"A Time for Choosing" (Reagan on Obama)

An American Expat in Southeast Asia ^ | 28 October 2008 | expatguy

[expatguy]

Forty-four years ago today, Ronald Reagan gave a speech entitled "A Time For Choosing", a speech that is as pertinent and timely today as it was back then. Listen to the speech and then replace Johnson's "Great Society" with Barack Obama's mindless mantra of "Hope" and Change" and Senator Fullbright's remarks that "the Constitution is outmoded" with Obama's claim that the Constitution of our nation is "fundamentally flawed".

For those of us who love our nation and who value property above fraternity and liberty above equality, there is but one thing we ultimately expect from someone who aspires to lead our nation... and that is that he will solemnly affirm to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States".

Very soon all of us will face our own time of choosing and the the only question we need ask ourselves is how we can expect someone to preserve, protect and defend a document that they believe is "fundamentally flawed"?

[unspun]

Thanks for the ping. Good reminder.

[GourmetDan]

As good as Reagan was, I still remember that loser Carter leading up until the final days before the election. And that was after Carter was known to be a loser. Iranian hostages, sweaters indoors w/ the heat turned down, etc. etc.

People haven’t changed at all in nearly 30 years. Most of them are completely unqualified to exercise the privilege of voting. A sad but predictable consequence of universal suffrage.

[demshateGod]

Too bad McCain doesn’t give a rip about the constitution either.