[Kaslin]

Link to Thomas Paine quotes

[Ted Grant]

Didn’t some idiot dress like Thomas Paine and make YouTube videos a few years ago. I remember how one in particular was so foolish that it would be impossible to rehabilitate his credibility.

[jsanders2001]

Greenfield is just a step away from it...

[lee martell]

Ted Cruz may be the closest. Intellectually, I could also say Sarah Palin, but she is weighed down by media bias and knee jerk negativity of the Bush wing. Her time will come in the future, but the majority public is not yet ready to accept Sarah on her own terms.

Jeff Sessions would have been great for the country, but at 67, he is most likely ready to slow his career down. Sessions may be more than ready to remove himself from the company of all those RINOs who live in fear of what the New York Times will say about them.

[FatherofFive]

Mark Levin

[Theoria]

Mr. Paine was ‘radical’ [Agrarian Justice]. Though it does not get the attention of Common Sense.

[KC Burke]

Of course we all remember Congressman Billybob (John Armor), rest his soul. His book mentioned in the article has its own site link here:
http://www.thesearethetimes.us/

[Cuttnhorse]

David Horowitz does a very good job and publishes pamphlets that are excellent.

[Thom Pain]

Huh?

[rdb3]

Where? How about being a Thomas Paine, a Ronald Reagan, George Washington, etc. instead of always looking for such?

Jesus Christ: You can’t impeach Him and He ain’t gonna resign.

[2001convSVT]

Glenn Beck!

[Publius]

One FReeper a long time ago posted a thought to a thread about the idea that when America is threatened, some of the Founding Fathers reincarnate to help America through the crisis. He listed some of his thoughts, and I'll append a few of my own.

• Ben Franklin came back as Rush Limbaugh.
• Tom Paine came back as Glenn Beck.
• Alexander Hamilton came back as Newt Gingrich.

You can have a lot of fun with this idea.

[ryan71]

A thousand Thomas Paines wouldn’t make a difference in this media environment.

[loveliberty2]

Oh, thank you for posting this reference to the great work of our friend, John Armor.

Wouldn't he be pleased to know that his dedication to the publication of "Common Sense" is being featured today on FR?

He was such a contributor to the discussions here, and such an enthusiastic advocate for America's founding principles that he lives on through his work at ACRU, here, and in many other places.

He also was a contributor to a Bicentennial Year (1987) 292-page volume on the Constitution entitled "Our Ageless Constitution" . A few of the essays from that volume may be downloaded here.

John Armor was a true patriot in the tradition of those who outlined the essential principles of liberty in their Declaration of Independence, and then framed the Constitution to protect and defend "the People's" liberty from any who might mislead them in order to use elective or appointed office in order to gain power over them.

[Interesting Times]

I’ll vote for Mark Steyn, with an honorable mention for Iowahawk.

[Tallguy]

Mark Levin

[aquila48]

Mark Levin is a pretty good facsimile.