Posted on 02/04/2011 11:48:34 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
Republican Sarah Palin said on Friday an explosion of government spending and debt under President Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats had put the United States on "the road to ruin."
In a tribute to former President Ronald Reagan, the potential 2012 White House contender said leaders in Washington had lost sight of the values that made Reagan a Republican icon and a hero to conservatives -- a belief in limited government, low taxes and personal freedoms.
"This is not the road to national greatness, it is the road to ruin," Palin said of the growth in government spending, budget deficits, joblessness and housing foreclosures under Obama. "The federal government is spending too much, borrowing too much, growing and controlling too much," she said.
Palin said Obama had revived the era of big government, and she ridiculed the infrastructure spending and investment he outlined in his recent State of the Union speech.
"The only thing these investments will get us is a bullet train to bankruptcy," the 2008 vice presidential candidate said in a speech at the Ronald Reagan Ranch Center in Santa Barbara, California, part of two days of festivities marking the late president's 100th birthday.
Reagan served two terms as president beginning in 1981, and his belief in limited government, reduced taxes and military strength has been the dominant political doctrine of his Republican Party ever since.
His legacy gained new momentum in the last year with the growth of the conservative grassroots Tea Party movement, which has focused on a push for limited government and reduced government spending.
Like virtually all Republican Party leaders, Palin and many of the other possible Republican candidates to unseat Obama go to great lengths to stress their belief in Reagan's principle.
But Palin said the Republican search for the next
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Gee are you sure you’re on the correct website? This is Free Republic not Dumbass Underground.
You smell funny. 
"But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come: for men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, unloving, unforgiving, slanderers, without self-control, brutal, despisers of good, traitors, headstrong, haughty, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away, for his name is Obama."
Never gonna happen. Pres. Palin would select someone who would be able to work with her. The three you mention are not a good fit, they don't respect her or the tea party. Whoever she picks will be someone compatible with her vision. More than likely from outside the establishment political class.
You don’t understand Reagan very well.
For your ilk, these are daunting achievements of major consequence. In which case, you doubtless worship Ronaldus Magnus.
Yep, put government on a short leash and unleash the private sector and just watch the economy explode!
Did she use the word “explosion”?
McDonnell, Virginia....then look for 16 years plus of conservative leadership...they both are at a good age...
It would appear that no one bothered to look at his posting history.
I like it...
Good comment. Your last 3 lines are most excellent. : )
Thanks for articulating.
He could be posting wonderful comments but you know the saying, one awww sh*t wipes out 20 attaboys.
I’ll take that as a ‘no.’ LOL
Oh? Well that makes it all better?
What’s next? Elvis sucks?
He had to know he was gonna get slammed for that and voicing his opinion is okay but, it doesn’t mean he won’t get feed back.
I zipped through his posts but that comment is sacrilege around these parts.
People have too many religions. Politics will never be one of mine.
If that's another litmus test question I guess I'll take the fifth amendment. ;^)
With Global cooling and the price of Coal, Oil, and Gas going up, he’s toast.
But before he goes, he has to be congratulated, as he’s done some serious damage.
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