A timeless speech, written in Reagan's own hand and commented on by Steyn and Long - the contrast between Reagan, the supposed airhead and BHO, the 'constitutional' 'scholar' couldn't be more stark. When he speaks of the existential threat to liberty posed by communism he sounds incredibly modern - there is always an existential threat to our liberties and it isn't the threat that determines our survival, it's our response. To paraphrase agent K:
"There's always an alien battle-cruiser, or a Corillian death ray, or an intergalactic plague that's about to wipe out life on this miserable planet. The only way that these people get on with their happy lives is they DO NOT know about it."
That's the job of conservatism, then: to see off the existential threats while letting most people believe in the smiley face soft fascism that dominates our relationship with government. To let people pretend that they can vote themselves prosperity or safety. To make America safe for graft and log-rolling, so that incompetent constitutional law professors can become President.
It's a tall order but inevitably our fate.
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