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Winning Elections Requires Throwing the Constitution Under the Bus
Family Security Matters
Lawrence Sellin
7/17/2012
Excerpt:
"In a video recently posted on the internet, Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ) states that fifty percent of the American people do not believe in the Constitution and individual rights and if you principally fight to defend the Constitution, you will lose.
Rep. Gosar has seemingly forgotten that he takes an oath to "support and defend" the Constitution. Apparently he thinks that adhering to the Constitution is an impediment to winning elections. He seems to be promoting the proposition that obtaining power is more important than upholding the rule of law.
The opinions expressed by Rep. Gosar are not unique, but represent the prevailing attitude in Congress. The Constitution limits the powers of the federal government and federal office-holders who want unlimited power.
The Code of Ethics for U.S. Government Service, adopted by the House of Representatives July 11, 1958 with the Senate concurring, resolved that it is the sense of the Congress that the following Code of Ethics should be adhered to by all Government employees, including officeholders.
The first two requirements state that any person in Government service should:
1. Put loyalty to the highest moral principles and to country above loyalty to Government persons, party, or department.
2. Uphold the Constitution, laws, and legal regulations of the United States and of all governments therein and never be a party to their evasion.
Does any American believe that Rep. Gosar or anyone of his colleagues in Congress adheres to either of those requirements?
The instances of federal office-holders ignoring the Constitution or politicians choosing party over country are far too numerous to list in anything less than a multi-volume publication."
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View the complete article at:
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org...-under-the-bus
Family Security Matters
Lawrence Sellin
7/17/2012
Excerpt:
"In a video recently posted on the internet, Congressman Paul Gosar (R-AZ) states that fifty percent of the American people do not believe in the Constitution and individual rights and if you principally fight to defend the Constitution, you will lose.
Rep. Gosar has seemingly forgotten that he takes an oath to "support and defend" the Constitution. Apparently he thinks that adhering to the Constitution is an impediment to winning elections. He seems to be promoting the proposition that obtaining power is more important than upholding the rule of law.
The opinions expressed by Rep. Gosar are not unique, but represent the prevailing attitude in Congress. The Constitution limits the powers of the federal government and federal office-holders who want unlimited power.
The Code of Ethics for U.S. Government Service, adopted by the House of Representatives July 11, 1958 with the Senate concurring, resolved that it is the sense of the Congress that the following Code of Ethics should be adhered to by all Government employees, including officeholders.
The first two requirements state that any person in Government service should:
1. Put loyalty to the highest moral principles and to country above loyalty to Government persons, party, or department.
2. Uphold the Constitution, laws, and legal regulations of the United States and of all governments therein and never be a party to their evasion.
Does any American believe that Rep. Gosar or anyone of his colleagues in Congress adheres to either of those requirements?
The instances of federal office-holders ignoring the Constitution or politicians choosing party over country are far too numerous to list in anything less than a multi-volume publication."
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View the complete article at:
http://www.familysecuritymatters.org...-under-the-bus