The Rebellion

Joseph Cannon has a brilliant idea.....

Cannonfire:

"Okay, new idea: Let's give our pro-Liberal, anti-Obama movement a name which sums up our defiant attitude, a name which tells the world that we don't like what the Democrats have turned into, a name which signals a break with the bipartisan neo-liberal orthodoxy which has ruined this country since Ronald Reagan.

Let's call our rebellion -- THE REBELLION.

Update: As you know, I can never resist slapping together a graphic for these occasions. (Click on the picture for a larger version.) How do you like it?

There's a deeper purpose to this imagery than you may at first notice. The man pictured here is Alexander Hamilton, and he was chosen for a reason.

Y'see, the libertarians have adapted Thomas Jefferson as "their" founding father. (See here for example.) He favored a weak federal government, states' rights, and unregulated enterprise.

I think that we should look toward Alexander Hamilton. Jefferson may have written the Declaration of Independence, but Hamilton was the man who pretty much invented Constitutional democracy. He makes a potent symbol for our cause for at least three reasons:"

Take a walk over to his "place" to read the rest. The link is above.

I am sure brother Cannon wouldn't mind my cutting and pasting from his blog. After all, we are trying to start a movement.