Isn't This A Bit Overboard?

That's basically the question a friend asked me recently (actually his question had something to do with babies and bathwater but I've condensed the essence here).

Well, my response is NO and the reasoning behind this is as follows. Those who have been part of the Washington system for more than one term are, for lack of a better word, tainted. You can't play in the mud for that long and not get stained. Know what I mean? We need fresh eyes in Washington looking for corruption and posing the hard questions about why we do things as they are done now.

If we elect candidates with the qualifications I have proposed in my Purpose document (see prior post for a link to it), they would be people of character. They would be appropriately aghast at things normal people SHOULD be aghast at.

This past Sunday, President Obama gave an interview to ABC News. When questioned about the ACORN scandal, the President's comment was that the behavior on the videos was "inappropriate". INAPPROPRIATE? You've got to be kidding me. Any normal person responds to those videos with outrage over such behavior being funded by their tax dollars. Why the soft response? I'll tell you why. Because such "inappropriate" behavior by ACORN is no surprise to our President. He's known about it for years and that's why he minimizes it. Besides, he's so closely tied to ACORN that strong criticism of that organization might spill over onto himself.

So, I believe we need to clean house in Washington of anyone who has been there longer than one term. Single-termers might still be salvageable (hopefully) and useful. The point is that in order to root out the corruption in Washington, we need to get at the root of the problem: the elected officials with no moral character who allow themselves to be seduced by big money.

Also, term limits will be important for the ongoing maintenance of a corruption-free government. Anyone elected knows that they are on a short leash from the American public and won't tend to get too comfortable in their leather Congressional floor chair.

I understand the viewpoint that this is extreme thinking and action here. However, our founding fathers obviously thought it important enough to guarantee our right as American citizens to turn over our government if it was not serving us. I think we are in that situation right now. Unresponsive government needs to be replaced by responsible and responsive representatives.

Americans are frustrated that their government is not listening to them and is taking an arrogant and racist attitude towards us if we attempt to disagree with them.

Time for some Red Queen action here. "Off with their heads!"

America, let's show them who's really in charge.

-Doug C.