Jay Nordlinger: Sarah Palin, Forbesian and Reaganite

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At National Review Online, Jay Nordlinger posts a reminder that during the Y2K presidential primary race, Sarah Palin, who was mayor of Wasilla at the time, was also a member of the Steve Forbes campaign's Alaska leadership committee. Though, thanks to the media and its leftist allies, Gov. Palin was given the reputation of being a social conservative, she was and continues to be just as much a fiscal conservative and free market advocate:

Funny that she’s so seldom described this way. Many of the “cool” Republicans disdain her. You know the type of Republican I mean: the type that wants the party to drop abortion and other icky, discomforting issues. But, if entrepreneurial capitalism’s your thing, Palin is your woman, or at least someone to appreciate. She ought to have the appreciation of the entrepreneurially minded everywhere. It’s just that some people can never forgive her for not aborting a Down-syndrome child. Believe me, I know such people (I’m sorry to say).

P.S. I apologize to The Atlantic magazine for the gullible assumption that Palin is actually Trig’s mother. You know how in the tank we are, enchanted by Palin’s winkin’ eyes and can’t-stop comeliness.

P.P.S. Palin is what I’d call a true-blue Reaganite, a Reaganite across the board: a free-marketeer, a social conservative, and a hawk. Beautiful.

As we never tire from pointing out, Gov. Palin is not only a fiscal, social and security conservative, as Nordlinger says, but a limited-government conservative as well. Unlike Mitt Romney's metaphor of a three-legged conservative stool, Reagan's own formulation for the furniture has four stout legs for stronger support. Those who forget the libertarian leg understand neither Ronald Reagan nor his brand of conservatism.

In an earlier NRO post, Nordlinger credits Sarah Palin with not only speaking truth to power, but "speaking truth to the people" as well.

- JP

Tuesday Morning Sarahcuda Bites for April 13, 2010

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Worms at Work: The lying left is still pushing its "Brown snubs Palin" meme, as evidenced by the prevaricating maggots at slime site Gawker. But the truth is out there.

Small World: In the May issue of Reason magazine, James Antle III says Sarah Palin isn’t the only prominent Republican to back Rand Paul over Trey Grayson:

The publisher, flat-tax maven, and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes is a Paul backer. So is former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, whose organization FreedomWorks lists Paul as one of the five most important candidates to support in 2010. Concerned Women for America has endorsed Paul, helping to allay concerns about his social conservatism. Gun Owners of America weighed in on Paul’s behalf as well, though there were never any questions about his opposition to gun control.

Gov. Palin was Alaska co-chair of the of the Steve Forbes presidential campaign in 1999.

Stimulus/Response: It didn't take long after Doug Brady's C4P post yesterday making the case that Sarah Palin is presidential right now for Dan Riehl to put up a slightly dissenting opinion. Conservatives 4 Palin must be living in Riehl's head, rent-free.

Get Yee Behind Me: That cracked-nut lefty State Senator from Com-Francisco is still on a Mission From Marx to mine some publicity off of Gov. Palin's upcoming speech at California State University Stanislaus. By some strange coincidence, he also very publicly filed the papers for reelection less than a month before he launched his crusade against Sarah Palin's speakers contract. Talk about firing up the base debased...

Chris Crass: WaPo political blogger Chris Cillizza appears to be trying to create a "sarcasm" meme around The Arctic Fox. He certainly uses the word, or a derivative of it, often enough in a column gratuitously titled "The Sarcasm of Sarah Palin." Gee, Chris, it's not like Gov. Palin's detractors have ever used any mean ol' sarcasm in their 24/7 Alinsky attacks on her, now is it? Among those detractors, Joshuapundit points out, is POTUS.

Magnificent Obsession: Will someone please tell these people that the 2012 presidential primaries are yet twenty long months away? If we recall correctly, everyone was telling us in 2006 that a Rudy vs. Hillary match was a certainty. Things change.

Political Pistachio: The rising stars in the conservative constellation are... women. Thank you, Mrs. Thatcher, for inspiring all those young girls who are now all grown up.

Guns and Violins: The hysterical left is still pushing this nonsense. Don Surber reminds readers that the prez loves him a good brawl, and we recall how he commanded his troops to get in our faces. Screech!

- JP