[cripplecreek]

Thomas Jefferson letter to John Norvell in response to Norvell's advice about starting a newspaper.

Letter from Jeffeson

This last bit is great.

These thoughts on the subjects of your letter are hazarded at your request. Repeated instances of the publication of what has not been intended for the public eye, and the malignity with which political enemies torture every sentence from me into meanings imagined by their own wickedness only, justify my expressing a solicitude, that this hasty communication may in nowise be permitted to find it's way into the public papers. Not fearing these political bull-dogs, I yet avoid putting myself in the way of being baited by them, and do not wish to volunteer away that portion of tranquillity, which a firm execution of my duties will permit me to enjoy.

[RitaOK]

Romney is a walking tutorial on “tranquility”. I certainly hope it works, amidst all this chaos. Given the facts on the ground of the ME going up in flames against America, one could not be faulted for wanting Romney to just once push back from the tea table, throw off his shirt and land a knock out punch.

We’re getting PAC ads doing the push back, to which Romney doesn’t bother to allign himself. Hell’s bell’s, if the media scolded him for their content, I believe he would DENY the content.

Give the few here in the country who are going down as patriots something to cheer about. He’s killin’ us out here, campaigning like it was yesterday! We’re split in half for God’s sake. Campaign like it!