By Jim
DeMint
* * *
It is
never the right time to do the right thing in Washington, D.C.
The
phrase I heard most often from Republican leadership while serving in the House
and Senate was, “This is not the right time to have this fight.”
Whether
the issue was balancing the budget, school choice, patient-driven healthcare,
eliminating earmarks, raising the debt limit, ending big, crony handouts like
the Export-Import Bank or any stand against the continued growth, favoritism
and intrusion of big government, conservatives were always told to wait.
Wait
until conservatives have the majority.
Wait
until we have the White House.
Wait
until we are re-elected.
We saw
that “wait” attitude in practice as the House voted on a “clean” Department of
Homeland Security funding bill.
Despite
the fact that Republicans have majorities in both the House and the Senate that
were elected on a pledge to fight against President Obama’s executive amnesty,
and despite forcing through a big spending bill at the end of 2014 with the
promise they would fight later on Homeland Security appropriations, they are
now punting the issue entirely.
On the
other side of the aisle, I noticed a much different attitude, especially on
big, liberal goals like government-run healthcare. Despite being faced with
strong public opposition and the potential end to their political careers, the
Democrats used false promises and every imaginable procedural trick to pass the
government takeover of a sixth of America’s economy, along with one of the
largest tax increases in our history.
Every
Democrat in the House and Senate voted for ObamaCare.
(And
none of them even knew what was in it!)
Many
have since lost their bids for re-election, but... for liberals... the ends
justify the means; they [were then - and continue to be now] willing to accept
huge political losses to advance their ideology.
Yet on
the other side of the aisle — with the party that supposedly stands for
individual freedom, limited government, free markets, American values and a
strong defense — tomorrow never comes.
Consider
two major, pivotal issues in the future course of American history: ObamaCare
and executive amnesty.
The
Republican leadership in Congress, K Street, Wall Street and all of their
buddies in the media continue to rail that the conservative stand to defund ObamaCare
in 2013 hurt the party. But...
* BUT...
...Republicans
had one of their best elections in history in 2014, and one of the deciding
issues in the election was repealing ObamaCare!
(The
only evidence Republicans in Congress even had a pulse between the public
lashing they received in 2012 and their overwhelming victory in 2014 was the
fight they waged for a few days to defund ObamaCare. And the leadership only
pretended because of the pressure from conservatives who were demanding they
follow through on their campaign promises.)
There
were however times when I saw the Washington establishment fight tooth and
nail.
*
YEAH...???
They
fight in bipartisan harmony against conservatives who push to eliminate
earmarks.
* YEP! I
REMEMBER THAT!
I have
seen the Washington establishment of Republicans and Democrats fight together
for expensive bailouts, trillions in new debt, unfair and unaffordable amnesty,
risky United Nations treaties, a misguided arms reduction treaty with Russia, a
costly Internet sales tax, a new government travel promotion agency and more
Washington control of education with "No Child Left Behind."
I now
hear some Republicans accepting and trying to “improve” ObamaCare.
(*PURSED
LIPS*)
And I
see Republicans demanding that Congress fund the president’s unconstitutional
executive amnesty and “move on to other things.”
(*GNASHING
MY TEETH*)
* I...
WANT... BOEHNER... DEAD.
* I...
WANT... MCCONNELL... DEAD.
What
“other things” could possibly be more important than blocking the president of
the United States from shredding our Constitution?
* GOOD
QUESTION, HMM?
Some are
saying we should leave it to the courts to decide, but Congress is a co-equal
branch of government, and members all take oaths to defend the Constitution. If
members believe these actions are unconstitutional, how can they in good
conscience fund them?
* HOW
MANY MEMBERS... HOW MANY SENATORS... GIVE A RATS ASS FOR THE CONSTITUTION - OR
FOR ANY STANDARD OF INTEGRITY? (RHETORICAL QUESTION.)
Once the
president succeeds in giving work permits, legal status, American jobs and
public benefits to 5 million illegal residents, the next obvious steps will be
to legalize and give voting rights to the more than 10 million illegal
residents.
Twenty-six
states have taken a stand against the president’s action, and one federal judge
has temporarily stopped the processing of work permits. But Obama’s Justice
Department has demanded an expedited appeals hearing.
* AND OF
COURSE WE ALSO MUST ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WHILE 26 STATES HAVE TAKEN A STAND... 24
STATES HAVEN'T.
(*SIGH*)
Do
Republicans not know that funding the president’s unlawful actions now will
allow the president to argue that Congress has confirmed his actions?
* OF
COURSE THEY KNOW IT. THAT'S THE EXCUSE THEY'RE GONNA USE. ("DON'T BLAME
US; THE SUPREME COURT RULED AGAINST US!")
*
TRULY... THE GRIM REAPER SHOULD PROBABLY TAKE 90% OF THE VERMIN ACTING AS OUR
REPRESENTATIVES AND SENATORS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Federal
courts don’t often rule against the concerted action of the two other branches
of government.
* YEP.
AND THAT'S WHAT FUNDING DOES... IT SHOWS SUPPORT.
The
absurdity of this situation is that fighting the president’s executive amnesty
through Department of Homeland Security appropriations was the strategy created
by Republican leaders.
* YEP!
IT WAS BOEHNER'S OWN "STRATEGY." I CAN ONLY ASSUME MCCONNELL WAS FULLY
ON BOARD!
Now that
the time to fight has arrived, the generals are running from the battlefield
and blaming the infantry they told to lead the charge.
*
AGAIN... FOLKS... WHILE THESE SCUM REMAIN IN POWER...
(*SHRUG*)
If the
Republican majority in both houses of Congress is not willing to take a stand
and fight against the government takeover of America’s healthcare system or the
president’s arrogant usurpation of the constitutional powers of Congress, then
what will they fight for?
(*SILENCE*)
Who will
stand with freedom-minded Americans who sent this majority to Washington to
fight for them? I hope my former colleagues will ask themselves: “If not us,
who? If not now, when?”
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