OpEdNews - Page 2 of Article: Failure Is Not an Option, But It Is a Possibility

He, too, assumed the Presidency in a time of great social upheaval, when there was mistrust of both parties. There was a rise in radical parties and radical thinking as Roosevelt fought both the left and the right. But Roosevelt never suggested that tax cuts for the wealthy would save us. Nor did he ever propose that more money and easy credit for the banks would save us. "If we can boondoggle ourselves out of this depression, that word is going to be enshrined in the hearts of the American people for years to come." (Franklin Roosevelt)

He would succeed or fail as a Democrat. He did not kowtow or give in to the Republicans; he ran through them, over them, or around them until the courts stopped him, and then he began again. He was not afraid to make mistakes or admit a program a failure. "It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something." (FDR)

President Obama ran for office on the slogan of Hope and Change, and so far all we have seen is more of the same. A center right, moderate Republican administration with more akin to Bush than dissimilar from him. This President is on the path to take the Democratic party to where the Republican party is now. Not because he is a bad leader but because he is a bad Republican leader. A Republican wearing the coat of a Democrat. If this administration fails it will be Democrats who suffer and Democratic ideals, which will be discounted as tried and failed, when they haven't yet been tried at all.

Decades ago words were written to be a call and a spur to the faithful servants of Truth and Justice: "Arm yourselves, and be ye men of valour, and be in readiness for the conflict; for it is better for us to perish in battle than to look upon the outrage of our nation and our altar. As the Will of God is in Heaven, even so let it be." (Winston Churchill)

It is time for Barack Obama to arm himself and show us who he is willing to fight with and who he is willing to fight for. Democracy its self may depend on the outcome.

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