Remember the old crime drama movies? There was always the lone crusade for justice who stood against the gangsters and their evil ways. The lone ranger always frustrated those of compromised morals by being impervious to their methods of temptation and corruption. Finally, in the end, the mob attacks the greatest weakness of an honest person, the innocent ones they love.

   This is what has happened to Sarah Palin since the Presidential election. Predictably, the liberal Democrats have been terrified of her and have followed the Obama game plan of eliminating your opposition before they can challenge you. The first tactic was to bury her in a mountain of frivolous law suits, forcing her to incur debilitating legal debt. Much to the chagrin of these political mobsters, the Governor of Alaska seemed dogged in her determination to fight on.

   So, the Obama lackeys were called in; the media. Nothing else had worked. You would have thought that piling a half a million dollars of debt on her would have made Governor Palin more interested in the stimulus money. I’m sure that some politician in Alaska could have shown the Governor how to redirect that money to her benefit. No, she stood by her conviction and ignored the temptation.

   There was only one chink in the shining armor of Sarah Palin. Her little girls. The Obama network went to work sending their media thugs into attack. They hurled the most insidious, hateful things at these innocent girls. So this weekend, we found out that above all, Sarah Palin is a mother. She’s pulling back to protect the innocents’ she loves.

   The Obama gangsters are pretty smug right now. The end justifies the means, I’m sure; after all, it’s just a conservative’s children. But Governor Palin will be back. Remember, she’s done this before when oil executives stonewalled her efforts of reform. She’s a fighter. She’ll be back.

   But what is more disturbing? The Obama administration’s record of gangster thug tactics or the Republican party’s deafening silence. While the Palin family has twisted in the wind taking cheap shots from the Democratic Party, the Republicans have been disgustingly…silent. I’m shocked and appalled that my party has not offered to help pay for the legal bills that the Palin’s have accrued battling the Democrats. Shame on the Republicans!

   Could it be that the Governor from Alaska knew that in the 2010 election her family would not only be facing hit-men from the Democrats, but also Republicans? You see, Sarah Palin is an honest person, that’s why Americans love her and politicians hate her.

   Sarah Palin will be back. If she runs for President in 2012, ask yourself this. Do you want to elect an honest person or do you want to bow down to gangsters?

   There is a phenomenon sweeping our state. It is not unique in its’ concept but certainly in its’ scope. I’m not sure the state of Maine has ever had this many petition drives happening at once. I find this encouraging as it seems to indicate a growing dissatisfaction with the liberals who are in power in Augusta.

   You would think that Democrats would be feeling that uncomfortable hint of apprehension before an impending storm; but, in true fashion, the party of socialism is so blinded by their own conceit that they cannot see the torches and pitchforks waving before their very eyes. Yes, this is what these petition drives exemplify. A torch and pitchfork frustration mounting throughout Maine. Liberalism has failed Maine. It has impoverished Maine…and now, because it has no answers, liberalism is ignoring Maine.

   I listened to a Democratic Senator talk on one of the local morning shows concerning this very topic. When asked to explain the magnitude of the amount of petition drives, this Senator sniffed out her best oh, those wonder peasants response by saying, “Oh, they’re just exercising their civil rights.” That’s true, but she’s acting like it’s a commonplace activity. It’s not supposed to be! We’re supposed to be able to trust our Representatives to represent us; instead, we have been forced into digging political fire lines to contain the blazing socialist inferno of Augusta that wants to consume every tradition, freedom and revenue left in the state of Maine. It’s not “just” a matter of course. These are last ditch efforts to save our state from blind politicians.

   So with unrest and frustration bubbling throughout the state, one would think this bears good fortune for the Republican party in a revolution of power; except that the Republican party is so blinded by the desire to self-destruct, that it can’t see the torches and pitchforks either. Factions within the party are trying to oust conservatives from their midst. It seems that moderates have forgotten that it is conservatives who are the poles holding up the tent. Kick out the poles and all you’ve got left is a tarp. That’s just something for Democrats to walk on. Let’s not be ashamed to be conservatives and give hard -working Maine a hope for a freer, brighter, less government future. Conservatism works. Let’s use it.

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. I’m hoping that Senator Joe Perry was just trying to inject some levity into the despair of the times we are in. Sadly, I fear that Mr. Perry may actually believe what he said on Fox News concerning the Democratic Party in Maine. Even more alarming, is the strong possibility that the good Senator thinks the citizens of Maine believe him, too. It seems that if one wallows in lies long enough one can inoculate himself against the truth.

