Politicians on Both Sides of the Canada/U.S. Border Should Take Note
A Brief Commentary by Niagara At Large reporter/publisher Doug Draper
Posted September 5th, 2024 on Niagara At Large
Liz Cheney on the cover of her recent, best-selling book ‘Oath and Honour – A Memoir and a Warning’
I never thought a time would come when I would count Liz Cheney – a former U.S. Republican and very conservative Congresswoman and daughter of former Vice President Dick (a.k.a. Darth Vader) Cheney – as one of my heroes.
But her willingness to put country and the interests of its people above more narrow partisan and self interests – in her case to speak out forcefully against the tyranny of Donald Trump, knowing she would lose her Congressional seat and receive death threats from Trump’s most zealous supporters – and her work as co-chair of a Congressional Committee uncovering the facts behind Trump’s January 6th, 2021 attempted insurrection, makes her a profile in courage and heroism in my books.
In her recent book, ‘Liz Cheney Oath and Honour- A Memoir and a Warning’, she writes this in the prologue; “Elected officials who believe their own political survival is more important than anything else threaten the survival of our republic, no matter what they tell themselves to justify their cowardice.”
Then this past August 4th 2024, at Duke University in North Carolina, she had this to say in front of a large audience that listened, then gave her a rousing round of applause and a standing ovation.
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“A Politician Thinks Of The Next Election. A Leader Thinks Of The Next Generation.” – Bernie Sanders
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