"Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast" -Oscar Wilde |
"The liberal soul shall be made fat, and he that watereth, shall be watered also himself." -- Proverbs 11:25 |
In a speech introducing Michael Reagan — the son of former President Ronald Reagan — to an audience in Anchorage, Palin warned that the government is planning to "bail out debt ridden states" so it can "get in there and control the people."
"We need to be aware of the creation of a fearful population, and fearful lawmakers, being led to believe that big government is the answer, to bail out the private sector, because then government gets to get in there and control it," she said. "And mark my words, this is going to be next, I fear, bail out next debt-ridden states. Then government gets to get in there and control the people."
Though the bulk of her remarks focused on government encroachment into the private sector, and praise for former President Reagan's views on limited government, the former vice presidential candidate briefly touched on national security. She told the crowd that "the terrorists are still dead set against us" and that her son Track is still deployed in Iraq.
"It is war over there, so it will not be war over here," she said. "And it had better still be our mission that we win, they lose."
I have, out of some sense of morbid fascination, typed for your reading displeasure, almost the entire text of what she said. It was 17 minutes long. Everyone got your plastic cows? Let the waterboarding begin.
(I’ll make a couple interjections now and then so you’re not alone. You can just imagine sitting next to me in the theatre, and me leaning over and whispering into a pair of parentheses now and again…)We have an awesome guest, a guest who is affecting our culture in such a positive way. We need him to keep on being bold and we’re counting on Michael Reagan to help educate America.
(Should we keep count of how many times she says “bold?” I bet it’s at least three.)I want to welcome tonight our good Lieutenant Governor Sean Parnell who I can’t see, but I know he’s here. (applause) My brother Chuck Heath is here, and my husband Alaska’s First Dude Todd Palin is here somewhere. (applause)
(I thought we weren’t calling him that anymore. I guess “First Dude” is back in.)So I have the honor of getting to speak with you for a bit here before I get to introduce to you Michael Reagan, and what I want to do in introducing Michael is to continue to encourage him to continue to be bold
(I elbow you in the ribs)and to call it like he sees it, and to screw political correctness that some would expect him to have to adhere to.
(Oh my God….did she just say “Screw Political Corectness?” Will there be t-shirts?)We want him to be bold. We need him to be bold.
(We are stifling laughter)Mr. Reagan, we need your voice to be loud and strong, and we appreciate him. He doesn’t shy away from the tough issues and that is so good. He never lets anyone tell him to sit down and shut up, and I would hope Alaska our voice too will be heard across this nation. I look forward to hearing from Michael Reagan tonight because America must learn from him, from his remarkable father, and that remarkable presidency.
(”You’re going to transcribe this, right?” you whisper. “Yeah, looks like I’m going to have to,” I answer.)
Labels: idiocy, right-wing hatemongers, Sarah Palin
2. Michael Reagan was the adopted son of St.Ronnie The Magnificent. Which kind of fits in with the plight of Repos and Reagan Democrats who now are left with the amazingly detailed life-like bronze statues and plaster busts of their former glory.
Ron is on Air America every afternoon. He's cool!