Rush Limbaugh: "We meet at dawn tomorrow"
get out and vote for Bush!!
Just a little humor, folks.
On his show, Rush is always saying “Hi! Hire you?”
(“Hi! How are you?” A little Southern humor, haha!) .....
Posted on 11/04/2002 6:41:34 PM PST by Interesting Times
They knew each other well, though few had ever met.
They hailed from many places, represented many traditions, moved in social circles high or low, yet met together as equals.
Some were experts in specialized fields of study: law, engineering, business, medicine, politics, journalism, software, physics, astronomy, too many others to count. Others were writers, homemakers, musicians, analysts, visionaries. Together, they possessed more knowledge than any university. At their fingertips lay the world.
They held these things in common: a respect for facts, a hunger for truth, a love of freedom. The electronic home that connected them was the idea of a single man, who had seen a great Republic under siege and had dedicated his life to its restoration.
Though the group they formed was without precedent, it represented an age-old dream -- that the people might know the truth about their leaders, and have the power to act on that knowledge.
And so they worked to make the dream real.
They researched, recorded, analyzed, petitioned, protested, denounced infiltrators and welcomed amazed newcomers. They prayed for their injured and their ill, for their country, for strength in a turbulent time. They had no formal leaders, and rarely agreed on strategies, tactics, or goals. Some became weary and dropped away. Some left in bursts of outrage. But others pressed on, and the ungainly, loosely-coupled organization gathered momentum.
They built libraries of information, scouted and subverted their opponents, formed alliances, and wrote their words across the sky. A thousand outrages drew a swift response -- the college president honoring a murderer, the actor calling for violence in pretended jest, the journalist lying for his benefactors. All the while, the relentless threshing machine of their discourse winnowed fiction from fact, reality from layers of dissembling.
Among them were heroes, willing to stand before a corrupt and corrupting leader more powerful than any ancient king and name his evil deeds to his face. Others worked to educate the people; arguing, informing, explaining, shining light on acts committed in darkness. Their ideas began to appear in newpapers and magazines, were repeated on the radio, on television.
And as they began to change the world, they also changed each other, shaping and tempering their understanding in a thousand debates. The deceptions of the old order became first visible, then obvious, then predictable. Armed with new resolve and formidable understanding, they carried sparks of resistance back to families, friends, communities.
They saw the machinery of tyranny set into position, and fought for time, knowing that time was short. They lost battles and won them. They watched in anger as the corrupt leader evaded justice; then in grim satisfaction as his chosen successor was compelled to deny his desire to disarm the people.
And for some, history's terrible pendulum seemed to hesitate...
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Tomorrow the Republic stands, once again, before the crossroads. So, tonight, in cities and villages, on farms and on mountaintops, in their homes across a great continent and beyond, they wait.
They wait, but they do not wait alone.
A timeless piece and I think FR will take another place in history of playing a big role of "fighting the good fight" an winning during this election.
Back in 2000, I know that God really put on my heart to start praying for George W. Bush. DittoJed2 (another Freeper who is no longer active) and I decided start a website ( http://www.prayforgeorgewbush.com/ ) and we have been praying for our President ever since. Many prayers have been lifted up to God for George W. Bush and we have seen some true miracles.
We need to continue to pray for our President and our nation. We deserve judgement but we pray for grace.
BTTT!!!!!!
Rush Limbaugh: "We meet at dawn tomorrow"
get out and vote for Bush!!
Just a little humor, folks.
On his show, Rush is always saying “Hi! Hire you?”
(“Hi! How are you?” A little Southern humor, haha!) .....
Sort of what you have to do with ruby slippers.
The magic never dies.
Thanks for the repost, it's good to remember on a night like this.
May God grant us four more years of President Bush's leadership.
This is just wonderful, and so true. I am not sure I would be able to get through tomorrow without my family here at FR.
Well done!
Really? I get a "no such file" error page...
Hit your back button, and click on the link again.
True magic never dies.
Keep doing it, it does come up.
There's a comment on the original thread from CHIEF Negotiator...RIP, watch over us tomorrow CHIEF!
Got it now. That's just plain weird...
This is a classic piece of writing. I remember it well. No one has expressed our feelings this clearly. It was needed then and it is needed now, tonight, as we wait ... but not alone.
Win, lose, or draw, I have no regrets. This time I left it all on the playing field.
Kudos! Bump!
¡Salud!
Ten years later ping...
Thank you I.T.! I started scrolling up the thread and thought I was in a time warp when I saw “Lady In Red’s” name!
God rest her soul and that of CHIEF Negotiator too. I am sure there are others too, so it will be a moving experience to read through it.
Thank you!
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