Posted on 10/13/2020 12:13:41 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Recommended on the Rush Limbaugh Show today. Video at link.
2020 may be the most important U.S. election since 1860.
(Transcript)
My name is Tom Klingenstein. I am the chair of the board of the Claremont Institute which is a conservative think tank, managing partner of a New York investment firm and playwright.
I wish to make three points. First, Trump is the perfect man for these times, not all times, perhaps not most times, but these times. Second, Republicans are not doing a good job explaining the stakes in this election. They must explain, and this is my third point, that the Democratic Party, which has been taken by its radical wing, is leading a revolution. This makes the coming election the most important one since the election of 1860. Let’s begin there.
Unlike most elections, this one is much more than a contest over particular policies—like health care or taxes. Rather, like the election of 1860, this election is a contest between two competing regimes, or ways of life. Two ways of life that cannot exist peacefully together.
One way of life, I’ll call it “the traditional American way of life,” is based on individual rights, the rule of law, and a shared understanding of the common good. This way of life values hard work, self-reliance, volunteerism, patriotism, and so on.
In this way of life there are no hyphenated Americans. We are all just Americans. Colorblindness is our aspiration.
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Article of the year.
Excellent! This information should be spread far and wide.
Claremont Institute is a non-profit conservative think tank that could use your donation if you feel the urge. After, of course, you’ve made a donation to FR.
Excellent editorial that was presented marvelously by Tom Klingenstein. Thanks for alerting us, and I in turn alerted others I know about this. 8>)
The Liberal & Lincoln Project Taqiyya trick is to tell people that you don’t vote for Biden , because he’s not going to be around long, you vote for policies and Harris because because because OrangeManBad , etc.
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