what. (Political edition)

[serinde]

From last night's VP interviews, here's just a single line from Caribou Barbie:

"I'm, in that sense, a federalist, where I believe that states should have more say in the laws of their lands and individual areas."

Now, back when I was in civics class, a federalist was someone who approved of a strong Federal government, and wanted less power being given to the states. Perhaps it is different in Alaska.

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[dagnycat522.livejournal.com]

I <3 the Caribou Barbie moniker!

To be um...fair? (ick) to Palin, the term federalism does (or did, since a lot of these definitions have become meaningless) basically mean the concept that yeah, there's the federal government that does stuff, but almost equal to them are the state gov'ts who create law based on the needs/wants of the state. So that's probably what she meant. Both the Federalist and anti-Federalist papers talk about this.

Actually, I'm probably giving her too much credit. Is it wrong that I bet she's never read either of the aforementioned texts, and that I also bet Obama HAS (since he's all "intellectual" and all) and that the fact that he has read them is kind of swoonworthy?