FINALLY!
FINALLY!
By
Carol Polzin
A “Grassroots” American
Finally, there is someone out there who has the courage and strength of character to stand up, and speak up loudly against the damage that President Barack Obama has done and is continuing to do to America. Finally, there is someone out there who is willing to sacrifice his/her career to stand up to a President, who is being given carte blanche to impose his progressive, leftist, socialist, divisive agenda on a country that was once, and can be again, the greatest nation on Earth.
That man is Senator Rand Paul (R-KY). In order to delay the Senate confirmation of Mr. John Brennan as Director of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Senator Paul conducted an exhausting 13-hour long filibuster on the Senate Floor on March 6, 2013. His concern was Mr. Brennan’s stand when it came to the frightening and controversial question of the President’s power to use drones to kill U.S. citizens on U.S. soil, especially without due process (the legal right to be treated fairly) or trial. Is it constitutional? Steven Bucci, of the Heritage Foundation, summarized the two main concerns of this issue when he wrote, “Once again, we have a marginally suited nominee with questionable policy choices and actions in his past. Brennan is being savaged for being the originator of and prime mover behind the overuse of drones and for ignoring the ideological basis (radical Islam) of the terrorists the U.S. is now facing.” (The Heritage Foundation Morning Bell: “Senators Bring Stirring Filibuster Against Obama CIA Nominee,” by Steven Bucci, March 7, 2013) Finally, the next day, after the conclusion of his filibuster, Senator Paul received a letter from Attorney General Eric Holder which stated that, according to the Constitution, the President does NOT have the power to use drone strikes on Americans within the United States. This was a remarkable achievement.
Clearly, the Obama Administration is out of control. Until Senator Paul’s filibuster, there has been no push-back to President Obama’s scheme to vilify all who oppose him, especially the Republican Party. It is true that the Democrats have the majority of the power (and votes) in Washington. Unfortunately, it is what it is. However, it is also true that their performance (political and/or legislative) has shown that they have no intention of working for the good of this country. They disrespect and ignore the Founders, as well, and deeply resent their magnificent 18th Century success and achievements. If it were not for the bloody efforts of the Founders, there would be no America for President Obama to twist and contort to his own progressive ideological image. How will this bode for the future generations of Americans? Will they ever be taught their rightful heritage of freedom and democracy? I wonder.
Bringing us all down to the same level of mediocrity, and wiping out the American entrepreneurial spirit by taxing us into servitude, seem to be the common denominators which fuel the Obama Administration’s quest for a society that is based on the insignificance of the individual American citizen. Until Senator Paul challenged what looked to be the Obama Administration’s self-imposed, impenetrable power structure, Americans were left without a spokesman for justice. It is a small beginning, but it is a great beginning, too! Let us hope that there will be much more to come.
God Bless America!
Carol Polzin