Steve put up the video on Ronald Reagan – Stark Differences. Indeed, the difference shown by the rhetoric of Reagan matched against that of current Progressive Leaders is stark in both syntax and semantics.
It also points up, however, a question: where is today’s Reagan? There are those that continue to look for "The Next Reagan" and point here, there, and somewhere else. Then there are those, not seeing a Reagan-to-come throw out the whole notion – AND his conservative philosophy as espoused in that quick clip as well (NH: think Fergus Cullen and others of that ilk). The latter is just plain stupidity at worst and at best, sound like Democrats when they talk about the Constitution is a "living document" – either way, totally wrong on both counts. The former is problematic at best, in my eyes, it shows an unwillingness to stand up and shoulder a responsibility that is incumbent upon us all – and not to be placed upon a single leader, as I wrote a bit ago (emphasis added):
I would turn that around a bit – WE need to become our own leaders as our current ones, by definition, have already failed us. The one thing that I have learned is that the old adage still rings true: if you want something done right, go do it yourself.
In other words, we have to do it – you have to lead, and I have to lead. We can no longer shuffle that off to someone else; we must, if we are return to that Founders Vision that made this the greatest country on the face of the earth, all lead – there is no more sitting back onto the couch and no more just being a lowly soldier in the movement.
No more can we just let government, after casting our ballots, run on auto-pilot...
