I'm afraid that one of the most important issues, a crisis even, is the ignorance of the foundations of this nation. It is difficult to have a serious political discourse in this nation when 90% of the electorate don't really have a clue as to what the founders intended.
It would be nice if important issues were addressed during an election but it's really not the time for education. Both sides are intent on winning and victory will go to the one who fights hardest, smartest and best. But the fight has to be waged on the ground we find ourselves on.
The left has fought hard to pull all discourse onto this "bread and circuses" field of battle. Sure, Republicans have gladly played the cheap and dirty game too but don't kid yourself. The left has to drag things away from real issues and into platitudes and scandals because their agenda is to do away with the republic for which we stand.
I'm not saying you are wrong. You are exactly right and, as usual, you hit all the points with precision and eloquence. I don't even like McCain enough to root for him but this 0bama turd needs to be sent back to his jr. seat in the Senate.
On that score I have to give John McCain props for running a winning campaign that started from behind. Right now at least I think he's demonstrating an ability to lead and command. He is taking the Chosen One apart very skillfully. First he had to deal with the Plastic Fantastic media construction of a candidate that 0bama was. McCain has done that. Perhaps now he can force 0bama to fight on his ground. A more serious ground. Sarah Palin sure laid out the geography of the battle field.
That's my two cents.
Beautifully said!
Whenever a friend tells me that he believes 'the American people' will rise up in defiance when the enemies of liberty cross the final line, I am forced to remind him that 'the American people' aren't what they used to be, as a result of your observation above.
For fifty years our public education system has been incrementally hijacked by left-leaning ideologues, with the result being that American history, if taught at all, is assuming an increasingly revisionist bent.
Each succeeding generation of American youth knows less and less about their noble roots, or has been indoctrinated with anti-American lies.
Adding to that the fact that we continue to allow the invasion of illegal immigration that is pouring across our southern border -- people who either bear no allegiance to this country, or, worse yet, seek its destruction -- and the percentage of the population that knows from whence we came is decreasing with every passing day.
As our liberties continue to be stolen from us, each succeeding generation sees government intrusion as a fact of life. You can't mourn the loss of something you never knew.
~ joanie