The Patriot Blogger
July 2nd, 2009, 3:02 pm
Our founding fathers publicly warned against partisanship in the Post-Revolution era politics, but many of them were drawn into its nasty rhetoric and deceits. The power struggles and postering began once the new branches of government started to grow. Men lost in the fervor of fractioned politics forgot the founding principles that were the rallying cries against tyranny. Federalism was on the rise and liberty and freedoms were replaced with such practices as sedition and nepotism.
George Washington lamented his feelings about partisanship often. His words below give you an idea of how he felt.
"The party spirit serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another."
It is evident that modern politicians are not students of history. They have no problem making the same mistakes for the last 220 years. Even though a record of the difficulties and errors within the burgeoning American politic are greatly documented.
One thing is certain. The most profound and respectable periods in our history are easily related to the leadership and vision provided. Many names can be enumerated in the quest for a list of America's great leaders, but those not touched with demagoguery and partisanship would be a small fraternity. Presidents worthy of being regarded as true "Leaders of Liberty" are Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, and Reagan.
If you subtract all the items contrary to being thought of as a "Leader of Liberty" you very well may destroy the political resume of most prospects. Liberty requires a moral and righteous candor that is evidenced by action and not the espousing words of a demagogue seeking to make public office a profession of power. Most of the current crop of representatives in Washington do not meet the prerequisites.
If you are called a career politician, then by definition you are exempt from consideration. If your motivation to elected office is power and influence and you justify your existence by inflicting endless regulation then you are also exempt. If you are benefited in anyway by a lobby looking for your favour and you use your public position to provide that favour then you are scandalous and have failed the republic and the cause of liberty.
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public money”
Alexis de Tocqueville
French historian and political scientist
We need are in need of a "Leader of Liberty". The calling is clear, but who will answer?
George Washington lamented his feelings about partisanship often. His words below give you an idea of how he felt.
"The party spirit serves always to distract the Public Councils, and enfeeble the Public Administration. It agitates the Community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms; kindles the animosity of one part against another, foments occasionally riot and insurrection. It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions. Thus the policy and the will of one country are subjected to the policy and will of another."
It is evident that modern politicians are not students of history. They have no problem making the same mistakes for the last 220 years. Even though a record of the difficulties and errors within the burgeoning American politic are greatly documented.
One thing is certain. The most profound and respectable periods in our history are easily related to the leadership and vision provided. Many names can be enumerated in the quest for a list of America's great leaders, but those not touched with demagoguery and partisanship would be a small fraternity. Presidents worthy of being regarded as true "Leaders of Liberty" are Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, T. Roosevelt, and Reagan.
If you subtract all the items contrary to being thought of as a "Leader of Liberty" you very well may destroy the political resume of most prospects. Liberty requires a moral and righteous candor that is evidenced by action and not the espousing words of a demagogue seeking to make public office a profession of power. Most of the current crop of representatives in Washington do not meet the prerequisites.
If you are called a career politician, then by definition you are exempt from consideration. If your motivation to elected office is power and influence and you justify your existence by inflicting endless regulation then you are also exempt. If you are benefited in anyway by a lobby looking for your favour and you use your public position to provide that favour then you are scandalous and have failed the republic and the cause of liberty.
“The American Republic will endure until the day Congress discovers that it can bribe the public with the public money”
Alexis de Tocqueville
French historian and political scientist
We need are in need of a "Leader of Liberty". The calling is clear, but who will answer?