Conservative Patriots Group

Are "We the People" up for a little rebellion?

By Mary Swoboda

Monday, June 28, 2010

I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms are in the physical. … It is medicine necessary for the sound health of government. Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1787

The U.S. Constitution gives "We the People" the power to REBEL every 2 years.

Every 2 years EVERY seat in the U.S. House of Representatives is up for grabs, along with one-third of the Senate seats. Every 2 years "We the People" have the opportunity to put every member of the House of Representatives out of a job.

Do we?

Tea Partiers reflect the general public's growing distrust and dissatisfaction of our elected representatives, who no longer serve their constituents, but have become career politicians with a hunger and addiction for power, popularity and privilege. The approval rating for Congress hovers consistently around 19%.

Yet in spite of the pitiful approval rating, history has proven again and again that on election day 90% of incumbents are resoundingly RE-ELECTED! Because of name recognition, bribes to constituents ("PORK") and obscene amounts of campaign cash, incumbents have little trouble holding onto their seats.

There are over 35,000 lobbyists in Washington DC, which amounts to over 60 lobbyists per elected representative and senator! Career politicians are deep in the pockets of the lobbyists every day they spend in Washington DC. Politicians are treated like royalty, wined and dined, given lavish gifts and campaign contributions in exchange for their advocacy. This continual ego-stroking alienates politicians from their constituency and puffs up their sense of self-importance.

Alexis de Tocqueville, an 18th Century French political thinker, historian and writer, observed that the American Republic would endure until the day Congress discovered that it can bribe the public with the public's money. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most "pork."

Do the majority of "We the People" reflect the greedy self-interest of the political class? Has the moral tie that binds the American people to liberty and common nationhood been broken?

Have we reached the point where we think we are our own masters, no longer held accountable to the God of the universe? Have we reached the tipping point where there is no return to the common values that made the United States unique in the world?

Has the American experiment failed?

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