Fidelity or enmity

From my perch above the assembled body of representatives
I was able to make several observations. The first thing I observed was the
large absence of the Democrat minority. The second was that the GOP members in
attendance all seemed to have their pocket Constitution opened, in their laps,
and reading along. Thirdly was that none of the relatively few attending
Democrats were in possession of a pocket constitution. Some were reading the
newspapers and others were texting. But, this being mentioned, the most
interesting and noteworthy aspect of this exercise was the performance of the
gentleman from Washington, Rep. Jay Inslee (D-Wash.), who stood to make
parliamentary inquiries and discredit the reading. Then Rep. Inslee was
followed by Rep. Jesse Jackson, Jr. (D-Ill.), who attempted to illustrate
racism, sexism, and whatever other hyphenated “isms” that he and other
like-minded totalitarian statists of his ilk share with their common delusions
about our Constitution.  

After the reading of the Constitution, Jesse Jackson, Jr.
said, “The 112th Congress’ Republican majority is building its agenda around
the 10th Amendment. It is determined to limit the scope of Congress’ activity
to legislation ‘reserved’ to the United States. Then, all other rights are in
the purview of the states. Under this historic logic, slavery was a state right
protected by the Constitution and the 10th Amendment. But slavery by definition
is not a human right, and therefore states rights cannot be human rights. That
is why for the last five Congresses, I’ve introduced a series of Constitutional
amendments that would improve the document for all Americans by guaranteeing
essential rights.

“Currently, the right to vote is a state right – subject
to local interpretations of who should vote and how. That results in thousands
of different systems, all with different rules and different regulations. It
means education is a state right, which means a child’s likelihood of success
is based on where he or she is born and the quality of schools that happen to
be there. It means health care is a right, and God help you if your state,
county or city cannot provide access to high quality care.”

Yes, Rep. Jackson. These things were left completely in the
hands of the various states. They were deliberately not given to the federal
government. The federal government is “limited” by this “sacred” document.

Now I understand why there are no cameras or recording
devices allowed into the chamber making in necessary to be present to see the
enmity of the left toward the very documents that guarantee our freedom.

Mark Kevin Lloyd is the chairman of the Virginia Tea
Party Patriot Federation.