Posted on 01/04/2015 6:46:10 PM PST by cotton1706
This week, Members elected to the 114th Congress will rise, place their left hand on the Bible, raise their right hand and state,
“I do solemnly swear 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 will 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 oath does not say, “I will support and defend the … United States…” Our oath is a specific requirement to swear, “I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States…” President Obama has repeatedly plunged our nation into a constitutional crisis. No past president has so cavalierly violated his own oath and through naked political calculation, willfully violated the Constitution. When a president does violence to our Constitution, those who also take an oath to our Constitution have an absolute duty to defend it. We need a Speaker of the House who carries in his bones the conviction of our oath.
At each crisis point of conflict between President Obama and Congress, we have been admonished by our Speaker to take the high road, to pick our battles, to wait for a better time to fight on better ground. As a product of hook, crook, and legislative shenanigan, ObamaCare was passed. The American voters elected 87 Freshmen Republicans to the House of Representatives, every one pledged to repeal ObamaCare.
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“On January 6, 2015, I will take an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic;… I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me, God.”
Then, I will be asked to put up a vote for John Boehner for Speaker. I know the pattern of his strategy and actions for the past 12 years to the point where I can predict the results. I am convinced Congress will not be allowed to restore its Constitutional authority under his Speakership and by refusing to do so, cannot call upon the courts to do so. How then, can I take an oath to the Constitution and put up a vote for John Boehner, almost in the same breath?”
” o take the high road, to pick our battles, to wait for a better time to fight on better ground.”
Now I wonder where I hear that often. Daily. Hmmm...
Nope. No idea.
Woo Hoo!!!
Except PK probably thinks that Boner is too conservative.
Six so far?
I believe so. Six confirmed. Assuming they arent lying.
Didn’t they say this once before ,they all caved and Bonehead got the nod?
Thanks! Just posted the story!
Courage breeds courage. Once a few brave souls stand up the ripple effect can be forceful.
I’d love to know what the private head count is at this moment.
Levin will be pleased to hear Dave Brat is on board as well. That makes 7?
........I don’t know! King just makes me wonder why he and other voted for the sob in the first place.
He is what he is and has been for years.
Given what has happened the last two elections it doesn't make sense for them to make public statements and then go back on them.
LOL!
Many did exactly that passing Obamacare, funding it 4 tomes and the cromnibus in general. They don’t give flip flopping any more thought than John Kerry (Who served in Vietnam)
The guy that just cant seem to quit the GOP no matter what they do? Should call him ‘Brokeback’. That guy couldn’t quit evil either.
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