President Kennedy on the Defense of Freedom

President Kennedy's Commemorative Message on Roosevelt Day, January 29, 1961.

"Today we need a nation of minute men; citizens who are not only prepared to take up arms, but citizens who regard the preservation of freedom as a basic purpose of their daily life and who are willing to consciously work and sacrifice for that freedom. The cause of liberty, the cause of America, cannot succeed with any lesser effort. "

A Democrat no less. In the era before snowflakes.

And That's How It Works

When a Man Sat in the Oval Office

President Ronald Reagan's Christmas address to the Nation on December 23, 1981.

Here was a man who never called for civilian disarmament, even after an assassination attempt on his life. 

Ted Cruz: "The 2nd Amendment is not for hunting."

Although I sure know who I won't support in the next presidential election, I've not made any decision on where my support will go. I do however, like what Ted Cruz says here.

"When it comes to Constitutional rights, what matters is what the Bill of Rights says, it doesn't matter what might be popular at the moment."

Watch the whole thing.

Prognostication

Didn't take long for this to come true.

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

-- H.L. Mencken, the Baltimore Evening Sun, July 26, 1920

Giving Obama Credit Where Due

Bravo Sir. Jimmy Carter is no longer the worse president ever.

Here's a clue Mr. President, if you can't lead America, don't blame us. Blame yourself.