Posted on 11/15/2008 8:21:58 PM PST by freemike
This is an incredible read! If only someone would speak like this today!
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Obama 2008: “I AM the change you’ve been waiting for.”
In high school.
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I should mention these are excerpts here,,, I read the whole thing. I have been interested in President Wilson and what came after him. Knew nothing about Coolidge.
President Wilson was really, really bad. Funny how things repeat. He had the first community organizers,, 250,000 strong, based in 600 cities, working for the FBI, going around and beating people up. It was actually illegal to speak against the government through the sedition act.
But,, you know what,, we got through it, and good Republicans came and restored the nation.
History is really full of surprises.
>The time is arriving when we can have further tax reduction, when, unless we wish to hamper the people in their right to earn a living, we must have tax reform. The method of raising revenue ought not to impede the transaction of business; it ought to encourage it.<
liberal-socialist history profs have given cal a bad rep.
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Cal my favorite president.
Obama is almost literally the polar opposite of Silent Cal.
Thank you for sharing
good read
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I should have high lighted more to make it easier to skim.
This is just as relevant today as then.
But,, that is the way of truth,, it will always be relevant.
A thousand years from today,, our constitution will still be relevant. Freedom of speech, property rights, the right to associate with who you want, religious rights and even gun rights
The weapons may change,, but the right to self defense will be just as valid a thousand years from now as it is today.
God bless “Silent” Cal. He was the last great President.
Pres Cal: You lose.
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Coolidge has a lot to offer conservatives. He was spot on as regards adherence to originalist philosophy and always steered towards “least gov’t is best gov’t”. Also, read up on his run as Governor of Mass.
In my college days, I knew an old guy who was a bit of a Wilsonian pinko. I used to get into great debates with him because I’m a huge Coolidge fan and he absolutely had Coolidge Derangement Syndrome.
Unfortunately, this is just not true. "The people" can make bad decisions, just as any other ruling group can.
Slavery was supported by most Americans well into the Civil War. Secession was wildly popular in most of the South, as was Jim Crow.
We just elected a probably disastrous president and congress. The people are not always right.
Elections determine what is popular, not what is right or wise.
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