Michael1942's Blog

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”

This is the oath taken by our 535 Congress members. At first glance it appears to be a standard type of allegiance oath but upon a closer look: Defending the constitution includes defending the people (not making war on them). “Taking this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion”- How many lies have been put out during elections and during the actual terms of office. If this is not evasion then what is? There apparently are no mental reservations when it comes to hiding the truth and dealing with honesty.

Just think John Boehner has been reelected 13 times (that’s 26 years) and how about the other long termers? Do we want to continue on the same track of not holding our elected officials accountable? There will never be “term limits” imposed by  elected officials, only by the people who elect them. If the government is to improve , the officials we elect have to improve and that is done only by the people. Consider how many long termers have been unseated  by upstarts and other candidates but for the wrong reasons. In this modern age of electronics we are buried under sound bites, tweets, instant messages and emails. This amounts to advertising and we are being sold a bill goods more often than we know. Our elections are run on a money train and have little to do with the qualifications of a candidate. If we as voters abandon the time honored practice of voting along party lines we would end up with a better group of representatives. Keep in mind that the party’s have one goal and that is to control the government in order to make policy that suits no one but the wealthy donors. The one thing that many of us overlook is many candidates and incumbents use specific issues to get votes in certain areas thereby being accountable to no specific group until the next election.

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