America by Heart, by Sarah Palin: on Government Reform
Barack Obama:
Constitution says what states CAN'T do to you
Remember the 2001 interview about the Constitution by then-Illinois senator Barack Obama that surfaced during the 2008 campaign? Speaking about the Supreme Court in the 1950s and 1960s during the civil rights movement, Obama expressed regret that the
High Court never ventured into the issues of redistribution of wealth, and of more basic issues of political and economic justice in society:"To that extent, as radical as I think the people try to characterize the Warren Court, it wasn't that radical
It didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the Founding Fathers in the Constitution, at least as it's been interpreted, and the Warren Court interpreted it the same way, that generally the
Constitution is a charter of negative liberties. Says what the states can't do to you. Says what the federal government can't do to you, but it doesn't say what the federal government or the state government must do on your behalf."
Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p. 13-14
Nov 23, 2010
Newt Gingrich:
Constitution begins "we the people" not "we the government"
Our Constitution doesn't GIVE us rights--it describes a government that protects our God-given rights. It puts us in charge. As Newt Gingrich likes to note, our Constitution doesn't begin "We the government of the United States..." or "We the federal
bureaucrats of the United States..." or We the special interests camped out on Capitol Hill of the United States..." It begins like this: "We the people of the United States."
Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p. 8
Nov 23, 2010
Nikki Haley:
Endorsed as commonsense conservative "Mama Grizzly"
In Alaska, the only thing we take more seriously than a grizzly bear is a mama grizzly with cubs to protect. I call the new generation of American women leaders--many of whom I've met on the campaign trail and in the towns and cities of
America--mama grizzlies. These are tough, serious, formidable women like Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, Nikki Haley of South Carolina, Susana Martinez of new Mexico, and Carly Fiorina of California.
These women are at the forefront of a new wave of strong, confident American women who are positively affecting not just the Republican Party, but America itself. They're building businesses, leading men & women in government--and, while they're
at it, raising families. Nikki Haley has captured the nation's attention as an Indian American woman who's also a pro-family commonsense constitutional conservative eager to take back her country. She's a sister.
Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p.127-128
Nov 23, 2010
Ronald Reagan:
1982: Agreed with Indiana resolution against paternalism
I found the text of a resolution adopted by the Indiana state legislature in 1947, after the scope of the federal government had grown exponentially during World War II and Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal: - "We are fed up with subsidies, doles, and
paternalism. We are no one's stepchild. We have grown up. We serve notice that we will resist Washington, DC adopting us.
- Be it resolved that we respectfully petition and urge Indiana's congressmen and senators to vote to fetch our county courthouse
and city halls back from Pennsylvania Avenue. We want government to come home."
In a speech in Indiana as president in 1982, Ronald Reagan noted, "Well, it's taken over thirty years, but, I'm happy to report, your message has finally gotten through.
To tell you the truth, I believed you the first time you said it." The sentiments expressed by the Indiana legislators aren't radicalism, they're common sense, or at least what we used to recognize as common sense.
Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p. 78-80
Nov 23, 2010
Sarah Palin:
1950s push for AK statehood based on lack of representation
In practice, I've always interpreted the Tenth Amendment to mean that the best government is government that is closest to the people. We Alaskans have good reason to believe in this principle.
Much of the motivation for the drive for statehood back in the late 1950s was because of the way the feds ran the territory Washington, DC. Without representation in
Congress, and all the things that statehood affords, there were laws made by the other states that hindered Alaska's development. For instance, when Alaska was just a territory, a law was passed called the
Jones Act, which requires that goods shipped between US ports be carried by US vessels. This restriction has greatly increased the cost of goods from the Lower 48 for Alaskans.
Source: America by Heart, by Sarah Palin, p. 72-73
Nov 23, 2010
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