Palin remains threat to liberals/Democrats

To quote Ronald Reagan: "They're you go again!" Richard Hebert's cheap, but consistently liberal/Democratic slander of Sarah Palin is a desperate ploy to destroy a real threat to Democrats (CHN Nov. 26). Hebert wants her shut up or shut down. Do we need any more proof that we are inching ever closer to the Democrats' thought-police mentality? If he cannot silence Sarah, he wants to redefine her as "incompetent," "dumber," "air-headed" and a "hillbilly."

Democrats have seen Sarah's story before, and it scares them to death. They will stop at nothing to extinguish this threat in its infancy. They know they lost the heart and soul of America when another governor, Ronald Reagan, burst upon the national scene and changed the course of history, crushing their liberal agenda. Like Herod versus the baby Jesus, in their view Sarah is a threat justifying every, and all, countermeasures. We now see Hebert and his fellow Herods will stop at nothing to destroy Sarah Palin.

Democrats used such tactics against Reagan. He was stupid, they said. Dumb. Ignorant. A hick from Eureka College. Fortunately for us, we didn't buy their thought-police control tactics. We listened. And Reagan turned out to be the world's most influential politician in the last half century.

I say let freedom ring. Let Sarah speak and be heard. Let us see what mettle this scrappy young woman is made of. If she is weak, why fear her voice? If what she espouses is false, let it fail in the light of day. Americans do not fear the truth. But, I must ask of Democrats: Is the truth what you fear?

Brian Lawe

Chapel Hill