What is it about the fear of big-government fascism that makes Tea Party candidates act like big-government fascists? This story about conservative Alaska Senate candidate Joe Miller's Blackwater-esque private security firm detaining a reporter is pretty outrageous, but it's even more outrageous because of Miller's liberty lovin' rhetoric:
Ronald Reagan once said, “A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take away everything you’ve got.” We have little time to restore constitutional limits on federal power. I will be a catalyst to move those in Congress to make the tough, principled decisions needed to bring Washington back to the limited role anticipated by our Founders. We must act now.
Thank goodness Miller will step up and protect us from a world where the government would take away our freedoms -- perhaps even our freedom of the press -- by having his own squad of dark-suited, earpiece-wearing mystery men take away freedom of the press themselves. Now, that's private-sector efficiency.
-- Tim Fernholz
