This used to be Independence Day. But the fireworks went off on the first.
The United States of America is the illegitimate child born in dissent. The birth certificate noted multiple fathers. None of them wanted anything to do with the mother country. A custody battle ensued. The nobodies left with the infant. They stumbled and finally found their footing.
Now the question Mrs. Powel asked Benjamin Franklin, as he and James McHenry left the Federal Convention, hangs in the air.
“Well, Doctor, what have we got—a republic or a monarchy?”
The Supreme Court voted for a king, which was not a surprise. For Franklin’s reply was a warning: “A republic, if you can keep it.”
The choice is clear. WE THE PEOPLE of the United States can vote for one or the other in November. And for all who have forgotten, this is what those anything but deadbeat dads wrote at the bottom of our birth certificate.
“And
for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of
Divine Providence, we mutually pledge
to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
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