SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — America is on a “road to ruin” because of misguided policies in Washington and needs to get back in step with the values of Ronald Rea gan, Sarah Palin said at an event honoring the former president’s legacy.
The 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee delivered a critique of Washington during her speech Friday, part of the national celebration marking the centennial of Reagan’s birth Feb. 6.
Revisiting themes familiar from her 2008 campaign, she said the nation was being shackled by high debt and taxes, dense government regulation and rising spending, often for programs that don’t work. She said a rush toward green energy was overlooking the nation’s oil and natural-gas reserves, a choice that will cost jobs and drive up pump prices.
She blamed Washington leaders — an apparent reference to the Obama administration — for doing “everything in their power to stymie responsible domestic drilling.”
“This is dangerous. This is insane,” she said. “This is not the road to national greatness; it is the road to ruin.”
Palin was asked to talk about Reagan’s 1964 speech “A Time for Choosing,” which he gave on behalf of then-Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. In it, he talks at length about the dangers of high taxes and encroaching big government, as well as the necessity of strong national security. The Associated Press
