Ed Dantes wrote:
Ronald Reagan once said something to the effect of losing our liberty... and having to explain to the next generation what we cherished more than our freedom, to the point where we surrendered it. We are looking at that, every time someone says "i don't agree with what he says... but Obama makes me believe again!"
You know what, I'm going to have to make a revision to my comment here. To say America, by electing a man who doesn't know what made America great and who was groomed by people who hate this country, will fall because of this decision is completely wrong.
See, this is the United States of America, and we are the greatest country in the world for a reason. America has been written off before. The 1960s saw our President murdered. We forced our kids to go into a war we shouldn't have been in, and 60,000 of them didn't come back. We tried socialistic programs, and the result has been a trillion dollar disaster. The inner cities exploded in fits of rage. Our next president was a crook and resigned in disgrace. The next one was a lame duck, and the one who followed him led us into a period of domestic and international disaster. And the worst... the worst thing, was that our enemies were stronger than us.
Yet we persevered. We got through it, and emerged stronger than ever. Somewhere along the line, we lost sight of that. Our problems pale in comparison to what we experienced just a generation ago.
Of course, we had the leadership of Ronald Reagan to help us get through those times. He wasn't the perfect president, but he was just what America needed. Granted, we don't have a Ronald Reagan waiting in the wings. We don't have a Ronald Reagan-type figure who, the very idea of him as President causes our enemies to sweat. But whose fault is that? We can sit here and complain on conservative blogs, or we can get out and do something about it. Damnit, who among us will stand up and be a leader?*
*I would love to, actually. If my congresswoman, a strong pro-life conservative, loses, I'm running for the House in 2010.
"You won't have Nixon to kick around any more, because, gentlemen, this is my last press conference." - Richard Nixon
"You won't have Dantes to kick around any more, because, members of Flame Fans, this is my last post." - Ed Dantes