Palin's favorite reading material? From two of America's most hardcore libertarian authors
By noreply@blogger.com (Eric Dondero)
Two of the greatest anti-authoritarian books of all-time turn out to be on the top of Sarah Palin's reading list. From an interview by Erick Erickson yesterday with the former Alaska Governor.
From RedState:
One of the criticisms leveled by the right when Palin was chosen as McCain's nominee is that she had not shown she'd done the reading to lead, i.e. read the Hayek, Friedman, Goldwater, Bastiat, to form her thoughts. She admitted she is a gut level conservative, but also said that criticism comes mostly from "shallow people who have not delved into [her] record."
I did not want to sound like Katie Couric and ask what she's read, but I broached the subject and she went right into mentioning Thomas Sowell and Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism. She said she has read some of the foundational stuff, but she sees no need to focus on the old writings. She likes "the modern stuff too." Her preference is policy and application, focusing on writers who are not just following up on foundational conservative ideas, but applying those ideas too.
Note - Jonah Goldberg is a Senior Editor for National Review, and self-described "libertarian-conservative." Dr. Sowell, a self-described "libertarian," is a Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institute in Stanford, CA. |
