Posted by
KsReaganite on Monday, October 20, 2008 2:24:02 AM
In an earlier post I had talked about fighting till he end for a cause that is just, even if all the signs indicate a sure defeat on the horizon. John McCain is a warrior and knows that sometimes you just have to fight till the end, if only to be able to say to those who come after us that, in the words of Ronald Reagan, ‘we did all that could be done’. So, while the chorus of professional naysayers and soy latte drinking sophisticates of both parties becomes louder screaming ‘bow out honorably (this from people who wouldn’t recognize honor if it hit ‘em with the weight of the Sunday edition of the New York Times), McCain fights on.
So do committed Republicans across the country, even in places that have been all but written off. This weekend I was privileged to spend time in the western part of Iowa, a state which has been already awarded to the Democrats by the media. Steadfast in the face of the gloom and doom predicted by the mainstream media, stalwart Republicans were campaigning, organizing, rallying…giving everything they have for candidates from the top down the line. Some were even on offense…including the college teacher who is taking on the entrenched Iowa State Senate majority leader who heads the national Democratic state legislative committee. The local party chairman, a redoubtable woman who superbly blends national insight with down to earth demeanor, was right there holding the fort and cheering the faithful.
Watching with admiration these Iowans, I was reminded of reading somewhere that this is the state that provided the most troops per capita for the Union during the War of the Rebellion.
They fight.