In case you haven’t heard, Senator Joe Perry told Fox News that Maine Democrats have “a history of lowering taxes in Maine.” (You can pick your jaws up from the floor now.) This from a member of a party that has created the the richest entitlement program (Medicare) in the United States; so rich it is near bankruptcy. The Democrats historical (or hysterical) answer to the ballooning Mainecare budget… raise taxes. One of the proposed new taxes for this year was a “non-motorized watercraft” tax. Any law enforcement officer can tell you that an inner-tube is considered a “non-motorized watercraft”. So is there a tax differential between the skidder inner-tube and the family car inner-tube…and oh, I’m sure this is true… there must be eco-friendly tax breaks for those who use a “Prius” earth friendly, go green inner tub

This is the same party that has taxed all the industry out of the state of Maine. This is the party that has raised the fuel tax so high in Maine that truck drivers had to drive their trucks to Augusta to try to get some national attention, leaving Governor Baldacci cowering in his office, afraid to come out.

The “dirty little secret” Joe Perry doesn’t want you to know is that the Democrats’ overspending and over taxation has left Augusta in such a budget crisis that liberals had their backs to the wall. In desperation they allowed…you’ll never believe this…the Republicans to do a little cutting; not a lot, mind you (we wouldn’t want to actually fix the problem), just a little.

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again. The Democratic party platform has always been: 1.) Democrats make a mess 2.) Democrats blame the Republicans 3.) Republicans clean up the mess 4.) Democrats take the credit for it.

Senator Joe Perry reminds me of another Joe who is a gaff-a-minute and believes his own lies. He’s the Vice-President. I hope Governor Sarah Palin doesn’t mind if I borrow a line from the Vice-Presidential debate, “Say it ain’t so, Joe!”

      Inevitably, in the debate on gay marriage, the charge of hatred will be leveled against those who defend the heterosexual tradition of marriage. There seems to be a feeling among liberals that any institution that maintains an exclusive membership policy is somehow exhibiting animosity towards those excluded. I suspect that this “feeling” is grounded more in spin than in fact. Boys are excluded from being members of the girls softball team in every state of the Union (yes, even California). Something tells me that the girls hold no feelings of animosity toward the boys being excluded from the team.

      We often hear the rigid statutes of marriage being railed against by the media and its’ leftist allies. Why, then, would liberals be so intent on the homosexual community gaining access to a tradition so “confining”, so “archaic” and so “out of touch” with modern times? It’s certainly not because they admire marriage. Hollywood has made that abundantly clear. It’s not for legal status. Civil unions have already established that (and they’re so hip, cool and modern, too). So why the fixation with the heterosexual tradition of marriage? If an institution loses its’ exclusitivity, it then loses its’ societal status. It can no longer demand adherence to its’ own standards because it is no longer unique. Liberals want marriage to blend in, not stand alone. Heterosexuals provide for the greatest need a society has; regeneration. Marriage defines the parameters by which regeneration functions properly. Marriage in its’ essence is forward looking.

      A young starry-eyed couple embark on a journey of love and make vows they may or may not fully comprehend. Soon, with or without warning, a child is on the horizon and this begins to accelerate the maturation from selfish love to selfless love. Every waking hour must be consumed with the future of their little ones. Sometimes driven to the brink of exhaustion, they work, pray and hope for a better future for their offspring. This is the engine that drives a nation.

      Marriage by its’ very existence demands selflessness; in fact, selfishness can bring marriage to an unfortunate demise. The homosexual and hedonistic lifestyles, so prevalent among liberals, is predicated upon personal pleasure and personal gratification. You cannot function properly in a marriage and be focused on personal gain. Everything you do in marriage is focused on the future of those you’ve created.

      Every society in the world has at its’ foundation the heterosexual relationship. It is the only means by which a nation can propagate its’ future. Homosexuals cannot regenerate. No matter what species of animal, you must have male and female to regenerate. Societies have established marital tradition as the governance to those who procreate. It is exclusive for that reason. Not to hate those who cannot create life, but to establish the contractual structure to define and protect those who create the future of a nation. Marriage is for the heterosexuals who love life forward.

Lately it seems that Democrats have been trying to exploit that natural human aversion to the word “No“. Human nature, more often then not, is frustrated by this simple two letter word because it generally means we can’t have what we want.

