Reagan, Thatcher, and Gorbachev seem to be the last of the memorable world leaders. They were the last ones who had anything to say and the rhetorical skills to say it. Pat Buchanan s speech at the 1992 Republican convention on the culture war was delivered eight years ago, and he has been excoriated by political analysts of all shades of opinion ever since. This year s Republican convention was choreographed to avoid any trace of confrontation. Economic times are good.
Voters are happy.
Bush offers tax cuts as his campaign promise, and everyone ignores him. I think it s the latter. I honestly believe this is the heart of the political problem. Voters understand so little of what liberty means that they cannot tell the difference. The faithful in the pews do not relate what they read to what they are required to pay.