Democrat control of Washington has ushered in a new era of American politics, an era where the far left and the far right would put aside their constant bickering and finally come to agree on something. This is truly a historic moment where most Americans can clearly agree on what policy to adopt and what not to. This is happening right now: In Congress, we have unanimous Republican opposition to the health care reform bill. We have the Tea Party movement in staunch opposition to this bill. Now we have far left liberals, headed by Howard Dean and MoveOn.org who strongly oppose the same health care reform bill. This is amazing! The political stars have aligned and everyone seems to agree that this HC reform bill belongs in a porcelain bowl swirling towards oblivion.

In response to this, what have the Congressional Democrats decided to do? Ignore the will of the people, conservatives and liberals, and pass it anyways so that they can chalk up a “victory.” Is this a democratic republic, as envisioned by our founding fathers, or a Corporate Socialist state where government and big business conspire to eliminate American freedom? At what point do we, as a society, decide that enough is enough and that the Republic we founded more than two hundred years ago needs to be defended? The promises of better government made by the Democrats before wresting power from the Republicans in 2006 should have been warning enough… what we needed was not “better” government, we needed and desperately need now less government, limited government. Under the previous administration and Congress we had an expansion of federal power like never before and now, under this regime, we have an even more accelerated expansion of federal power. Add to this the fact that Congress does not take its marching orders from the people and what we have brewing is a more controlled society. Fortunately, the voting booth has not been outlawed yet… though we need to be vigilant so they do not start rigging this too. If Democrats retain control of Washington come 2010, then we, as Americans, need to take a very close look at our electoral process and see if in fact we continue to live in a republic or if the power-that-be have taken it away from us right under our noses.

-AG