Wednesday, December 16, 2009
American Thinker: The Palin Palimpsest
The word of the day is "palimpsest".
We'll have to wait and see what the future holds.
A different flavor of "change" may soon come to a bumper sticker near you...
We'll have to wait and see what the future holds.
A different flavor of "change" may soon come to a bumper sticker near you...
At AmericanThinker.com, Jed Gladstein writes:
"The American people have been held in thrall for decades to the two major political parties because there isn't a viable 'none-of-the-above' option on our ballots. Worse yet, people have grown cynical about the prospects of honest and honorable government because they see that the people in power, whatever their political party, seem to have more solicitude for their own power than they have for the people.
The framers of the Constitution knew that government seats would attract people willing to trade their votes to remain in power. The framers therefore crafted a Constitution to create a limited government in order to curtail the power of such people. But government of the people, by the people, and for the people requires people to be vigilant about keeping the power of government limited. Unfortunately, the people have failed to do that, and now it is time to rectify the failure.
It would be comforting if an authentic American political phenomenon like Sarah Palin could spearhead a successful third-party movement. But that is wishful thinking. Were she to attempt such a thing, it would almost certainly fragment the huge centrist American vote and result in further radical left victories in the national polls. That would compound the present disaster and tilt America inexorably toward third-world status and misery.
Better to heed the words of Shakespeare, who wrote that 'There is a tide in the affairs of men, which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.' For America, that means Sarah Palin and the Republican Party. Here's why and here's how:"
