“repubs can either control the flow of change or be destroyed by it.”
= Become Socialist Lite. Small government is what we should be advocating, at the fed, state, and local level. By legislation or by revolution, we must have small government to survive as a nation. Palin shows she doesn’t get that. The image everyone has of Palin doesn’t match the woman. She’s a another Good Government Compassionate Conservative.
The State owns land that has natural resources. Should those resources be given away to anyone that wants to take them?
Or is it permissible for those who want to take those resources to pay the state a fee?
And if those fees are substantial because of the vastness and value of the natural resources, then the state has great revenues and wealth.
What should the State do with those revenues?
There is going to be a national health care initiative. Do you want one that destroys everybody's access to health care, or do you want a plan that will cause the least change in what you have now?
Everybody can play that "I'm a conservative who won't change" game but the end result will be the repubs relegated to political obscurity. Ya know, the most left wing joker in the senate just won an election.
Palin has always directed support towards state social spending that benefits Alaskans; she has a high approval rating here. Palin also attacks waste & corruption. It just so happens that many Repubs are also very corrupt in state politics up here, no different than the dems. Many repubs here are more worried about filling their pockets than serving the people. Alaskans see this, why Palin has been such a Godsend. Oil wealth has enabled Palin to accomplish things that benefit majority of Alaskans and also allows her to make cuts in waste. It all balances out and Alaskans have faith that their gov will do the right thing in the end. Can you say the same about your state government?