Today's Sarah Palin rant against the President brought to you by the good folks at Facebook. (You know because nobody else will print it.)

Courtesy of the Histrionic Harpie's Facebook page:  

One cannot dispute President Obama's claim of having "the most transparent administration in America's history." So true. It's so transparent you can see right through it to his Imperial Presidency that will destroy the nation from within. (Quick everybody, raise your hands if you've seen the "Manchurian Candidate.") Unless voters tip the balance of power back to the people very soon, the left's disregard for Constitutional restraints and our rule of law will fundamentally transform America into a nation unrecognizable to the men and women who paid the price to see America rise as the world's shining city on a hill (Obligatory Reagan reference.)– shining because we've reflected the beauty of freedom. We now get the government we asked for in 2008, and then four years later asked for more. (Well at least she admits that this is the President the American people wanted.) As in the days of old, as history records in the book of Samuel in the Old Testament (Hang on folks we're going Old Testament.), in shortsightedness the people wanted someone to take care of them, to "do it for them," so they cried out for a king. Though it wasn't in their nation's divine destiny, nonetheless they were given a king. Tragically, the people realized too late that their demand for a king was not in the people's best interest. (Okay is she saying that this President is NOT the one that God wanted us to have, yet the people ignored His will and chose Obama anyway? And does that suggest that back in 2008 there WAS a divinely chosen leader for this country, whose destiny was robbed from them?) History is the best teacher. As America dethrones independence, self-responsibility, work ethic, and – most significantly – God, we'll realize that elevating fallible men to provide for us and control us will be our downfall. Of course, it's not too late to halt this transformation and begin the restoration of all that is right about America. It's in our hands. With humble acknowledgment of the mistake we've made in demanding the proverbial king to take control, we can move forward with the imperative task of replacing an Imperial Presidency with a government of, by, and for the people again. (Does it sound to anybody else like she is calling for an armed revolution?) Once we restore the proud and free ideals that made America exceptional, soon our allies will respect us as reliable again, and enemies will not trample us as they fear what happens when you mess with the United States Military. (Yes the same United States Military that will put down any poorly planned Tea Party civil war fomented by you crazy lady.) The people will be sparked with optimism and a spirit of ingenuity and generosity again; and being ever vigilant we can get back to the peace that only faith, family, and freedom can provide. It's in our hands. It's at the ballot box.

Excuse me Sarah you have a little rabid flecks of foam on the corner of your mouth there. Might want to wipe that off.

Included at the top of this diatribe was this graphic.

Of course what Palin conveniently omits is that this President DID reach out to Congress multiple times, only to have his attempts rebuffed. Back then the President probably did not  realize that on the night of his inauguration the Republican leaders were meeting and deciding on a plan to obstruct EVERY SINGLE THING he attempted to accomplish. 

And yet still this President reached out to Republicans when it came time to work on the health care bill: 

In the late spring of 2009, Obama started talking health care. He sat down with Republicans over the summer. He invited a group of Republicans into his office and told them he’d put tort reform in the bill if it would get him Republican votes. They stared at him. Other administration officials met with Republicans a number of times to see if anything could be put in the bill to appease them. The answer was always no. Remember here that the Affordable Care Act is basically a Republican plan to begin with, as the individual mandate idea came from the Heritage Foundation. So you might have thought that some Republicans would be OK with that.

But of course they weren't, and instead of helping to craft a solution to the health care crisis that both sides had previously agreed was desperately needed, the Republicans instead started to work to find ways to use Obamacare to defeat the President, and his Democratic allies, in the upcoming election cycle.

George Bush wanted to avoid Congress because he knew they would stop him from doing something wrong, President Obama has to work around Congress because they are desperate to keep him from doing what is right.

I doubt very seriously if the American people have trouble differentiating between the two.

Update: Just a minor point that really irritates me. 

Palin uses the phrase "as history records in the book of Samuel." No, the Bible CANNOT be used as a book of history.

Over and over again the stories told in the bible turn out to have either very little or no historical value (Remember the Jews were never Egyptian slaves.), so using it to teach a lesson in history is essentially like using Grimm's Fairy Tales in order to teach about proper child rearing.