Posted on 07/05/2020 12:14:06 PM PDT by edwinland
Tammy Duckworth on trump's Mount Rushmore speech:
"He spent all the time talking about dead traitors."
Democrat reaction to Duckworth: " "
For the record, here's a list of all the dead people mentioned in Trump's speech.
So this will now comprise the definitive list of traitors according to the Democratic Party.
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Teddy Roosevelt.
56 patriots who gathered in Philadelphia 244 years ago and signed the Declaration of Independence
Andrew Jackson
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Ulysses S. Grant
abolitionists, and many others
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt
George Washington
the Continental Army
General Washington
Thomas Jefferson -- the great Thomas Jefferson
Lewis and Clark
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
threw back Picketts charge
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Theodore Roosevelt.
Washington and Jefferson
Martin Luther King
Reverend Martin Luther King
Dr. King
Andrew Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
Frederick Douglass
Wild Bill Hickock
Buffalo Bill Cody
the Wright Brothers
the Tuskegee Airmen
Harriet Tubman
Clara Barton
Jesse Owens
George Patton -- General George Patton
the great Louie Armstrong
Alan Shepard
Elvis Presley
Mohammad Ali
Walt Whitman
Mark Twain
Irving Berlin
Ella Fitzgerald
Frank Sinatra
Bob Hope
Good post, good reply!
Yes, she didn’t watch the speech, and proved that she is an imbecile.
Yes I thank her for her military service, but she’s still an imbecile.
Bttt.
5.56mm
Irving Berlin’s song “White Christmas” is racist. /s
I wonder what all the surviving Tuskegee airman think about this?
Is Alger Hiss still alive? Why isn’t he on the list of dead traitors?
It is embarrassing how far the Democratic Party has fallen
My ancestors would be spinning in their graves if they could read this stuff and see whats happening in this country
My ancestry goes all the way back to the American revolution and includes every war up through World War II shameful
And this woman is a veteran? For whatever chance she had to be vice president scratch her from the list
Excellence Bump!
For what its worth, she should just keep her beak closed.
And this woman is a veteran? For whatever chance she had to be vice president scratch her from the list
In today’s Democrat party, her moronic statements may only enhance her chances at being Joe’s running mate.
Alger Hiss was a traitor and he is dead.
He is not on Tammy Suckworth’s list.
Suckworth’s list is HER idea of whom traitors are.
Suckworth is an imbecile.
You can figure it out now.
Remember the 1980s, when sulled like old toad frogs, black people were wishing each other a “Black Christmas”?
It should be a priority of the Republican Party to make sure that she is a one termer.
You left out the Ford F-150.
“Yes I thank her for her military service, but shes still an imbecile.”
I don’t thank her for her military service. She volunteered for the job. So do policemen, border patrol agents, firefighters, power company linemen, deep sea fisherman, skyscraper window washers and many others in high risk occupations.
People choose jobs and careers. The four star general is no more inherently noble than the citizen who cleans the toilets in the restrooms at an interstate rest area. In fact the janitor may be a more virtuous person than the general. It is the person’s character, values, and daily behavior not the job, that makes a person worth admiring and honoring for his or her contribution to society.
Was George Washington more worthy of honoring than Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, or James Madison. All but Washington did not serve in the military during the Revolution. All played critical roles in the founding. In addition all would have been hung as traitors to the crown should the rebellion have failed. They would have died equally.
Tammy Duckworth is not inherently a better person than any other citizen due to her military service. To believe a veteran has more value than the non-veteran actually diminishes the concept of service if one truly believes “all men are created equal.”
The founding fathers certainly did not perceive military veterans superior to other citizens. They in fact feared standing armies preferring a citizens militia, in which all able bodied citizens served, to standing armies.
We can honor individuals for their service and their character. We are under no obligation to honor anyone for having volunarily performed a job. Character matters more than service.
Remember, Benedict Arnold served for a time as a leader in the Continental Army and served well. However, we do not honor him for his service.
In that Sermon, Dr. Arnett issued a grave warning of what might happen to America if a group, including academics who then self-described as "Liberals," had its way. Excerpts follow:
"The Danger to our Country.In another section of the lengthy discourse, Bishop Arnett addressed the topic of "The Greatness of America," as follows:"Now that our national glory and grandeur is principally derived from the position the fathers took on the great questions of right and wrong, and the career of this nation has been unparalleled in the history of the past, now there are those who are demanding the tearing down the strength of our national fabric. They may not intend to tear it down, but just as sure as they have their way, just that sure will they undermine our superstructure and cause the greatest calamity of the age. What are the demands of this party of men? Just look at it and examine it for yourselves, and see if you are willing that they shall have their way; or will you still assist in keeping the ship of state in the hands of the same crew and run her by the old gospel chart! But ye men who think there is no danger listen to the demands of the Liberals as they choose to call themselves:
"'Organize! Liberals of America! The hour for action has arrived. The cause of freedom calls upon us to combine our strength, our zeal, our efforts. These are The Demands of Liberalism:"'1. We demand that churches and other ecclesiastical property shall no longer be exempt from just taxation.
"'2. We demand that the employment of chaplains in Congress, in State Legislatures, in the navy and militia, and in prisons, asylums, and all other institutions supported by public money, shall be discontinued.
"'3. We demand that all public appropriations for sectarian educational and charitable institutions shall cease.
"'4. We demand that all religious services now sustained by the government shall be abolished; and especially that the use of the Bible in the public schools, whether ostensibly as a text-book or avowedly as a book of religious worship, shall be prohibited.
