Asserts the conservative Republican commentator in Washington, D.C.: "The political parties throw a lot of glitz at us with their made-for-TV spectaculars, which we call conventions. But the bottom line defining the choice facing Americans this year is stark and clear, and these conventions provide no new insights or information. If you think we’re struggling because we don’t have enough government, then the Democrats are the party for you. If you think the point of government is to protect individual freedom, and the problem is it has gone way beyond that, then Republicans are the party for you."
She continues her commentary: "Only when free can individuals deal with life’s endless surprises in creative and resilient ways. Bureaucracy and government control are guarantees for failure. Now, sadly, we watch those on Louisiana’s Gulf Coast bear the brunt again of a brutal hurricane. Think of the despair that followed Katrina. There was no shortage of opinions that New Orleans was done forever, that it could never recover. But, human resilience, will, creativity and freedom have revived this city. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the unemployment rate in the New Orleans region is below the national average. The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the surge of entrepreneurial activity that has occurred there. Tax incentives have given birth to a growing, nationally competitive film industry, with music and software design following suit. A failed public school system has been revitalized, with 80 percent of the schools now charter schools."
More: "Shouldn’t it tell us something that Apple, the icon for innovation, once on the brink of failure, is now the most valuable company in history? And that all the major areas where we are having problems are areas controlled or dominated by government? Americans don’t need to watch fancily produced political conventions to know that one question faces us this year: Do we want to be free?"
Star Parker: "Freedom Is The Only Issue Facing Americans"
