BTRTN: The Torch was Dropped by This Generation. Now is the Moment to Pick It Up

Born To Run The Numbers reacts to the end of the Impeachment trial by invoking John F. Kennedy's Inaugural address, in which he JFK spoke of the moments when each generation must rise to protect our liberty.

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2020/02/btrtn-torch-was-dropped-by-this.html

Excerpts: "Yes, Republicans have become the Vichy French of our time, a loathsome scrum of cowardice and moral bankruptcy, so intent of pleasing the audience of one in the White House that they have lost sight of the audience of one in the mirror...

"The fact is that we cannot blame Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, cowardly Republican Senators, and the shameless sycophants on Fox News if we fail to heed John F. Kennedy’s urgent demand:'…We shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.'
"Generations before us saw the threats – domestic and foreign – that threatened to take our freedoms away. They fought. They took to the streets. They were not afraid. They were not lulled by Super Bowl halftime shows. They were not asleep at the wheel. O.k., Boomer, face the truth: We dropped the torch. We have allowed this to happen to our country. It has happened on our watch. Donald Trump is taking our freedom, and most Americans don’t care enough to do what we did in the late 1960s and early 1970s when a different President tried to trample on our freedom...
"The torch was passed to us, and we have let it drop. We have from now until November 3 to pick it up. Do not shrink from that responsibility. Welcome it."