Our Finest Hour

"Hitler knows he will have to break us in this island or lose the war. If we can stand up to him all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move onward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, including the United States, including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age, made more sinister and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will say, ‘This was their finest hour.’" 1940, Winston Churchill.

In 2008 Churchill’s message still hits home. Instead of Hitler striving to extinguish liberty in Europe we now have the far left of Liberalism trying to obliterate individual freedom in America. Barack Obama should take note of the substance as well as the eloquence of this oratory. With the substitution of a few words, Churchill’s message still hits home.

The liberals know they will have to break us conservatives in this land or lose the war against freedom. If we conservatives can stand up to them, all democratic societies may be free and life around the world may move onward into better, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world, specifically the United States, including all that we have traditionally known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Darker socialist Age, made sinister and perhaps more protracted by the lights of perverted political correctness. Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves, that if America and its greatness last for a thousand years, men will say, ‘This was their finest hour.’

Barack should also consider the words of playwright HENRIK IBSEN: "He has the luck to be unhampered by either character or conviction, or social position; so that Liberalism is the easiest thing in the world for him." Or the standard political observation of Lord Action, "Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Listen up America. Standing on the sidelines won’t do. Taking the first step to vote against Obama will. Further steps to end America’s slide down the slope of liberalism must be taken. I’m available.