“True. Our Founding Fathers were human, they all had faults. But what are the odds of getting such a great group of minds together? To my knowledge, very slim, I believe there was Divine intervention. Think about it, perhaps you will come to the same conclusion as I, we had better love and protect this Republic. It took a long time for history to produce an America, if we lose it, it may be a long time before we see another.”
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Nothing divine about it, like Washington, the Founders were the smartest, most ambitious men in the Colonies who realized that Britain’s strangling imperial ties had to be severed if the country was to be a place to fully realize their dreams, so they got involved in a cause, organized a movement, fought a war and spent a few years in public service. Nowadays, the best and the brightest are repelled by ugliness and indignities of seeking elective office and only the most venal and power-hungry individuals who can’t make it in the business world but have the gift of gab are attracted to the political class.
This is why conservatives have a recruiting problem and liberals do not.
I thought this pic on the front page of today's Washington Post was appropriate. The General looks over the rabble that are conspiring to ruin this country...a country that he and so many others have sacrificed for. I thought it was quite relevant re the article in the post which shows his entrepreneur's spirit in contrast to the big gummint spending and takeover of the economy.
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