Jan

Fighting to Win

On Saturday, January 21^st I was back in my hometown of Huntington (on Long Island) to see Mark Levin at our local bookstore, Book Revue. His new book Ameritopia went on sale last Monday across the nation. I’ve had three books signed in my life: one by Yogi Bera, and two now by Mark Levin. It’s not my nature to go out of my way to see celebrities, a trait I clearly inherited from my father’s side of the family.

Mark’s last book, Liberty and Tyranny, debuted in early 2009, right after the inauguration of President Obama. It came also on the heels of September 2008’s stock market collapse, TARP, and the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (i.e. the “Stimulus”). This time marked the beginning of the Tea Party movement, concerned primarily with debt and government overreach. A self-admitted recluse, the author and radio host only had two book signings nationally: one at Book Revue, and another in Tysons Corner, Virginia. Many, many Mark Levin fans showed up that March day; the crowd estimate was between 6,000 and 7,000 people, making it the largest ever for a store that has hosted acclaimed authors and former presidents. The line wrapped around the block. I stood in line for six hours that day, surrounded by some of the nicest people I’ve met. Mark signed every last book.

Saturday was snowy and cold, and I was prepared to be outside again. The event was to begin at noon, and I arrived at 10:45. Gratefully at this time the line was still contained inside the store. Thirty minutes later dedicated fans would begin encircling the block, with gloves, hats, and umbrellas, patiently waiting their turn to shake hands with Levin, or “The Great One,” as Levin is called by fans and friends alike. Behind me in line was a friendly man named Rich, who, like me, listens to The Mark Levin Show via podcast.

: The Great One explaining the basics of counterrevolution to me at Book Revue

Why would so many people spend their Saturday outside a book store on Long Island in the snow? It’s because our country is in peril, and Mark fights to win. Or, as Jeffrey Lord recently wrote in The American Spectator, “he never ducks.” The systemic problems can leave us regular citizens feeling daunted, overwhelmed, and powerless. Obama and the Democrat Party threaten the American experiment in a way it has never been threatened: by suicide. But Mark Levin reminds us that it was the American people who against all odds fought and won the Revolutionary War, carried the cause of abolitionism, and who rose up to defeat the totalitarians of the 20^th century. We are a great and proud people. Though our culture has been steadily eroded by decades of progressive indoctrination, it is incumbent on those who understand what is at risk to inform their families and neighbors and take the first steps to restore limited, Constitutional government. Peace with a subversive political party is tantamount to surrender; the left must be defeated.

The line moved quickly and soon it was my turn. I asked, tongue-in-cheek, “I have a question for you: How does a young man like me take over my state’s party?” Mark chuckled, and said “I don’t have an answer for that.” He thought for a second. “You need to start small. Put together a group of ‘Young Turks.’ Think very strategically.” Be resolute, smart, and persistent.

I replied, “Thank you, I’m trying!” And try must we all if the Republic is to be saved from itself.

I will be reviewing Ameritopia in the weeks to come.

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