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The Culture War Begins in Earnest

The bad news is that the battle lines are now clearly drawn. The good news is that the battle lines are now clearly drawn.

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Feb 22, 1999
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by Rod D. Martin
February 21, 1999

The bad news is that the battle lines are now clearly drawn. The good news is that the battle lines are now clearly drawn.

The Senate's resounding affirmation of our felon-President brings us to a new chapter in American history. There are no two ways about it; on this point one cannot be over-dramatic. The Rubicon has been crossed. The only remaining question is how we welcome Caesar once he arrives.

Now this is not to say that Bill Clinton is Caesar; not at all. It is not to say that he seeks to establish a dictatorship or anything of the sort.

It is simply to say that, now that an actual majority of our leaders, including every Senator of the minority party, are willing to trade the Rule of Law for craven political advantage, and now that the media elites and those among the people who follow them are content to abet such debasement, the Republic is at the mercy of any ambitious man who happens along.

Can anyone realistically doubt this? Property taxes …

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