DS, please be honest with yourself. If Palin had been as articulate and erudite as Condi Rice, you would have found some other fault with her. Can't you just disagree with the message without ridiculing the messenger?
Ryan is bright, and well spoken, and does not flinch from unpleasant realities. I'm sure you take issue with his policy, but can you accept that The path we are on fiscally is unsustainable? If we adopt absolutely confiscatory tax rates to try actually, you know, PAY for this .gov, it will crater the economy. If we continue to borrow to pay for .gov, it will destroy the value of the currency and the legitimacy of .gov to the point of anarchy and societal collapse. If we make hard choices, and shrink, not slow the growth, actually SHRINK, the scope, reach, and largesse of .gov, we may be able to save the Republic in a form that's worth defending.