Sarah Palin fires shot at Mitt Romney at Bunker Hill

"In my opinion, any mandate coming from government is not a good thing, so obviously ... there will be more the explanation coming from former governor, Romney, on his support for government mandates," Palin told reporters today.  She was referring to Romney's health care plan for massachusetts, when he was governor.  actually, its a good plan, better than anything else that could have been done.  it provides for universal coverage, everyone is required to be covered, there is a "tax" for those who are not covered, and it relies primarily (if not exclusively) on private sector docs and health care providers.  Mandates?  Does sarah mean mandates like: seat belt laws in cars?  education for children? clean drinking water?  Did she ever hear of the Tragedy of the Commons, where individual action results in harm for the public interest, which is why we HAVE mandates in the first place.  and BTW, the big battle of Boston was not Bunker Hill, it was Breeds Hill, the Americans kick british ass on Breeds Hill, then retreated to Bunker Hill. it was only when reinforcements arrived that they left Bunker Hill and retreated.  to this day, seriously, the british regiment that fought at Breeds Hill is still honored for their courage (or stupidity) charging up a steep hill against intrenched pissed off Americans who shot them down like fowl in the barnyard (sorry for comparison- James Longstreet at Fredericksburg when Gen Lee asked him if the union charge up hill would succeed, longstreet said, "even a chicken couldnt survive our crossfire" or something like that).

Romney is the only hope of the Republicans to have a rational, credible candidate that could somehow put the Republican party back together again.  I dont think even Romney could win, the economy should improve by 2012, we will be out of combat roles in both iraq and afghanistan, Katrina hasnt happened so far, Obama seems to be a mentally health well adjusted husband, so he should get re elected. the only question is, will the Republicans nominate someone who is rational, or will they nominate a nut case?