The bailout

Whose fault is the failure of the bill to bailout Wall Street?

I say it is the spineless men and women of Congress. They thought this was a great idea and then their constituents started calling. They immediately changed their jellyfish minds with the direction of the wind.

I personally do not know if 700 billion dollars will help fix America's financial woes. I do know, I voted for a couple of people in congress who are paid to know. If they think the bailout is the right thing to do than do it. If they think it is wrong - then vote against it.

Whatever you do I don't want to hear who is to blame. I just want to hear if you voted for it or against it with the thought on what is best for our nation.

If you voted against it because it was going to anger some voters. If you voted against it because the Speaker insulted you. If you voted against it because they didn't include your favorite pork barrel. Then you should be politically tarred and feathered and pointed out as a sunshine patriot.

Thomas Paine wrote in 1776 of our Revolution from England, "THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman."

Those words are just as true today. The men and women of Congress who stand up against party politics and their own constituents may face a temporary wrath. They may be forced out of work in their next election. They may be alone late at night and wondering if their vilification was worth the effort.

They may also live to see America's economic house in order again.

If their vote, nay or yea, is cast and recorded with a true heart than they will be remembered.

Years from now, long after this congress is gone from this Earth, they like Paine, will be people who are spoke of in reverent terms.

It will be said, America was staggering. The economic giant of the twentieth century was on the ropes. Then a wonderful thing happened. A few brave members, of the congress of 2008, looked political peril in the eye and said, "not today will the money changers of Wall Street bring down the United States".

It can be that way in America.

Just ask Sam Houston or Daniel Webster or the other Profiles in Courage that adorn America's historical landscape.

This Congress must ask itself two things;

Is temporary political comfort worth historical immortality?
Are you a sunshine patriot?

If the answers are no, then vote your heart, mind and soul and let that be the compass that steers America's financial future.

If the answers are yes, then you and you alone deserve the blame.


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