Republicans and
Democrats – Thoroughly Poisoned
by Paul R. Hollrah
At a time when the terms Republican and Democrat, liberal and
conservative, have become sources of confusion in the minds of many, it’s time
we understood what is it that drives men and women to adopt one political party
over another.
In an 1824 letter to Henry Lee, a half-brother of Robert E.
Lee, Thomas Jefferson discussed the substance of political parties. He said, “Men, by their constitutions, are
naturally divided into two parties: One (consisting of) those who fear and
distrust the people, and wish to draw all powers from them into the hands of
the higher classes, and two, those who identify themselves with the people,
have confidence in them, cherish and consider them as the most honest and safe,
although not the most wise depository of the public interests.”
And although Republican leaders appear to be blissfully
unaware of who they are and who Democrats are, there is little doubt which
party can honestly lay claim to each of Jefferson’s generic parties. It is the Republican Party which identifies
with the people, has confidence in them, cherishes them, and considers them to
be the most honest and safe, if not the
wisest, depository of the public interest.
It is what defines the Republican Party, and always has.
On the other hand, it is the Democratic Party that “fears
and distrusts” the people, that regularly and consistently attempts to “draw
all power away from the people and into the hands of a powerful ruling elite,”
an elite who insist that, whatever the problem or the issue, they know what’s
best. The contrasts between the two
parties is such that it should not be difficult to draw distinctions between
the parties that even the most politically disinterested citizen can
recognize.
But to create that understanding in the hearts and minds of
the people requires leadership. For the
average American to grasp the vast differences between the two parties requires
leaders with the courage to say what needs to be said, no matter what political
correctness might dictate. But what we
find at this point in our nation’s history is that the leaders of the
Republican Party, the party that is absolutely essential to this great
experiment in self-government, give the opposition party a complete pass on
issues that are imperative to our continued freedoms.
No one can doubt that the political waters in America are
thoroughly poisoned. The left is so
fearful of permanently losing its hold on the central government that what the
Founding Fathers viewed as the senate’s role to “advise and consent,” has
become, under Harry Reid’s leadership, synonymous with “rule or ruin.” There was a time when American liberals masqueraded
as harmless populists, declaring their allegiance to the “common man” and the
“general welfare,” but that mask has been slowly, but surely, torn from their
faces.
An election for President and Commander in Chief of the Military must strive to be above reproach. Our public institutions must give the public confidence that a presidential candidate has complied with the election process that is prescribed by our Constitution and laws. It is only after a presidential candidate satisfies the rules of such a process that he/she can expect members of the public, regardless of their party affiliations, to give him/her the respect that the Office of President so much deserves.
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