Rag Hand

Palin on reading the would be Christmas bomber his rights:

“Treating this like a mere law enforcement matter places our country at great risk because that’s not how radical Islamic extremists are looking at this,” Palin said to thunderous applause. “They know we’re at war, and to win that war we need a commander in chief, not a professor of law standing at the lectern.”

Bad news lady. This is a country bound by law not by personal fanaticism.

The law, as frustrating as it can be, is what keeps this country from being Iran, and Ms. Palin finds that not being allowed to be named “Supreme Leader” is unfair.

Certainly you remember the Bush administration, the phony wmd reports and the war that was started simply because the neo-cons believe that this country has an obligation to be the world’s policeman. Not to mention the benefit to their friends in companies like Haliburton.

Do you also remember people who were thrown in prisons around the world, without any evidence to show their guilt or benefit of trial, –not even in the secret court?

This is the problem with fanatics. They care nothing for the law except when it can be used to their advantage.

For the neo-cons and their ilk I would suggest that they learn from recent history. The last election wasn’t so much won by Obama as lost by McCain. The republicans wanted to continue the failed policies of the previous administration and the public rebelled.

We are a country of laws, but Palin and her supporters want to change this country to a dictatorship where the rule of law can be ignored at will, and that is unthinkable. –If the powers-that-be can take someone else’s rights, who will protect my rights?

A final quote from Democratic National Committee spokesman Brad Woodhouse:
“No one should take national security advice seriously from a person who told the world in 2008 that her qualifications in this area were that she could see Russia from her home state.”