Thinking back to the American Revolution and the weeks leading up to the crafting of the Declaration of Independence, no patriot was more responsible for creation of the document than John Adams. He was solidly focused on American Independence. He was insistent on it. He was adamant about it. He would not accept "no" for an answer. He was abrasive about it and he tested everyone's patience with his tenacity. He would accept no compromise that would leave the Colonies under the British flag. In the end, he won out and after arguing over all of the wording, the Declaration was passed and signed. John Adams possessed a vision for this country that he was able to sell as a potential reality.
Today, many of the truths contained in the Declaration are in question. Who has the right to life? What is liberty? Whose happiness can be pursued and whose can't? Are all men created equal, or do some by virtue of their connection to government have special rights? Are our rights endowed to us by our creator, or allowed to us by government?
This is a time when we must reassert our rights and put our federal government back in its proper role. We need strong leaders who are ready for sudden relentless reform. We need Sarah Palin.
What if John Adams had been barred from the game of creating a new country? He was generally disliked and was an irritating fellow. Ben Franklin would have made some witticisms about the opposition, but is it likely that a Thomas Jefferson would have been pressured by anyone else to craft our founding document? These were great men but Adams brought perseverance and tenacity that were a requisite to getting the job done.
I'm sure that the patriots were disheartened when their original complaints were met with military force. They held together. They knew what they needed and they insisted on it and risked everything for it. A leader like Adams set the vision.
Maybe we don't know what we want? Maybe we think that a particular party winning an election is our goal? Our goal is much more than that. We must reverse the course away from a European style socialist democracy and back to the intention of the founders. In the process we must reduce the federal government's role in our lives, return power to the states and to local governments. We will have only one opportunity to do that, the election of 2012. If we elect the wrong person who gives us socialism lite, Republicans will not win another election.
Our choices are few. Michelle Bachmann, Ron Paul, Herman Cain, and Rick Santorum do not possess a background in government leadership that would allow them to be an effective President. Jon Huntsman and Mitt Romney would prefer maintaining the course rather than reversing it. I reject those candidates out of hand. Rick Perry is a case study in crony capitalism which should put him out of consideration (or is it his wife that's running?) Newt Gingrich is the ultimate Washington establishment insider, a paid lobbyist for Freddie Mac at a time when Freddy and Fanny were buying Washington influence and destroying our housing market. In a contest between Obama and Gingrich, Obama comes off as the outsider. Beyond the pro forma unsuitability of these candidates, none of them relate well with people. They have no ability to draw voters to the polls. Beyond even that, none of them have both the desire and the skill set needed to create sudden relentless reform. In other words, if we go with one of these candidates, we will have lost the war even if we win the current battle.
So if what we want is a reversal of course and sudden relentless reform, we must elect Sarah Palin and we must be tenacious, maintain our vision, and focus on showing Gov. Palin that it is her vision we are espousing, and that her leadership is required to effect that vision. With or without her cooperation, we must press on to try to get her into the process in primaries by write-in and in caucuses by voting for her. She may have a strategy at work and we must listen carefully and aid in any way we can. This is not about Sarah Palin. It's about our continued viability as a country.
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