Star Wars gets it right and wrong

I was reminded recently of a quote from one of the Star Wars prequels that was supposed to criticize government power (and perhaps Bush specifically). While I'm in complete agreement about the dangers of government power, I'd have to say that Star Wars (or just George Lucas as the writer) missed the point on this one. It is ironic that G.W. Bush never heard thunderous applause. In fact, he was even booed out of office (tacky). Bush is by no means innocent of improper acts that call into question his support of the Constitution, although he would be far from the first President to be guilty of constitutional violations. So, what's the quote?

"So this is how liberty dies ... to thunderous applause" -- Padme Amidala

Well, liberty dies on the backs of socialism, communism, totalitarianism. There are all sorts of ways to kill liberty. Today's version is to kill it by marginalizing it through claims of people's right to equality (I've dealt with this in other posts so not gonna do it here). In addition, our liberty is threatened through the very manipulation of our language and thought (political correctness anyone). Now, our liberty is threatened through the government's increasingly socialistic policies in regards to the economy. Not to mention the historical pattern of making people reliant on the government through social security and other programs designed to "help" us but in fact make us dependent rather than free. Guess which party is guilty of trampling on the constitution in every single case I mentioned above. That's right, it is only one party and no, it isn't the Republican party. It is the nanny state democrats who want to make you so dependent on the government that you will have no choice but to vote them into office, otherwise you'd lose your benefits. These benefits actually make you indebted to the government and remove your freedom, in case you hadn't noticed, but they are held up by the Democrats as being good and necessary. I don't think the Dems will stop with this madness until they have somehow forced everyone in America onto some sort of government program (nationalized health care perhaps?). Yet during all of this, what do we hear? We do not hear complaints about our loss of freedom or complaints about the amount of control the government has over our lives. Instead, we hear thunderous applause. So, maybe that is how freedom dies.