Clearest choice of our time

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Clearest choice of our time

By: Human Events

9/9/2012 07:20 AM

 

The dueling political conventions presented starkly different portraits on how to go about fixing the problems facing America.

Republicans in Tampa pounded on President Obama’s “you-didn’t-build-that” statement and paid homage to the nation’s entrepreneurial spirit, making the case that the economy, if left unshackled by taxes and regulation, can get back on course.

Democrats countered by stressing the good that government can do and tried to make a moral argument about giving a helping hand to the needy through government action.

While disavowed by the Democratic National Committee, the host committee for the city of Charlotte produced a video shown at the convention that seemed to perfectly resonate with the Democratic theme. “The government is the only thing we all belong to,” it said.

As Nancy Pelosi said when it was her turn on the podium, “this election is the clearest choice of our time.”

Rare is the election where the battle is fought on ground so grand and so clear. This is an election that will be chiefly about the role and scope of government.

Democrats trotted out Harvard Law School Professor and U.S. Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren with the message that the “system is rigged,”