Governor Sarah Palin is "Alaska's Margaret Thatcher".It's meant as a compliment, I'm sure, but I've always found Lady Thatcher a bit too left-wing for my tastes.
Friday, 5 September 2008
Arctic Iron Lady
Governor Sarah Palin is "Alaska's Margaret Thatcher".It's meant as a compliment, I'm sure, but I've always found Lady Thatcher a bit too left-wing for my tastes.
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I hope we are finally done with baby boomer candidates on both sides. For years I've wondered where the next Ronald Reagan was going to come from, someone committed to fiscal conservatism, limited government, and lower taxes. And here she is. I like the new breed of politicians, the conservative ones are really conservative and the liberal ones are really liberal. That makes for interesting horse races in politics once again.
ReplyDeleteI am not as excited by the "horse racing" aspect of things. My family emigrated from the USSR in the 70s to get away from the Socialist Workers' Paradise, and I am not eager to see the same ideas tried out here---because obviously, USSR, Maoist China, Vietnam, North Korea, Cambodia, Cuba and various Patrice Lumumba Institute-educated People's Republics in Africa were all flukes.
ReplyDeleteI haven't heard anything bad about Gov. Palin so far. And she hunts mooses. So far, so good.
Segej: What I mean is that I like definitive choices. I've been annoyed with the Republicans trying to outDemocrat each other since they got control of the House in 94. Instead of "tax reform" the rallying cry became "we have to control both houses". So they got the Senate, and the cry was "we have to have the White House too!" and in 2000 it happened. And then they spent like Lyndon Johnson.
ReplyDeleteIn the last few elections the Dems have been on track with their liberal message and the Repubs have been off the track, down a hillside, and playing in a meadow, completely abandoning conservatism.
When they talk and act conservative they win, and the liberal nags lose the horse race!
Not that I would ever state my political preferences on a blog of course.
And Gov. Palin flies a pontoon plane, how much better does it get?