However, it has been a very long and frustrating week for all of those paying attention. Sometimes we need to let off a little steam.
Understanding the idea of voting the wishes of his constituents, the problem is not of representation as much as constitutionality.
The government takeover of our health care system is unconstitutional, period! To vote the alleged wishes of 638,562 scum sucking leeches while selling 330,000,000 into communism cannot be justified, IMHO.
The Oath of Office for all members of Congress states:
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.
No where in that oath does it say they are to support their constituents rather than the Constitution. Being on record to enslave the country into communism is never a good thing.
Justa, I’m surprised every ER in the USA wasn’t overflowing last night, with so many people’s blood pressure thru the roof. The only salvation is that it will be somewhat harder to pass in the Senate unless Reid goes thru with his nuke option.
If it passes both chambers and gets signed by The One, there is ‘10 and ultimately the SCOTUS because it is on many levels unconstitutional. I am a little hesitant to put too much faith in SCOTUS after McCain-Feingold, but on the other hand, they did overturn the term limits act. This was one battle in a war that is FAR from over. So we shall see.
My point was that going after Cao, who represents one of the highest-density minority districts in the country (and whose election itself was a fluke), for voting on a bill his constituents want is a waste of energy and bandwidth. There are bigger fish to fry.