The Founders warned us that freedom required vigilance. Conservatives allowed leftists to take over schools and pack the classrooms with communists. Leftists infiltrated county boards and gave union leaches untenable contracts while raising property taxes through the roof. Conservatives refused to get involved and elect constitutional sheriffs into their counties who believed in the 2nd amendment.
Conservatives were busy remodeling kitchens, barbecuing burgers and chasing the dollar and forgot to secure liberty for themselves and their children. We’re in this mess because of overbearing self-interest and sloth.
Why the past tense? Conservatives are even now feathering their nests instead of rolling up their sleeves. And they’re still sending their kids to public schools. And they’re still paying their taxes, the life blood of the government they claim to loathe.
Bulls-eye, Sarge. Dead-on.
You make a most excellent summary.
Some of us were trying to keep our heads above water.