THE FECKLESS GOP!

THE FECKLESS GOP!

by Leon Howard

The headline reads: “Congressman Flays Obama for ‘Abandoning’ Border” and relates how Rep. Tom McClintock berates the “pretender to the White House” over the border fiasco … Then there’s this headline: “Ted Cruz Accuses Obama of Staging ‘Economic Boycott on Israel’ With Flight Ban”  … How about this one: “Sarah Palin Counts Down Obama’s Exit on Website” … Virtually every Republican with principles in berating Obama but what gets done to correct the error in the White House? Nothing!

That, then, begs the question: “Why?” Why hasn’t this man been impeached and put in prison or executed as a traitor? It doesn’t happen and will not happen because of Republican fear! “Why would they fear doing the right thing?” you ask. Fear has a numbing and freezing effect and the party “leadership” (I use that term very loosely) has become numb to all the violations of the Constitution this man and his cohorts have perpetrated on the United States, partially because they are guilty of violating our founding documents also. So, in part, they don’t want to “rock the boat” and have the Democrats calling them to task for violations.

We have become what our founding fathers warned us against: “Party Politics”! The majority of Americans feel they must belong to one party or the other and this all started because of the 12^th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1804, which gave the Electoral College the duty of electing the President and Vice President. The excuse given? The Electoral College couldn’t come up with the required simple majority and the Congress had to elect the president that year and Thomas Jefferson became our third President … This, in history, was the chink in the armor many wanted to create political parties with power, where before, the political parties had no power. Before the 12^th Amendment, the Electoral College elected the President and the “runner-up” was the Vice President by default, giving another check in the “checks & balances” built into the Constitution. Under the original system, you couldn’t have a dictatorial president with the entire Executive Branch a “cheering section”, as we have today; the Vice President would be exposing a power-hungry president as soon as he reared his ugly head! Today, the VP is a toady to the president!

Every amendment since the 12^th has placed more power in the hands of the federal government and both parties have been involved up to their ‘eye-teeth’ in destroying our founding documents; all the while, paying lip-service to them! As far as the Republican and Democrat Parties are concerned, they’ve built their perfect ‘playpen’ and although they whine, cry, and rail against each other, the party “bosses” make sure they vote to keep all their toys so the American people become their “cash-cow” toys!

Every amendment since the Bill of Rights was unnecessary or strengthened the federal government over State government in direct conflict with original intent! I defy anyone to show me an amendment, since the original ten, that was “necessary” or didn’t weakened the 9^th and 10^th Amendments, protecting States’ rights or individual liberty with the possible exception of the 25^th, which clarifies the succession to the presidency if a president cannot fulfill his duties but even that one I question as being “necessary”!

Who’s to blame? We, the people, are to blame and, short of another revolution, I do not see the people correcting the problems! As I see it, the only correction, after trying the current administration for treason, would be the repeal of every amendment to the Constitution after the Bill of Rights, starting with the 11^th through the 27th  and the outlawing of the Democrat and Republican Parties!