Wed Aug 28, 2024 AT 9:34 AM EDT
We cannot be sure what the Founding Fathers would say about the current state of our republic. However, we do know what one of them famously said about it then. A Philadelphia socialite named Elizabeth Powel asked Benjamin Franklin a question that resonates more than ever: “Well, doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?”
“A republic — if we can keep it,” was Franklin’s reply. The “we” Franklin was referring to is now us. We are in danger of flushing it all away with far too many voters continuing to flirt with the left’s inexorable march toward a Soviet-style nightmare we might not be able to wake up from. No one is coming to save us from the left, from Harris, from Trump, from the media, or whatever your bogeyman is. These are not the problems. The problem is us.
At some point the electorate must save itself or we will lose the republic. Read Full Story