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Originally Posted by rameumptom
Hmmmm. Did that sound bitter?
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Let us call it "righteous indignation". Perhaps the best paradigm is that which admits the relatively small impact of George W. Bush himself in the far greater contest at hand. While he certainly taught one doctrine and lived another, we must recognize that it is policy that matters in a government rested on the rule of law.
The monarchies of old were often beset by the bitterness of the people to throw the rascals out. The same feeling can exist in our system, but often we rid our government of the creators of bad policy without extricating the bad policies from our system.
We know for certain that presidents, senators, and congressmen will come and go, but our concern should be policy. A policy platform avails nothing from mudslinging campaigns. Good policy is good policy regardless of the identity of those who pursue it.
Fascism and socialism, the rejection of our constitution, the evils of nation building and interventionism, bailouts galore through nationalism, these things will continue to remain with us past January of 2009. Man has fought the battle between liberty and slavery from the days of Adam. George W. Bush will simply be added to an already endless list of those who fell victim to the philosophy and appeal of the world.
Let our efforts first be to ascertain and rally around the principles of freedom. Then, we will have available to us the better leadership we need.
-a-train
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