"'5. We demand that the appointment, by the President of the United States or by the Governors of the various States, of all religious festivals and fasts shall wholly cease.
"'6. We demand that the judicial oath in the courts and in all other departments of the government shall be abolished, and that simple affirmation under the pains and penalties of perjury shall be established in its stead.
"'7. We demand that all laws directly or indirectly enforcing the observance of Sunday as the Sabbath shall be repealed.
"'8. We demand that all laws looking to the enforcement of “Christian” morality shall be abrogated, and that all laws shall be conformed to the requirements of natural morality, equal rights, and impartial liberty.
"'9. We demand that not only in the Constitution of the United States and of the several States, but also in the practical administration of the same, no privilege or advantage shall be conceded to Christianity or any other special religion; that our entire political system shall be founded and administered on a purely secular basis; and that whatever changes shall prove necessary to this end shall be consistently, unflinchingly, and promptly made.'
"'Let us boldly and with high purpose meet the duty of the hour.'
"Let us see what it is that makes us so great; wherein lies our strength. What has made us one of the greatest powers of the earth, politically and intellectually? Have we come to the conclusion that it is Righteousness that exalteth a nation? We have met to-day at the request of the President of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant, and also the Governor of our beloved State, Rutherford B. Hayes. For what? Why call us from our homes? Why come to the house of God? Why not go to the hall of mirth and to the places of amusement to-day? No that is not what they want us to do. We are commanded to go to our 'several places of worship, and there offer up thanks to Kind Providence which has brought our nation through the scenes of another year, and blessed the land with peace, plenty and prosperity.' Then as Americans we have reason to rejoice and congratulate ourselves on the greatness of our beloved country; at this the close of the first hundred years of experimental government of the people, by the people, and for the people. To be a citizen of this vast country is something, and to share in its privileges and duties is more than something." - Dr. Benjamin W. Arnett, 1876 "Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon" -CENTENNIAL Thanksgiving Sermon, DELIVERED BY REV. B. W. ARNETT, B. D., AT ST. PAUL A. M. E. CHURCH, URBANA, OHIO 1876 - available in the "Library of Congress - Historical Collections" - "African-American Pamphlets from the Daniel A. P. Murray Collection," 1820-1920; American Memory, Washington, DC.
This historical treasure is one which should be prominent in our national discussions, especially now, when our philosophical foundations are being challenged, and when the views of a learned man like Dr. Arnett might shed light on centuries-old ideas about America's history. His theme: Righteousness Exalteth a Nation, but Sin is a Reproach to any People."
"Withdraw from Christendom the Bible, the Church with its sacraments and ministry, and Christian morality and hopes, and aspirations for time and eternity; repeal all the laws that are founded in the Christian Scriptures; remove the Christian humanities in the form of hospitals and asylums, and reformatories and institutions of mercy utterly unknown to unchristian countries; destroy the literature, the culture, the institutions of learning, the art, the refinement, the place of woman in her home and in society, which owe their origin and power to Christianity; blot out all faith in Divine Providence, love, and righteousness; turn back every believer in Christ to his former state; remove all thought or hope of the forgiveness of sins by a just but gracious God; erase the name of Christ from every register it sanctifiesin a word annihilate all the legitimate and logical effects of Christianity in Christendomjust accomplish in fact what multitudes of gifted and learned minds are wishing and trying to accomplish by their science, philosophy, and criticism, and what multitudes of the common people desire and seek, and not only would all progress toward and unto perfection cease, but not one of the shining lights of infidelity would shine much longer. Yes, the bitterest enemies of this holy and blessed religion, owe their ability to be enemies to its sacred revelations - to the inspiration and sublimity of that faith which reflects its glories on their hostile natures. They live in the strength of that which they would destroy. They are raised to their seats of opportunity and power by the grace of Him they would crucify afresh; and is it to be thought that they are stronger than that which gives them strength? Can it be supposed that a religion which civilizes and subdues, and elevates and blesses will succumb to the enmities it may arouse and quicken in its onward march? Are we to tremble for the ark of God when God is its upholder, and protector, and preserver? - Dr. Benjaming W. Arnett, St. Paul A.M.E. Church, Urbana, Ohio, Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon, November 1876Dr. Arnett, an A.M.E. Minister and Ohio State Legislator, was invited to publish this remarkable sermon commemorating the Centennial of the Declaration of Independence by the following method:To:
Rev. B. W. ARNETT, B. D.
Dear Pastor:
Will you please prepare your Centennial Thanksgiving Sermon for publication: together with whatever matter pertaining to the colored people of this city, you deem worth preserving.
We make this request of you, believing that the publication of such matter, will be of benefit to the present and succeeding generations.
Yours Respectfully,
J GAITER
J. DEMPCY
C. L, GANT
Trustees W. A. STILGASS, W. O. BOWLESUrbana, O.
December 7th, 1876
J GAITER, J. DEMPCY, C. L, GANT
Trustees W. A. STILGASS, W. O. BOWLES
Tammy Duckworth is not inherently a better person than any other citizen due to her military service. To believe a veteran has more value than the non-veteran actually diminishes the concept of service if one truly believes all men are created equal.
You are correct, we are under no obligation to honor anyone who voluntarily performed a job. I choose to honor her service even though I think she’s an idiot. You choose not to. We agree to disagree.
Have a nice day.
Hey Tammy Duckworth. Maybe we should let you run the country because of the way you and the rest of the Democrats have made Illinois such a smashing success.
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