Posted on 02/28/2013 12:28:54 PM PST by allmendream
A chill wind is blowing in this nation. A message is being sent through the White House and its allies… If you oppose this administration, there can and will be ramifications.
And in the midst of all this madness, where is the political opposition?… We need leaders, not pragmatists that cower before the spin zones of former entertainment journalists. We need leaders who can understand the Constitution…
The journalists in this country can battle back at those who would rewrite our Constitution… You have, whether you like it or not, an awesome responsibility and an awesome power: the fate of discourse, the health of this republic is in your hands, whether you write on the left or the right. This is your time, and the destiny you have chosen.
We lay the continuance of our democracy on your desks, and count on your pens to be mightier. Millions are watching and waiting in mute frustration and hope – hoping for someone to defend the spirit and letter of our Constitution, and to defy the intimidation that is visited upon us daily…
Our ability to disagree, and our inherent right to question our leaders and criticize their actions define who we are. To allow those rights to be taken away out of fear, to punish people for their beliefs, to limit access in the news media to differing opinions is to acknowledge our democracy’s defeat…”
Exerpts from Tim Robbins 2003.
Better to stand for the principles they believe in and lose the next election than to blindly follow the transitory whims of the populace.
Better to stand for the principles they believe in and lose the next election than to blindly follow the transitory whims of the populace.
Better to stand for the principles they believe in and lose the next election than to blindly follow the transitory whims of the populace.
Absolutely! I think Clinton was the best example of unprincipled Presidency by poll results. He wanted to be popular and give the people what they wanted. He had no principles other than self advancement.
Absolutely! I think Clinton was the best example of unprincipled Presidency by poll results.
But as you pointed out, this is a republic and it does not work quite that way.
I was looking for a Scott Coleman...
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