By Michael Oberndorf, RPA ——Bio and Archives--December 31, 2011
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“I promise 100 percent transparency in my administration.” “I will allow five days of public comment before I sign any bills.” “I’ll put the health care negotiations on C-SPAN so everyone can see who is at the table.”
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”I am still waiting for the phonies in the House to pass a bill repealing ObamaCare. They couldn’t even bring themselves to defund it, and it’s not likely they will even bring the topic up, unless we do. This is the same bunch that refused to make Obama-Soetoro obey the War Powers Act regarding his murderous war against Libya. Nor have they made any serious efforts to free the 28 budget-fixing bills held prisoner by Senate Democrats and establishment RINOs. Both the House and the Senate have been content to ignore the Constitution regarding the submission of a budget for the country for years, and it appears that this will not change this year, either. The list goes on and on and on and on… The point here is that we must – I repeat, must – rid ourselves of these spineless, self-serving parasites who are killing our country. There are a few fine people in Congress, and we need to look carefully at them so we have standards to judge replacements for the rest by. Ones that come immediately to mind include: Allen West (R-FL); Ted Poe (R-TX); Louis Gohmert (R-TX); Steve Pearce (R-NM); Joe Wilson (R-SC); Jim DeMint (R-SC); Rand Paul (R-KY); Marco Rubio (R-FL) If a candidate for the Senate or the House doesn’t have qualities and a record similar to these guys, then find someone else to vote for. We can’t afford to put up with the status quo any longer. As for the Republican candidates for president, only Bachman and Santorum are true conservatives. The rest are RINOs, fringe libertarians, and/or phonies. But the bottom line is that if we have real, Constitution-loving Americans in control of the Senate and the House, it don’t mean jack who is president.
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The son of a German immigrant, I am an archaeologist by profession, with a BA from Metropolitan State College of Denver, and an MA from Leicester University, in England. Over the years, I have lived and worked all over the country, and traveled in Canada, Mexico, Central and South America, Europe, Australia, and Japan. I sincerely believe in the old saying, “America, love it or leave it.”