Republicans and Democrats

I first registered as a Democrat at the time of JFK. Somewhere during the LBJ administration, however, I noticed something. I discovered that I did not share the same view of liberty that party did. I noticed the Democrats stood for big powerful government, high taxes, and worse of all, gun control. That is the red flag that alienated me. It was not so much about guns as it was about the sanctity of the Constitution itself. Where in the Constitution and Bill of Rights, or the Federalist Papers was anything said about one part of the above documents being more or less important than others? Second Amendment detractors would say things like "The Constitution is a living , breathing, evolving document that is subject to change with the times, and the times dictate doing away with private ownership of firearms." Excuse me? Where does it say that in the Constitution?

It does not say any such thing. Furthermore, if that were indeed the case, why was a stringent method of amending the Constitution spelled out if it were supposed to evolve? Amendments have to originate in Congress, or by Constitutional Convention (Which is how the Constitution and Bill of Rights originated) and then must be ratified by the legislatures of two thirds of the individual states.

For the most part these anti gun proposals were and are sponsored by Democrats. And some Republicans. Mostly Democrats, however. I use this issue as a litmus test of the true mindset of any politician concerning his or her dedication to the Constitution they all take an oath to uphold. Obviously, far too many, mostly Democrats, take that oath with the fingers of their left hand crossed behind their back.

The Democratic Party used to be the party of the average citizen. However, somewhere along the line over a period of time the radical left took control of the Democrat party, especially at the national level. It is now the party of big government socialism. During this same time period, the radical left also took control of most of the media and nearly all of academia. The government grew bigger and more uncontrolable. More and more regulations and taxes that stiffle free enterprise and individual liberty. Has anyone stopped to think why the left wants this omnipotent government we now have?

It is really pretty simple. The bigger government it, the less power the people have as individuals. The less power they have, the more dependent on government the people become. The more dependent the people become, the more power and job security the politicians have. Same with taxes. The more money the politicians take from you, the less power you have and the more dependent on government you become. Also, there is more money for politicians to buy votes with various government programs. It is a vicious circle, one that has passed the point of no return.

Now for the Republicans. For most of my life time the Democrats have controlled Congress with an occassional exception here and their where the GOP had a slim majority in either the Senate or the House. Not until 1994, however, did the GOP gain workable majorities in both houses of Congress. Wonderful, I thought. Now maybe we can get this country headed back toward the limits the Constitution is supposed to have over the central government. Sadly, the Republicans turned out to be a bunch of incompetent, spineless boobs. Government has continued to grow and become even more unwieldy. Starting with the 1996 elections the GOP started to loose its majority until 2006 when they lost it all together. Now the radical left has majority rule in both houses. With Obama at the helm, they will waste no time in consolidating their power so that they never again loose it. We will in effect have a one party political system because the radical left will make sure no dissenting political entity will ever threaten their power in any future elections.

One other thing of hypocritical note here. The past few years the Democrats have been incensed over deficit spending. All of a sudden!. I remember from the time I was old enough to notice that Democrat controlled Congresses voted each year to raise the national debt limit. Year after year. For some reason, they were not concerned about deficit spending until recently. Wonder why that is? Because it is something they can blame the opposition for. Plane and simple!!