From
Chuck NorrisThe coming revolution:
I believe a revolution is coming to America. Just as certain as Hurricane Ike slammed into my home state of Texas, I am more and more convinced as every year passes that a needed voter revolution is brewing and imminent to America's shores and ballot boxes.
Like the turbulent winds at my ranch outside of Houston, the signs for this voter revolution can be seen through the highs and lows of current political polarities. I believe it was felt through the surge of the constitutional community supporting Rep. Ron Paul. I believe it was felt in evangelicals' and conservatives' frustration with our present presidential picks. I believe it is felt in the heightened responses to John McCain's "Hail Mary throw" for vice president in Sarah Palin. And I believe it is felt in Americans' virtually unanimous disapproval rating (roughly 91 percent) for Congress.
Most Americans have grown cold over partisan politics. They cringe over the political power plays and pollution emitting from the Capitol. They expect that their representatives will stand for special interests or their own, rather than the people's. Americans are sick and tired of politics as usual. And the fact is: Only a voter revolution is strong enough to change the current tides of corruption.
Of course America has some good congressmen and senators, like Ron Paul or members of the "gang of 10" (which has grown to 20), who are hoping that both chambers will "drill here, drill now" and immediately set a course for producing alternative energies. But the fact is those good politicians are few and far between. The majority needs to be replaced, and the minority needs our help to do it.
So how do we do it? With a voter revolution. By discovering, raising up and electing great Americans who truly represent average America. Those like "maverette" Sarah Palin, who is a fresh, reputable outsider who isn't afraid to confront Washington corruption and government stalemate. Despite liberal hecklings, Alaskan politics remain proof of her reputation, and so does her 80 percent favorable rating there. If Alaska can do it, the rest of the nation can too.
A voter revolution should usher in politicians who make sweeping and radical changes, like disposing of the unconstitutional IRS and replacing it with a Fair Tax. These are the types of leaders who genuinely commit to the America established by our Founders, drastically cut government waste, immediately stop pork barrel spending, reject political perks and lobbyists, quit borrowing from other nations (like China), cease imperialism and nation building, lessen the flow of so much government aid overseas and bring back production and pride in American commerce, etc.
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I don't agree with Chuck a lot of the time but he makes a lot of sense here to me. He's basically saying we can take back our gov't if enough of us get behind candidates who truly respect the Constitution. He implies an endorsement of Palin (and McCain) so didn't go out and say "Vote Third Party" like Ron Paul did last week, but he did mention third parties in his earlier article,
The Maverette. I do find a lot to admire about Palin, but my confidence in the GOP has fizzled so I don't share Chucks confidence. I do find his admonishment to get involved at the grassroots level to be right on target. We can't just sit back, be apathetic about the process and MAYBE actually get out and vote the party line come election day. Voting the party line and allowing candidates with no integrity into office is what's gotten us into this mess, if we're gonna fix it We the People need to get involved.
