...is people like Peggy Noonan. Big announcement in her OpinionJournal.com column today: she is taking an unpaid leave to help re-elected President Bush.
I am going to take three months' unpaid leave from The Wall Street Journal and attempt to support the Republican Party in the coming and crucial election. (Every four years everyone says "this is the most important election of my lifetime," but this year I believe it is true.) I'm going to give whatever advice and encouragement I have in terms of strategy, approach, message--I hate that word--and issues. No one has asked me to do this, and I do it as a volunteer, not for a salary but simply to give my time to help what I think is the more helpful side. This will take a bite out of my finances but I can do it. Actually most of us, when we die, wind up with a few thousand dollars in the bank. We should have spent it! I am going to spend mine now.
Peggy Noonan has long been a heroine in the battle of ideas. She should be commended heartily for this move. It is so refreshing to see someone really put their money where their mouth is. She's showing she's ready to stand up and be counted when it really matters.
And I totally agree with her assessment: the importantance of this upcoming U.S. election cannot be understated.
# posted by Adam Daifallah : 8:41 AM
