Rowing The Raft Away From Destruction

"Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous, and like a ship without rudder, is the sport of every wind. With such persons, gullibility, which they call faith, takes the helm from the hand of reason and the mind becomes a wreck." --Thomas Jefferson, letter to James Smith, 1822

By Douglas V. Gibbs

I have likened our current Constitutional Crisis to a raft floating down the Niagra River.  In the distance a sign is coming into view that reads, "The Point of No Return."  Once past that sign, no matter how good of a swimmer, or how fantastic a rower, the river's current becomes too strong to avoid going over the mighty Niagra Falls.

At the foot of our raft is a man who everybody seems to like. He's a nice guy, but beneath that pleasant veneer is a raging maniac, and a fool beyond any fool.  He is standing tall on the front of the raft, cupping his hand around one of his magnificently huge ears, and says, "Hear that roar in the distance? That is your hope and change. I am sure of it. I just need a little more time to get us there."

You have been down this river before, though never in history has the raft gotten this close to the "Point of No Return" sign.  You know that the noise in the distance is not hope, nor is it any kind of good change.  The roar in the distance is destruction.  The roar in the distance is death.  The roar in the distance is the raging force of the Niagra Falls.

Shouting and yelling to everyone to start rowing in the opposite direction, you want to tell the man in the front to sit down, shut up, or jump overboard.  A number of people, however, bar your movement towards the man with big ears, calling you names and ridiculing for you daring to disagree with him.

"The falls are approaching," you shout.  "Row as hard as you can in the opposite direction. Row like mad!"

The question is, will you be able to get enough people rowing to get the raft going in the opposite direction?  And once they are rowing, will they keep rowing? Or will they, once they see the raft moving away from the falls, become relaxed, and complacent, and set their oars down as the current begins to move the raft towards the falls again?

Will you grab an oar?  Will you keep rowing until the danger has not only passed, but can never place us at risk again?

Do we have the resolve to finish the fight?

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