I’m not sure when it will happen. Maybe it will never happen, but somewhere a smart politician is reading the tea leaves. In order to rally the American people our next great leader will have to call on us all to step up and conquer our problems. I think it’s too late for Obama. He just doesn’t grasp it. He may end up being a two-term president, but he’s not prepared to tackle our problems.
All of America’s great leaders have summoned the courage of the American people to solve the nation’s problems. The government was an ally, not the sole solution. That’s why the government looks so bad after Katrina and the Oil spill. The government will never be prepared for these kinds of crises. It is the challenge of our citizens. That is the American spirit. The government didn’t solve the Great Depression. Slavery didn’t end until the blood of thousands of Americans was spilled. Segregation lasted until Americans took to the streets to protest the injustice.
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Calvin Coolidge once said that “Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.” Today the occasion is upon us and it’s time we call upon the heroism of the American people. Let’s quit apologizing for being the nation that invented the telephone, air travel, and the light bulb. We have never been a nation of apologists. No nation is free from sin and it’s only those who are too weak to lead that wish to wallow in our imperfection. We’re a nation of inventors, entrepreneurs, and hard workers. That’s the spirit of the American people, and it’s the spirit our leaders fail to grasp.
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