CNBC's Maria Bartiromo has interviewed Sarah Palin for CNBC. During the interview she made the statement "My Bible is the State Consititution". Music to my ears. You can watch the video here.
Listenening to Palin as she discussed energy policy and development within Alaska, it was apparent to me that she gets it. Palin discussed that the purpose of BP and other oil companies was to take as much and leave as little as possible. And her job was to maximize the return from those processes for the people of Alaska directly, and the United States in general.
Palin's statement about the Constitution has been, is, and will be a major issue for Libertarians. If there is anything we can agree upon, it is that we want to just follow the Constitution of the United States. And if Sarah Palin can do her job as Alaskan governor following the blueprint of that state, unless we see evidence otherwise, we should believe she would do the same on the national level.
Barack Obama did not mention the Constitution once in his acceptance speech to the Democratic convention. What he did mention was the American promise. In fact, he used the word promise 28 times by my count. That leaves the score Promises, 28, Constitution 0. Care to guess who will pay the price with that kind of score?
Sarah Palin is someone that deserves your attention. Especially if you are Libertarian. Palin offered up what Libertarians want unprodded and, I for one, want that more than anything in our leadership-the belief that their bible for the job will be the Constitution.
If you have the opportunity to see the interview with Sarah Palin and Maria Bartiromo, I suggest you watch it. It has been airing on CNBC. I found her more knowledgeable about energy and business than the Main Stream Media wants you to know.
If Sarah Palin is someone that follows the Constitution, for the job she has been sworn in for, then at this point and time that is all I need to know. Palin is a major step in the right direction.
Have you seen the CNBC interview? What are your thoughts?
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Reader Comments:
Posted By: Jean-Christophe Roux
Date: 2008-09-01 06:52:58
Libertarians close to the Libertarian Party are terrified of her because she is quite on her way to rally the conservative movement and thereby damaging their political strategy of thriving on conservative disenchantment. Had McCain chosen Lieberman, their candidate Bob Barr would already be at 15% with millions of dollars flowing into his campaign... They won't accept many positives about her and will jump on anything they can find to go after her. Just the facts, of course! That she wants to respect the Constitution is irrelevant to them.
Personally, I find her too statist, but I can see how she could change the Republican Party for the better. She said nice things about Ron Paul! If she loses the election to Obama/Biden, she might still become an icon and a leader of the non-neocon / libertarian-leaning conservatives. If she wins, she may have a lot of influence. I don't buy the idea that the neocons have a full control of things in Washington. Go Sarah, go! Just having Binden for four years as vice-president is enough to hope she gets elected! At least, she does not pretend to be Libertarian, which is one the most awful sins of that Bob Barr.
My advice on election day? Stay home, find tax loopholes, convince one government employee to resign. Don't vote act!
Posted By: John Howell
Date: 2008-09-01 07:32:27
Sarah Palin is "too statist?" She's a Republican isn't she? Enough said. Among Republicrats, Ron Paul excepted, the question isn't whether or not statism prevails, but to what degree. Does Governor Palin have some libertarian leanings? Apparently. Does she hold promise for small incremental gains to the extent to which she is able to influence the process? Definitely. Better than Bob Barr's libertarian disguise? Certainly. Worth a vote for McCain? That's up to you.
But staying home? Regardless of the paltry choices, exercising the right to vote, choosing between nuances, bumping the political trajectory in the direction of liberty at least helps to slow the growth of statism & big government.
Posted By: George Phillies
Date: 2008-09-01 08:22:06
Isn't that...?
No. Constitutionalism is not Libertarianism. It is possible for a good Libertarian, someone like my good friend Robert Kingsbury of New Hamsphire, to use the Constitution and campaign on the Constitution as a way to advance as a Libertarian, but 'runs on the Constitution' tells us nothing about someone's libertarian principles or lack thereof.
Posted By: David S
Date: 2008-09-01 10:28:52
The selection of Palin for McCain's running mate has caused me to consider voting Republican rather than Libertarian. I'm not saying I'll vote Republican just yet. I'm just saying I'm thinking about it.
The 2nd amendment is very important to me. Palin would be a far better V.P. than Biden in that regard. The V.P.s tie-breaker vote in the senate could be huge in protecting that right. And if she becomes VP then she would be well positioned to become president following the McCain reign.
But the constitution is about far more than the second amendment. I don't know where she stands on other constitutional issues. That has to be determined before I could vote for her.
Unfortunately one has to vote for McCain to vote for Palin. So its back to the old "hold your nose and vote Republican" scenario. But holding one's nose requires suspending the breathing process and I'm not sure I can do that for 4 years.
Posted By: David S
Date: 2008-09-01 22:17:54
Mr. Phillies, when I read the constitution I see a document that is all about limiting the power of the government and protecting the rights of the individual. That sounds a lot like Libertarianism. In my opinion, the differences are minor unless you are of the Anarcho-Libertarian persuasion.
Posted By: fatmantheinvincible
Date: 2008-09-12 20:38:02
<warning: bias alert; I'm a liberal who likes big government> In her acceptance speech, Governor Palin made a sarcastic comment about reading terrorists their rights. That's where she lost me. This cavalier attitude toward the Bill of Rights is at best disturbing; moreover, the sight and sound of a crowd of legally competent adults standing up and cheering for the abridgement of their rights made me sick to my stomach. I'll shut up now, as anything else I add would swiftly degenerate into a shrieking rant.....or is it too late for that?