. Her keynote address at last week's gathering in Nashville may have been the curtain raiser on a 2012 presidential campaign. "I think that it would be absurd to not consider what it is that I can potentially do to help our country," she told Fox News when asked about that option. I'm glad it was she and not I who first used the word "absurd" in relation to a possible Palin bid for the White House. Because if her speech made anything clear, it's that the shallow, ill-informed, truth-twisting demagogue seen in the 2008 presidential campaign is all she is and all she wants to be. When it comes to economic affairs, the tea partiers agree that -- as Palin put it -- "the government that governs least, governs best." When it comes to war and national security, however, her audience apparently thinks there is no such thing as too much government. The conventioneers applauded when Palin denounced Obama for his approach to the war on terrorists. Why? Because he lets himself be too confined by the annoying limits imposed by the Constitution. "To win that war, we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law," she declares. Is her point that Obama is allergic to the use of military power or can't bear to fulfill his responsibility as head of the armed forces? That would come as a surprise to Iraqis, who have seen Obama stick to President Bush's timetable for withdrawal. It would come as a surprise to Afghans, who have seen him embark on a massive buildup of U.S. troops in their country. It would come as a surprise to Pakistanis, who have seen an increase in U.S. drone missile attacks on their soil. Palin accuses Obama of "reaching out to hostile regimes" and "apologizing for America," with pitiful results: nuclear tests in North Korea, repression in Iran. What she doesn't mention -- though, to be entirely fair, she may not know it -- is that the first North Korean nuclear test came in 2006 and that before Obama arrived, the mullahs in Tehran did not rule with a gentle, loving hand. Her chief gripe, though, is that federal agents read the alleged Christmas bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, his Miranda rights shortly after his arrest, at which point, she claims, he "lawyered up and invoked our U.S. constitutional right to remain silent." Not for long, he didn't. The FBI says Abdulmutallab provided a wealth of useful information under questioning after he got a lawyer. For that matter, as FBI Director Robert Mueller and National Intelligence Director Dennis Blair said last week, he is still being interrogated. But facts have never been Palin's strong suit. Nor do they matter, because what infuriates her is the mere idea that constitutional protections would apply to "a terrorist who hates our Constitution and tries to destroy our Constitution." This is not some bizarre paradox. Lots of people who despise our Constitution -- Nazis, communists, Klansmen, Alaska secessionists -- enjoy its protections. Does she think the Bill of Rights should apply only to people who share her views? That would not leave much of the document she and the tea partiers claim to revere. Besides, Obama didn't invent the heretical notion of accepting limits on the government's latitude with jihadists. The Bush administration turned hundreds of terrorism cases over to the federal courts, without audible complaint from the right. The Supreme Court has ruled that the Constitution extends even to accused foreign terrorists held at Guantanamo. The advantage of having a former law professor in the Oval Office is that he doesn't have to be tutored in such elementary realities. But Palin evinces a bitter resentment of any information that contradicts her blind faith in a benevolent, all-powerful security regime. She's more than willing to trade liberty for safety. That went over conspicuously well in Nashville, where tea partiers cheered a leader who places excessive trust in government, disdains constitutional freedoms and promotes a cult of personality. So remind me: What is it they don't like about Barack Obama?
Steve Chapman
Thursday, February 11, 2010
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#1. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
A) He's a democrat B) He's black
There ya go. For the tea baggers to have any significance, they should be seeking to disband the federal government, rather than looking for a new "Savior" to save us from the previous "Savior" who was supposed to save us from the "Savior" before him. The federal government has outlived its purpose and is now destroying the country. It's time for the states to go it on their own.
Obama is no constitutional law professor. He is a usurper. This article is over simplistic.
www.libertysflame.com
Amen. The states would have a chance at saving themselves - US has no longer any chance.
The states would have a chance at saving themselves - US has no longer any chance. lol. You have a recipe for multiple wars on this soil.
www.libertysflame.com
That's the thing, Loddy. The fed goob's debts & liabilities now exceed the value of everything in the country. And now that we have virtually no manufacturing left, there's no possible way to dig out of the mess. This idea the banksters had that we were going to get rich by flipping burgers for each other and printing worthless money, really fucked us over. The only solution left is to repudiate the fed goob and its debt and leave the individual states on their own, which will suck shit in hell, but it's better than this death by a hundred trillion cuts.
