Terrified of the Dark Disguised as Small Government Conservatism

Since when did small government conservatism entail complete media censorship and executing people we disagree with? Just check out the latest round of GOP reaction to WikiLeaks:

God's Servant, Mike Huckabee, says whoever leaked info should be put to death. Very Christian of him.

Tea Bagger Sarah Palin says we should treat it like al Qaeda and smoke them out. Actually, if we treat it like we did al Qaeda we would send hundreds of thousands of troops after someone who had absolutely nothing to do with the leaks.  Bite that off and chew it Sarah.

Newly elected Republican Allen West says we should censor all media from allowing them to report on what is revealed in the leaks; because, after all, the leaks represent a serious crime and those reporting on them are aiding and abetting.  He's a tea bagger favorite in case you were wondering.

Minority Leader Mitch McConnell says we should change the laws to allow for some sort of prosecution of Assange, since he's a terrorist and all.  Isn't changing our laws to limit freedoms exactly what "terrorists" want us to do???

These are our leading small government conservatives!  There's nothing small government about a government that censors media stories unfavorable to the republic.  There's nothing whatsoever small government about a government that puts to death people it disagrees with.  Moreover, despite what brainless Sarah Palin says, in what world does small government have anything to do with spending trillions of dollars smoking out evildoers?  And there's certainly nothing small government about changing laws just so we can prosecute people with motives we don't necessarily agree with.  Yet this is the modern small government crowd in America today.  Their ideas represent a movement mascaraing as conservatism and have nothing to do with traditionalism.

These are the people that are labeled by our very Serious media as "small government conservatives."  But there's nothing small government about them. Everything about their ideas is authoritarian and tyrannical.  They are scared of their own shadows and anything in the dark that might go boo.  They are a destructive force bent merely on their own accomplishments.  The only thing small about them is their care for this country.