It is a rare moment in the history of statesmanship when a leader rises to the occasion on the global stage of human events with such eloquence that there is really nothing more to say. When endless pages of commentary are suddenly made meaningless by one statement which condenses the thoughts and aspirations of a nation. When, at least for one moment, the pen truly is mightier than the sword. When goose bumps rise on one's skin in the realization that one is bearing witness to a moment in history that will be remembered decades hence by future generations of Americans who can only wonder what it was like to be present in the moment when one statesman emerged in the calm of the eye of the hurricane to speak a truth that no wind could silence.
Yesterday, September 25, 2008, was one of those days.
George Washington: "Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."
Thomas Jefferson: "Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies."
Abraham Lincoln: "As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy. Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy."
Franklin D. Roosevelt: "No business which depends for existence on paying less than living wages to its workers has any right to continue in this country."
Dwight D. Eisenhower: "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."
John F. Kennedy: "A nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people."
George W. Bush: "This sucker could go down."
Well, he didn't exactly say those words. He did, however, make dam*&^% sure that if The Republicans allow the Bush plan to be finalized, the Republican Party would disappear instantly, before their eyes. Better they make a last ditch effort to ram through one last set of tax breaks, which could then be blamed on the Democrats. They are too late, however. The Paulson demand for corporate welfare entitlement has relabeled the Republican Party as the Party of Corporate Welfare. America does not tolerate corporate welfare. Say goodby to the Republican Party.
This banking issue is interesting:
1. This has been a problem for a while, look at 39 billion dollar loss for GM last year.
2. Bush and Paulson wanted a blank check and thought McCain would buy into it, he read the 3 page memo, then he didn't and his finger is still up in the air trying to figure which way to go..
3. The Democrats have panicked and really do not know how much the banks will try to stiff them...They will not get the most favorable terms that Buffett gets and that makes this entire mess smell like a stinking fish.
This is really the BUSH LEGACY and the MCCAIN legacy, he voted with him 90% of the time, that is not a maverick, that is someone who goes along to get along.