Posted by
David Hinz on Wednesday, February 14, 2007 6:00:19 AM
I Do Not Support The Mission!
This is the week when the newly installed Democrat controlled Congress gets down to the mission of undermining the President of the United States and his policy in Iraq, and pulling the support out from under the troops in the field. On the one hand, wild-eyed liberals cry out for a resolution to Defund the War, while more moderate liberals contend themselves with merely symbolically castrating the President.
Let me say categorically: I DO NOT SUPPORT THE MISSION!
That remarkable document, The US Constitution, provided for exactly ONE commander-in-chief, and placed that authority with the President of the United States. That document handed certain powers to Congress, while other powers were retained by the Presidency. Somewhere, in their gross misreading of that document, this Congress has come to believe that the Constitution has vested them with the powers of the Presidency, thus creating 535 little Presidents.
I do not use the word “little” lightly in the previous sentence, as Congress has become a body of “little” people. Leadership, if there ever was any, has long since taken a backseat to expediency, poll numbers, consensus and public opinion. It has become the mission, in this Congress, NOT to lead, but to obstruct.
It has become the mission of this Congress to point out problems, without offering solutions; to pick apart leaders, without providing leadership of their own. It has become the province of this Congress to fool the voters into the belief that they “support the troops” but that they do not “support the mission” of those troops.
It has become the mission of this Congress to pass toothless resolutions, providing themselves with cover if things turn sour, while guaranteeing that result, by passing toothless resolutions!
So, allow me to say, one last time: I support the Congress of the United States, but I do NOT support their mission!