Priceless Palin purple prose per Prelutsky!

OK, I'm not even sure what "purple prose" is but couldn't resist the opportunity for alliteration. Great column, Burt!

Mr. Prelutsky, I will agree with you. We do not need Lawyers, unless there is sufficient evidence to prove that their "education" has NOT influenced them.

What happens to them when they go to "law school" (whether it is ivy-league or little league) They are taught to become "double-minded". James 1:8, " A double-minded Man is unstable in all his ways"

Hence they are "educated" not to be "trustworthy"!!!!! That's a very dangerous state of mind.

Reckon, we just need common, God-fearing people who have read the Constitution and fear God enough not to violate their Oath of Office.

For God & Country

Ruth Ann Wilson

Dear Mrs. Wilson: I'm always happy to find I'm not alone in my conclusions.

Regards, Burt

Mr. Prelutsky, have you ever heard the term "educated idiot"? How about the Peter Principle, whereby man rises to his level of incompetence? I am in 100% agreement with Ruth Ann (which is not uncommon), we need more common, run-of-the-mill, working people in control. Where in the constitution does it say, only those with law degrees may serve? I think both parties are going to find themselves homeless after November. The way things are headed, very few incumbants of any affiliation will be re-elected. I think a law degree may be somewhat of a handicap this fall. Oh, sheesh, now that I've said that, some enterprising young lawyer will file for proteced status, making it a violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act to vote against him. I better shut up before I give them any more ideas. The point is, the lawyers have gotten us into this mess, but I don't believe they're the ones to get us out of it. And not just the congresscritter lawyers, either. There would be a lot less regulation if private enterprises weren't worried about getting sued by everyone and their brother for every little niggling problem. To quote the Bard: "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers", Dick the butcher, Henry VI, Part 2, Act IV, scene II. Or, as Don Henley put it, "The more I think about it, old Willie was right, let's kill all the lawyers, kill 'em tonight", "Get Over It", from the album "Hell Freezes Over" by the Eagles.

Brian--I keep forgetting that I wasn't the first writer to suggest killing all the lawyers. Thanks for reminding me that Shakespeare beat me to it by a few hundred years.

Regards, Burt

It's the tragically overlooked duplicity of the Left: Liberals try to paint themselves as "common" folk who identify with "common" people. Yet they love to paint their opponents as imbeciles who never attended Harvard, trailer trash too ordinary to be leaders. Of course, sometimes their opponents are Ivy League grads, in which case the Liberals paint them as rich fat cats out of touch with the common people. We've not supposed to notice that the Liberals are just as rich.

Funny how that works. It really doesn't matter what the GOP candidate is. If he's rich, that's a negative. If he's not, that's a negative too. But those exact same qualities are always positives when the media is talking about Liberal candidates. They had orgasmic convulsions over Obama because they could play their three favorite cards. 1) he was black, 2) he was a Harvard grad and 3) he came from modest means. Talk about a trifecta! The only thing that would have been better from a Liberal standpoint would have been if Obama were gay. If we thought Chris Matthews had a tingle running up his leg now, think what it might been like then!

Palin has real values. They're not props. They're not part of a costume she wears because she thinks voters want to see them. She really makes them a focus of her life. Mr Prelutsky makes a great point in that the Left must put words in her mouth to make her look stupid while all we have to do is quote what Liberals actually say. Liberals really are their own worst enemies. They do more to hurt themselves than anything we could dream of doing. Thank goodness!