We want to be a free democratic society but ALSO want to be led by a powerful charismatic figure. This is a contradiction in terms.
We believe in life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all persons. We ALSO believe in free markets that make those aspirations impossible for many if not most.
We welcome all cultures and ethnicities, but ALSO believe in teaching history from a Euro-centric origins perspective which erases the history of everyone else.
We are for separation of church and state, but ALSO for putting “In God We Trust on all our coins and letting right wing Christians turn their religion into our laws.
We believe in the rule of law, but ALSO believe America is uniquely righteous and therefore should be the exception to international standards.
It seems to me there are many people in this land who have forgotten that:
The job of the president is to PRESIDE over a democratic process that honors the fulll constitutional rights of liberals as well as conservatives.
The context for property rights is human rights and environmental sanity.
The American dream is not that individuals should be able to hoard without limits, but that ALL persons should enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.
And, might does not make right.