“If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which
it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all
else is lost.” – Barack Obama, August 28, 2006
I am trying to think of a time when the federal government was distrusted more. The era leading up to the Civil War surely comes to mind. The deep enmity between the northern and southern states over the issue of slavery pushed the latter into secession. In retrospect, only war could have settled it.
The protests against the Vietnam War went on for years, but it was not an issue of trust, but of policy. They forced Lyndon Johnson to forego running for office again and continued through Nixon’s first term. It was Watergate, however, that raised the issue of trust and it was focused on the White House.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/55810
I am trying to think of a time when the federal government was distrusted more. The era leading up to the Civil War surely comes to mind. The deep enmity between the northern and southern states over the issue of slavery pushed the latter into secession. In retrospect, only war could have settled it.
The protests against the Vietnam War went on for years, but it was not an issue of trust, but of policy. They forced Lyndon Johnson to forego running for office again and continued through Nixon’s first term. It was Watergate, however, that raised the issue of trust and it was focused on the White House.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/55810
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