Once again many of the top bloggers in their effort to mock Obama have posted something that is just not true. Israel was not at the UN for Obama's speech because of the Feast of Tabernacles, a Jewish holiday. Some of these bloggers have walked back their statements - some have not. I'm seeing this more and more. It's a good way to lose your credibility. It is rare that you would see an accomplished journalist such as Stacy McCain do that.
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The American Dream
The American Dream. I remember when those words and what they connote made me stand just a little taller, feel just a little bolder, speak just a little more assuredly. To me, The American Dream (yes, with a capital "T" on "the") meant that anyone--even me--had a chance to succeed, to build a business, buy a home, save for a rainy day, plan for a decent retirement, send kids to college, achieve whatever success one dreamed possible for oneself. If that meant financial success, yay! If that meant personal success, however you define that for yourself, yay! read the rest at Fuzzy Logic - excellent!
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Trust but verify. If the Republicans get back into power and they mess up, they have to be sent a clear message that such politics as usual approaches to government won't be tolerated. Republican pork and Republican corruption isn't any better than Democratic pork and Democratic corruption. The country is at stake, and nothing less than honest government, responsible approaches to taxation and spending, and utter, complete seriousness are called for. If the GOP can't meet such a standard, then they will have proven themselves unworthy successors of Lincoln and of Reagan. And they should be treated as such.
That doesn't mean that the GOP should never compromise with the Democrats, by the way. If they take back the House only, they will have to work with the Democrats who control the Senate and with the President. If the GOP takes both houses of Congress, they will still have to work with the President. Assuming they win, the Republicans will have a constitutional obligation to be part of responsible government under our system. That means that they will have to work with the President to get things done. But prudential compromise does not mean sacrificing principle, and it does not mean wallowing in the Washington sewer of corruption and reckless government spending & taxing.
I have hope that the Republican leadership knows this. But if they don't then those of us who love the country and who care about responsible party in our constitutional order will have an obligation to speak out as harshly about Republican corruption as we have about Democratic corruption.
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