To the Liberal, “No” is the villain in every act of life’s theatre. Every pleasure, every desire, and every fantasy should be examined through personal experience. The idea that an individual could seek counsel of someone who has already passed through said experiences and thereby avoid any pitfalls and encumbrances that an indulgent incurs is ludicrous to the “free thinking”. Once young “new thinkers” follow the older “free thinkers” on the path of enlightenment, they soon find themselves buried in a pile of enlightened personal baggage; but, instead of stopping for a personal critic of ones lifestyle choices, social elites point the finger and howl and rage at the ones who told them “No“. It was, of course, their negative attitude that drove them there in the first place.

Parents who dare harbor the word “No” in their disciplinary verbiage are maligned as dysfunctional. Nothing is more frustrating to a Liberal then children who are raised to understand law and order, cause and effect, and, that nasty word, personal responsibility. These young people are much harder to exploit and prey upon. Liberals much prefer undisciplined minds to drain and fill with their mantra. Thus, it takes a village to raise a child. Yes, Greenwich village.

Some parents will raise disciplined children prepared for life and all of it’s challenges. Undoubtedly, they will become successful in life. Socialist will punish them for being raised with the word “No” in their background and therefore understanding limits and parameters. “Free thinkers” will wag their fingers, from underneath their enlightened baggage, railing against the ill-gotten wealth accumulated embracing the attributes of “No“. They will demand it be redistributed to all who have rejected the confines of the word “No” and now wallow amongst their baggage.

Lastly, the Republican Party almost seems embarrassed to say “No“. They’ve held a meeting trying to decide how not to say no, but still say “No“. They want to find a way to make the party more appealing. (That’s code for trying to lie like a Democrat) The word “No“, as small as it is, has the power to stop motion or action. It just needs someone strong enough to use it effectively. As our country is spiraling towards socialism, the Republicans need to say “No“. People who have the strength to say “No” are forward looking people. They can see past the horizon to the effects of a certain action and stop it before the damage occurs. I hope the Republicans have the strength to be the party of “No“. I not, they are the party of “Yes“. We can’t afford that.

While the citizens of the United States are licking their collective financial wounds, the Obama administration id compounding the pain by insulting the intelligence of the American people. This whole slap down of the American intellect started with the quick nomination and confirmation of Timothy Geithner as treasurer of the United States. The President audaciously demanded that it’s citizens ignore the fact that the man, who would exponentially increase our tax burden, “forgot” to pay 34 thousand dollars in taxes.

Last week the President said in his speech that we need to reject the policies of “borrow and spend” of the past and begin to “save and invest”. I agree with that statement; unfortunately, Mr. President, actions speak louder than words. Barack Obama’s budget creates 9.3 trillion dollars in debt doubling the deficit in 5 years and tripling it in ten years. He also claims that Republicans had offered no alternative budget. The unusually well-coordinated White House forget to get the memo to the media about this latest smear tactic or at least hadn’t watch the new because the media had already run a story on the Republicans alternative budget plan.

The President promised to stop pork barrel projects, yet passed a bill with 8,500 of them in it. He promised to stop wasteful programs, but has nothing to fix the looming Medicare albatross. Now he’s heading off to the G20 to rail against protectionism, forgetting that he opposed the Columbia free trade act and supports union teamsters attacks against trades with Mexico.

Finally, in its’ haste to exploit to our financial misfortunes, the administration rammed through a stimulus bill and…forgot to read it. Mr. Geithner didn’t inform the President about a bonus clause for AIG executives in the bill. Ooops! So far, with the economy in the balance, it seems we have had nothing but a collective “Oops!” from the oval office.

While Democrats continue try to blame George W. Bush for this mess, they are hoping to hide the facts from the American people. Last year the national debt was 459 billion. When Barrack Obama took office in January 569 billion. Since the 20^th of January he has added 1.267 trillion dollars to the national debt. Yes, that’s trillion with a “tr”. That’s more than all the past Presidents combined. Mr. Obama, you just eliminated all the past U.S. leaders you could blame it on.

The great travesty in all this is that Democrats actually think citizens believe what liberals say rather than what they do. Maybe that’s because Harry Reid, Chris Dodd, Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank, Rahm Emmanuel and, yes, Barrack Obama have never held a job in the private sector. They are painfully deficient in the one natural resource America abounds with; common sense. As Obama’s approval ratings plummet, it would be wise for Democrats to address this one issue. Across America, the one thing both Democrat and Republican voters have in common, is that they despise hypocrisy.