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To: Norm Lenhart
No you simply lack the courage to face reality.

Either we do it your way and let the democrats "fix" it their way. Or conservatives nut up and do it right. You might look around. The whole country is going the same way as you bravely do nothing.

The major issue of this campaign is the direct political, personal and moral responsibility of Democratic Party leadership--in the White House and in Congress--for this unprecedented calamity which has befallen us. They tell us they have done the most that humanly could be done. They say that the United States has had its day in the sun; that our nation has passed its zenith. They expect you to tell your children that the American people no longer have the will to cope with their problems; that the future will be one of sacrifice and few opportunities.

My fellow citizens, I utterly reject that view. The American people, the most generous on earth, who created the highest standard of living, are not going to accept the notion that we can only make a better world for others by moving backwards ourselves. Those who believe we can have no business leading the nation.

I will not stand by and watch this great country destroy itself under mediocre leadership that drifts from one crisis to the next, eroding our national will and purpose. We have come together here because the American people deserve better from those to whom they entrust our nation's highest offices, and we stand united in our resolve to do something about it.


Ronald Reagan Nomination Acceptance Speech Republican National Convention Detroit, Michigan July 17, 1980
15 posted on 07/23/2013 4:16:19 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: cripplecreek

Then perhaps you care to explain why 4000 years of humanity having the ‘courage’ to call a spade a spade and hold feet to the proverbial fire is a bad thing.

Sorry CC, we often agree but you are well off the rails here. There is nothing whatsoever cowardly about us giving the proper reaction when it’s due. and the proper reaction is to shame the holy hell out of the people who destroyed an entire city and uncounted lived with their political philosophy.

Or do you prefer we just let them slide? AGAIN???

Reality check. Letting them slide results in further emboldenment...a fact that the forementioned 4000 years of human civ has demonstrated time and time again.

No one said we just mock’em and call it good. No. We must also fix what they broke with conservatism and it’s principles. Because no one else can. And that fix is to spread our success to those who lack it....those willing to learn from it.

Now if you can find a logical or historical flaw with the above, and you won’t, do tell.


40 posted on 07/23/2013 5:15:51 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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