Macleans: Those Racist, Mean 'Palin Republicans'

-By Warner Todd Huston

You know, those Palin Republicans are all such racist, fearmongers, right? Well if you didn't know it, Macleans of Canada wants to make sure you do with a piece headlined "The Palin Republicans."

For Macleans, writer John Parisella thinks he's discovered why the GOP can't capitalize on the distrust that more and more Americans are feeling for the Obama administration and his Social-Democratic Party. It's because Sarah Palin is a big ol' meanie that told a lie about death panels.

And what could save the GOP according to this loony leftist? Why capitulating to socialist healthcare, of course. Oh, and getting rid of Palin would help, he thinks.

This extremist Canadian lefty reveals a complete lack of understanding about conservative principles and the American system. His main contention is that the GOP is being, well, too much like the GOP and not enough like Obama's Socialist-Democratic Party. He thinks the GOP should have been excited about Sonia Sotomaoyr, the racist "wise Latina" that Obama wanted on the High Court, that the GOP shouldn't be against the massive takeover of the economy with Obama's banking schemes or his billions of wasted dollars in the so-called stimulus, and to top it off, Parisella imagines that the GOP should get on board with Obama's nationalized healthcare ideas.

And what of Sarah?

Still, Sarah Palin’s missive I referenced above has come to symbolize the shallow, oppose-at-all-costs approach to public policy that has dominated the public discourse since last January. Quite frankly, Palin energizes a base that talk radio hosts like Limbaugh and Beck use to exploit fear and misinformation. Even McCain, who keeps defending Palin, sometimes with apparent discomfort, contradicts her view on the death panels. And yet, Palin leads many polls for the 2012 Republican nomination and will draw huge crowds once she hits the speech circuit this fall—this, despite how pathetic she was in interviews with Katie Couric of CBS and Charles Gibson of ABC when tasked with explaining policy. As long as her views drive the debate away from any reasonable proposals coming from Republicans in Congress, the GOP will remain marginal in the debate over any policy direction.

Of course, that Palin is basically correct about the death panels claim doesn't matter to this leftist. I also laughed at the "even McCain" line. After all McCain is a loser that no one on the GOP side cares much to hear from, nor do any Republicans imagine McCain to be a leader… at all… in any way.

But, the most obvious agenda coming from this leftist writer is the last bit. Notice that "reasonable" ideas to this guy is the left's ideas. So, as far as he is concerned, the only way the GOP could be "successful" is to adopt the left's ideas and help Obama re-make the U.S.A. in Saul Alinsky's image.

Oh, and a final point. Everyone keeps calling Palin a racist. But let's look at a real racist, shall we? Let's look at Democrat Willie H. Herenton of Memphis who is running to replace Tennessee's Representative Steve Cohen (D, TN).

Herenton was recently quoted as having said that Cohen's seat is reserved for blacks and since Cohen is a white Jew he should be thrown out of office.

“This seat was set aside for people who look like me. It wasn’t set aside for a Jew or a Christian. It was set aside so that blacks could have representation.”

Now THERE is a racist. And my guess is that Herenton hasn't even been to Alaska.

-WTH