He's a communist/puppet replacing a fascist puppet, that replaced a socialist puppet, that replaced a fascist puppet, ... and the beat goes on ...
Whoever would return government to the "will of the people" must first return the United States to the use of CONSTITUTIONAL COINAGE as a medium of exchange and through it return the Constitution as law in the United States.
Her chief gripe should be that Israel has been blindly supported by our government, and every attempted attack by some pantie wearing punk should be understood as retaliation to our "special relationship" with that terrorist nation.
When are the dumb @$$es who write these articles going to learn that Obama was NOT a "former law professor"? His title was "senior lecturer" and there is a difference. And what he knows about the Constitution--at least if one can judge by his actions--would fit neatly on the head of a pin and leave plenty of room for dancing angels.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Anything would be preferable to the daily insanity that radiates out from deecee. "Texas can get along without the US, but the US cannot get along without Texas," Sam Houston, back when. Now to elect medinafortexas.com as our third female governor.
That's the nub of it. The US foreign policy for years was remarkable in that it allowed, even incouraged, Japan and others to take over the manufacturing sector of the US. And here we are.
"Satan / Cheney in "08" what's a poor beleaguered industrialist to do, when he's required to maximize profits for his shareholders and local workers have priced themselves out of the labor market? he's gonna move his manufacturing overseas, where he can use child slave labor to make his $100 sneakers. no problem, GI.
I suppose World War III would fix things too, if we start by nuking NYC, DC, all of New Jersey, Miami, Chicago, Los Angeles and Austin, TX. There's a good reason why I selected those cities. I was just kidding about Austin, BTW. ;)
the neocon answer is war between india and china... the resulting nuclear fimbulwinter would solve israel's sea level problems --- caused by global warming; would eliminate a few hundred million useless eaters; and free up all that oil that's now being consumed by those same useless eaters, thus solving the peak oil problem. good deal.
"Texas can get along without the US, but the US cannot get along without Texas," Sam Houston, back when. Now to elect medinafortexas.com as our third female governor. I understand and appreciate your anger. I just don't think splitting up the states would make things better. I do recognize the right of the states to do that if they so chose though.
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...especially for israel, which is dependent on america for its existence.
I think you are wrong. We give them aid and I'm sure they like that. But I don't think they really need it to exist. Foreign aid should be cut. To Israel and everyone else. We get more foreign aid then Israel does though. As in loans from China.
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Just thought of this and curious. Do you think I wouldn't support splitting up the states because you perceive it would hurt Israel?
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please look up the definitions of "then" and "than" so your argument runs thusly: israel cannot afford to start a war in which india and china destroy each other, because china is supporting israel's life support system, which is america. what if the big wheels have already written israel off, and are now mainly concerned with stacking up enough loot to buy refuge once the shit hits the fan?
who in their right mind is gonna move to israel for refuge? ...especially if they've got a few billion stashed away?
cult of pesonality -- that's exactly what i was thinking as i was reading this article. she's obama's counterpart for neocons in that regard.
Tough call on who has less substance.
Someone told me last night that Palin had been vetted by Kissinger.
"The only thing better than a Federal Reserve audit would be a Federal Reserve autopsy." ~ unknown
Yes, and she also made the trip to zion to get their blessing before McKook chose her. The whole deal is so scripted, and the mullets are so blind to it all.
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Obama's only message is that he's black. Palin's only (implicit) message is that she's white. This is a good thing. :)
The only real problem anti-immigration types have with the non-whites already here is that they won't adopt Haitians. They "refuse to assimilate." Their "culture is incompatible." THAT is not our problem. The best way to deal with the opposition is the lead it. That's what they are using Palin for, lead the Tea Parties right down the primrose path.
"The only thing better than a Federal Reserve audit would be a Federal Reserve autopsy." ~ unknown
Source that and she sinks hard and fast even among the Tea sheeple...
BTW, someone needs to do a 'approve-disapprove' POLL on kissmyassinger amongst the masses...'scientifically' tell me how his approval could be above 3%. Ha !
