Is Palin a traitor?

PrintSmith wrote: The only reason Senator Snowe has an R next to her name is that people are allowed to self declare their party affiliation. If party affiliation were decided as the result of answers to questions posed to sift and sort the concepts that apply to a particular party, Snowe would end up with a 'D' next to her name. I have no doubts that this is why you really like her SC - she isn't someone who either believes or espouses republican principles. She is one that Thomas Jefferson would have lumped in with those seeking to consolidate all power, foreign and domestic, into the general government as opposed to supporting the coordinate powers of government that is the foundation of the nation established in the Constitution.

You might view limiting the authority of the general government as exhibiting bad judgement SC, and you are certainly welcome to that opinion, but a large number of your fellow citizens think supporting a general government with absolutely no limits on its power or authority exhibits far worse judgement.

The dividing line is no longer 'D' or 'R'. It is now a strictly limited versus an unlimited general government.

I find it disheartening that a Republican, or Dem for that matter, who is moderate, and does what good leaders should - research the issue fully, decide what their constituents want most, then compromise to work out a solution that is mostly acceptable to all, is dismissed as "not really a Republican" because of that very action. PS, where in any of my posts, or any other liberals' posts for that matter, have I/we espoused unlimited federal government? I absolutely agree that there is a limited dividing line between D and R - they are both filled with corrupt, short-sighted go-alongs rather than leaders, who spend more time trying to raise money for their next election than doing their job.

To re-iterate once again, I believe in quickly adaptable government size, that is no bigger than it needs to be in order to run efficiently and effectively, that is held up to scrutiny and analysis constantly as to where redundancy or parts that have outlived their usefulness can be shuttered, is transparent, and has corruption dealt with expeditiously. I want campaign finance reform, lobbyist reform, and a bigger role for academics in policy decisions. What is also needed is a culture shift in the general public of not thinking of costs for what services they want from their government (ie entitlement issues, and it's not just a lib problem: red states take far more in government dollars than do blue states); there needs to be more independence, motivation, and self-sufficiency on the part of its citizens to also overcome the malady of apathy and victimization we've been suffering.