You know Karl Rove and those that reside with him in his oily little nest are, according to Steve Coll of The New Yorker, quite truly historical. Yes, historical! Steve tells us, and I quote, (as he did,) political conventions were "magnificent festivals of honest work and base trickery," enlivened by delegates who could be "violent, vituperative and malignant." This was a Times account of the Republican Convention of 1880! Don't you love it? Hey! Calling Karl ------- I have a shoe for you. I'm certain it will fit.
The same Steve Coll article noted the following from President Obama's speech regarding "citizenship, a word at the very heart of our founding , at the very essence of our democracy."
We, the people recognize that we have responsibilities as well as rights; that our destinies are
bound together; that a freedom which only asks what's in it for me, a freedom without
commitment to others, a freedom without love or charity or duty or patriotism, is unworthy
of our founding ideals, and those who died in their defense.
Take that Ayn Rand followers. Take that those without a core. Take that those who reached out this week for the brass ring, and grasped pure air instead ---- while cheapening the lives of an ambassador and three other incredible Americans.