Palin meets with Kissinger, presidents of Afghanistan, Colombia 12:00 AM CDT on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 The Associated Press, The Washington Post The conversations were private and the pictures were public, meant to build her résumé for voters concerned about her lack of experience in world affairs. "She asked the right questions on Afghanistan," Mr. Karzai said. Ms. Palin also asked former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger for insights on Georgia, Russia, China and Iran, and she'll see more leaders today on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly meetings. The GOP campaign applied restrictive rules on access as it banned reporters from the start of the meetings, so as not to risk a question being asked of Ms. Palin. But McCain aides relented after news organizations objected and CNN, which was supplying TV footage to a variety of networks, decided to pull its TV crew from Ms. Palin's meeting with Mr. Karzai. that's the best I could find. I'll have to ask my source if he has any documentation.
"The only thing better than a Federal Reserve audit would be a Federal Reserve autopsy." ~ unknown
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Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestSo remind me: What is it they don't like about Barack Obama?
"The real deal is this: the ‘royalty’ controlling the court, the ones with the power, the ones with the ability to make a difference, with the ability to change our course, the ones who will live in infamy if we pass the tipping points, are the captains of industry, CEOs in fossil fuel companies such as EXXON/Mobil, automobile manufacturers, utilities, all of the leaders who have placed short-term profit above the fate of the planet and the well-being of our children." - James Hansen
#2. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
But judging from the applause for Sarah Palin at its convention, the movement's suspicion of government power is exceeded only by its worship of government power.
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#3. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
The advantage of having a former law professor in the Oval Office is that he doesn't have to be tutored in such elementary realities.
#4. To: Esso (#2)
The federal government has outlived its purpose and is now destroying the country. It's time for the states to go it on their own.
#5. To: Lod (#4)
Amen.
#6. To: Lod (#4)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#7. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
So remind me: What is it they don't like about Barack Obama?
#8. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
Her chief gripe, though, is that federal agents read the alleged Christmas bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, his Miranda rights shortly after his arrest, at which point, she claims, he "lawyered up and invoked our U.S. constitutional right to remain silent."
#9. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
The advantage of having a former law professor in the Oval Office
Lord Acton
#10. To: A K A Stone, Esso, all (#5)
The only solution left is to repudiate the fed goob and its debt and leave the individual states on their own, which will suck shit in hell, but it's better than this death by a hundred trillion cuts.
#11. To: Esso (#6)
This idea the banksters had that we were going to get rich by flipping burgers for each other and printing worthless money, really
#12. To: tom007 (#11)
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The US foreign policy for years was remarkable in that it allowed, even incouraged, Japan and others to take over the manufacturing sector of the US.
#13. To: Lod, christine (#10)
Mike Flaherty: Yeah, it's been there a long time. I wish I knew which corner.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
#14. To: Esso (#13)
(Edited)
I suppose World War III would fix things
#15. To: Lod (#10)
Anything would be preferable to the daily insanity that radiates out from deecee.
#16. To: A K A Stone (#15)
don't think splitting up the states would make things better
#17. To: groundresonance (#16)
...especially for israel, which is dependent on america for its existence.
#18. To: groundresonance (#16)
#19. To: A K A Stone (#17)
(Edited)
We get more foreign aid then Israel does though.
#20. To: A K A Stone (#18)
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#21. To: Eric Stratton (#0)
That went over conspicuously well in Nashville, where tea partiers cheered a leader who places excessive trust in government, disdains constitutional freedoms and promotes a cult of personality.
#22. To: christine. all (#21)
cult of pesonality -- that's exactly what i was thinking as i was reading this article. she's obama's counterpart for neocons in that regard.
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#38. To: Eric Stratton, Lod, Original_Intent, Esso, Ada (#36)
That would certainly explain a lot and provide all of the missing pieces for purposes of curiosity.
#39. To: farmfriend (#23)
Someone told me last night that Palin had been vetted by Kissinger.
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams 
#40. To: All (#39)
"If you love wealth more than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, depart from us in peace. We ask not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you. May your chains rest lightly upon you and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen.”—Samuel Adams
#41. To: Rotara (#39)
NEW YORK – Sarah Palin made her diplomatic debut Tuesday, as she met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, who were in New York for the opening of the U.N.'s General Assembly.
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