A Question for Sarah Palin

You’d have to be living under the same rock as Osama Bin Ladin not to have heard the recent attacks by the McCain/Palin campaign calling Barack Obama’s economic and tax policies socialist. Many news organizations have called out McCain on his unequivocal support for the Wall Street bailout and the nationalization of America’s banking system in relation to his latest accusations of socialism, but no one is ‘nailin’ Palin’ on the latest bone tossed to her by McCain to launch “socialism” attacks on the Obama ticket.

The definition of socialism: a theory or system of social organization advocating placing the ownership and control of capital, land, and means of production in the community as a whole (on an individual basis or through a local or central governing agency) and planning the proceeds of such to be distributed as evenly as possible through general population.

Hmmm… That’s interesting, isn’t it? That definition puts me in mind of a certain Alaskan policy whereby Alaskans receive a yearly check – this year’s check will be for $3,269 dollars – in exchange for the rape of the Alaskan wilderness by big oil companies (and Palin advocates that the Alaskan wilderness pay for its own rape kit). Luckily, that rape kit is tax free, as are all goods in Alaska due to its lack of sales tax. There is also no income tax. In defense of Alaskans, many use these funds to pay off debts and purchase fuel for heating their homes. Not unlike how millions of poor Americans would use Obama’s sponsored tax cuts, I suspect.

Knowing all this Governor Palin, do you still want to continue to call Obama a socialist that advocates a tax policy equivalent to “welfare”? Are you making these attacks because you haven’t realized the irony, or are you really as empty-headed as you appear every time you open your mouth in public?