I had to look up the word “trenchant” again. Something didn’t quite fit. I guess it could mean ‘strong’. There was nothing strong about McCotter’s speech – or trenchant. It was matched, I thought, by the scattered applause. What were there, about a dozen people?

True, everything McCotter said was credible and worth hearing. We say the same thing every day in one form or another on this blog. I did note one significant omission, however, when he said, “We (Republicans) defend America from her enemies and we support her allies”; this, a clear reference to Israel no doubt. Fair enough. What McCotter failed to say was, “We defend America from her enemies at home (as well as abroad)!"

Our enemies at home are currently our most immediate threat. We don’t have ‘differences’ with our enemies. We’re in a war. Until that’s settled, we don’t have a ghost of a chance of doing anything overseas. I would urge Mr. McCotter to name the enemy right here at home. It is not Democrats as we have come to know Democrats. It is the socialist/Marxists that have driven the once proud Democrat Party into the dirt and who now, under cover of its once hallowed name, are exploiting our own rules to wage war against America itself.

Lest we forget, it was leftist democrats who were singularly responsible for causing our housing meltdown, from the ashes of which they raised up Barack Hussein Obama, who’s been wreaking havoc on the institutions of our nation ever since he’s been in office.

“We stand for…blah, blah, blah” is no longer enough. We must fight the beast in our midst. We must name it. We must hold it accountable. We must make it clear in no uncertain terms, “Hell no! We won’t go there! We will refuse to submit to being enslaved by debt, communist propaganda and ignorance. And YES, capitalism works if it’s allowed to do so! Capitalism is not broken. The reason we’re in the state we’re in is because capitalism has been misused and deliberately skewed to give the impression of failure - so that we would yield en masse to authoritarian rule under Barack Hussein Obama and his faux Democrats.”

Defending the nation includes defending it from its enemies within. These, unhappily, are now in power. They do not comprise a majority. Defending the nation includes defending it from lies; from rabble-rousers; from ruthless opportunists; from starry-eyed impractical dreamers; from ideologues; from would-be tyrants; nihilists and anarchists. Such folks will always exist in a country as big as ours. But they certainly don’t need to be in power. Given the keys to the school bus, they pose a clear and present danger. It’s high time we put down some rules as to the kind of people that can be allowed to govern this great country. Let's at the very least stick to adults. (Does anybody realize that Obama would never be allowed to hold a government job under present rules?)

There’s a very wealthy CEO who lives in Bombay with his family. He’s very fond of cars and owns a stable of them. His latest acquisition was a Rolls Royce Ghost. His teenage son takes the keys and drives two blocks down the road to a bar where he drinks. He hands the keys to the valet who then parks the car somewhere in the back. America is the Rolls Royce; the teenage son is Obama. Think about it, Mr. McCotter.

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