Tea at Trianon: Motherhood, Apple Pie, and Voter ID

John Wilson Croker on Marie-Antoinette

"We have followed the history of Marie Antoinette with the greatest diligence and scrupulosity. We have lived in those times. We have talked with some of her friends and some of her enemies; we have read, certainly not all, but hundreds of the libels written against her; and we have, in short, examined her life with– if we may be allowed to say so of ourselves– something of the accuracy of contemporaries, the diligence of inquirers, and the impartiality of historians, all combined; and we feel it our duty to declare, in as a solemn a manner as literature admits of, our well-matured opinion that every reproach against the morals of the queen was a gross calumny– that she was, as we have said, one of the purest of human beings."

~from History of the Guillotine by John Wilson Croker, 1844

Edmund Burke on Marie-Antoinette

"It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely there never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she had just begun to move in, glittering like a morning star full of life and splendor and joy. Oh, what a revolution....Little did I dream that I should have lived to see such disasters fall upon her, in a nation of gallant men, in a nation of men of honor and of cavaliers! I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards, to avenge even a look which threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone; that of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded...."

~Edmund Burke, October 1790

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Motherhood, Apple Pie, and Voter ID

From AMAC:

America is defined by core principles. Many appear in the Bill of Rights – free speech and worship, freedom to “keep and bear arms,” due process, and equal protection. But they all start with – and are assured by – the sanctity of our vote.

Without an honest vote, legal protections guaranteeing that those who vote are legally entitled to vote – especially with 11.4 unauthorized residents, 12.9 legal permanent residents, millions more foreign-born visa holders, asylum seekers, and refugees – all rights vanish. Tight elections only speak to the urgency of Voter ID.

Speaking bluntly, Democrat politicians from California to Maine have tried legislatively to give the vote to illegal aliens, creating an illegal, power-retaining “entitlement caucus.” Democrat non-profits admit registering illegal aliens, and some leaders – like Maine’s Secretary of State – admit they are on voter rolls.

From California to Maine, requiring credible identification to vote is just common sense, as it protects the integrity of results and deters fraud. Voter ID is, in a phrase, “as American as motherhood and apple pie,” used by 36 states and 50 foreign countries. Why? It works. It deters fraud.

Wrote Thomas Jefferson: “The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution…so the second will not become the legalized version of the first. (Read more.)