What
to do now?
Posted: October 12, 2005
1:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2005 WorldNetDaily.com
My instincts were right back in
2004.
I should not have pulled the
lever for George W. Bush and I should never have urged others to
do so.
Even my wife, who coaxed me to
break my vow never to support a candidate who doesn't honor the
Constitution, agrees now it was a mistake.
Without making more excuses, all
I can say for myself was that I was so moved by the action of
the Swiftboat Vets and their righteous campaign against traitor
John Kerry, my emotions got the best of me.
I lost my head. I was not true to
the own promise in my book, "Taking
America Back," just out in paperback, to avoid
supporting the lesser of two evils, to avoid making insidious
compromises in electoral politics, to avoid, at all costs,
supporting politicians who do not understand and abide by the
Constitution.
I didn't support Bush in 2000 for
precisely this reason. Asked what he would do if faced with
congressional legislation that was clearly unconstitutional, I
heard candidate Bush answer with these words, which I shall
never forget: "How will I know if a law is
unconstitutional?"
On the basis of that remark
alone, it should surprise no one that Bush has been a massive
failure as president.
Let me remind you of the record:
- He pursued wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan without a congressional act of war. If he had
followed the Constitution, his war policies today would have
far more support – and justification. Instead, today,
Democrats who voted in favor of invading Iraq and
Afghanistan can suggest they were merely authorizing the
president to act, not endorsing the conflicts.
- While pursuing foreign wars,
he forget the first responsibility of anyone in combat –
secure the perimeter. Our border remains wide open today,
just as it was Sept. 11, 2001. If penniless migrant workers
can enter our country at will, what is to stop determined,
armed and well-funded terrorists? Bush's irresponsible
inaction on the border ought to be considered an impeachable
offense.
- Bush has encouraged the
Republican Congress to spend like drunken sailors. Actually,
that is an insult to drunken sailors, who only spend their
own money – not their grandchildren's and
great-grandchildren's money. How bad is the record? All you
really have to know is that Bush has failed to veto even one
piece of legislation in five years in office.
- And, finally, there are Bush's
selections for the U.S. Supreme Court. After he chose John
Roberts, there was much speculation on the right that Bush
was saving his best selection for the second time around.
After he chose Harriet Miers, his personal lawyer and White
House counsel, a trial lawyer whose own record running the
Texas Lottery should be the subject of an investigation and
possible indictment, Bush's true intentions became clear. He
was not going to remake the Supreme Court. He was not going
to stop judicial activism. He was not going to fulfill his
campaign promise to appoint Clarence Thomases and Antonin
Scalias to the bench.
It's time for every
"conservative" in America to realize you've been
played for the fool.
It's
time to wake up.
It's
time to acknowledge you will not save American from ruin by
supporting people like Bush and his Republican-majority band of
co-conspirators in the House and Senate.
It's
time to play hardball.
It's
time to hold politicians to higher standards.
It's
time to stop looking to Washington to solve the problems that
have been created in Washington.
It's
time, in short, to stop thinking and acting like
"conservatives."
It's
time to get radical. It's time to fight on offense. It's time to
begin emulating men like Washington, Jefferson and Madison, not
Bush, Cheney and Rove.
If
this be revolution, let's make the most of it.
It's
time to take America back.
