I admit it, I have clearly underestimated the importance of the personal character and integrity of officeholders in a republic.
It turns out, Washington and Lincoln and FDR really were extraordinary, and extraordinarily good.
Because if a cheap little hood like George W. Bush can set himself up as dictator, dismissing Congress and the courts with a wave of his signing hand, and they (and the people) just roll over for him, then clearly a real leader, facing a real crisis, could have made himself Emperor without even trying.
I knew that we who loved democracy were carrying some deadwood, but apparently it's a substantial portion of the population.
The country I loved never really existed, did it?
//The Magic Eight-Ball says, "Outlook unclear."\\
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You've got to see this one! Nothing illustrates the contempt and ignorance the concerned parties have for both history and the American people like their indiscriminate use of sentimental, emotive rhetoric - and it doesn't get much more blatant than comparing Hastert's situation to the Battle of the Alamo!
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/politics/stories/MYSA101106.01A.political.alamo.361464f.html
You'll notice that, for all their faults, Texas Republicans were not so politically suicidal as to sign this letter, though it's a Democrat they go to for the condemning quotes.
Peni
Oh, Peni, you have my deepest sympathy for having endured this.
Even I think that's blasphemous, never mind how it feels to an actual resident of San Antonio.
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