By John W. Lillpop
In moving toward a more perfect union, our great nation desperately needs a return to paralyzing gridlock. As in divided government, one party in control of Congress, another running the Executive Branch, and so forth.
Its all about checks and balances, oversight, and preventing the corruption that surely ensues when too much power is entrusted in one party or ideological bent.
When the Founding Fathers were creating this marvel called American democracy, they surely did not envision that government would be dominated by left-wing fanatics, or right-wing extremists for that matter.
Even the wisest and most sage man alive could not have foreseen Obamamania 233 years ago.
Who would have imagined that a black radical with no practical experience, but with $750 million in the bank and a legion of voter fraud operatives (AKA, ACORN volunteers) could hijack America?
Who would have predicted that white liberal quilt, parlayed with black racism, could drive the nation to the brink of political, financial, and moral ruin?
Furthermore, who would have imagined that the American people would be foolish enough to turn both Houses of Congress over to politicians who share the president's party affiliation and radical views and ideology?
The Founders probably envisioned power being inappropriately vested in a person like Nancy Pelosi once in a generation, worst case.
That untoward event would have been balanced, the Founders thought, by thoughtful, responsible leaders in the U.S. Senate and the White House.
Who would have dared imagine a trifecta of incompetence and corruption as we have now with Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Barack Obama?
When our form of self-governance was established more than two centuries ago, the emphasis was on deliberation, debate, and due diligence on the part of those holding elective office.
The notion that Congress and the president would enact legislation numbering more than 1,000 pages and costing the nation trillions of dollars without so much as reading or understanding said legislation would have been utterly unthinkable.
Change was supposed to happen slowly, if at all, after deliberate and thoughtful consideration by the best and brightest among us.
The idea that radicals could seize government and seek to usurp 233 years of tradition and culture in just nine months with the use of czars, signing statements, and other means for dancing around the U.S. Constitution would have been considered criminal.
Thankfully, members of Congress are required to run for re-election periodically. Thus, the 2010 election will present the American people with a golden opportunity to reinstall common sense and accountability to government by sending the likes of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and others into forced retirement.
Gridlock: Can we elect it in time to save America?
