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I just can't seem to deal with the fact that an adulterous weenie like Clinton can serve two terms, yet when our country is attacked by terrorists and we swiftly and violently go after those responsible (liberating an oppressed country and ridding ourselves of a foreign enemy along the way), the man in charge of said operations is looked down upon because people think he's ignorant.
You don't get elected as the governor of Texas (shut up before you make those comments, people) and then as the President of the United States if you're an idiot. Bush isn't that charismatic.
“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote.” Benjamin Franklin, 1759
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This is the end of a speech that seems just as appropriate nowadays. I'll replace some key words in [ ] for a contemporary flair but it seems like tampering with the Bible somehow.
Dear Senator Kerry:
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They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when an [Al Qaeda] guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot? Sir, we are not weak if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. The millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no [other option]. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard [in the smoking ruins of the World Trade Center]! The war is inevitable--and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come.
It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the [East] will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
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Wow! That guy Patrick Henry could really inspire people.
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