Posted by
Jen B on Monday, October 13, 2008 2:26:25 PM
My fear is what may happen if there is no filibuster in the Congress and Obama gets elected. The great thing about our Constitution is that it has checks and balances; however, if this balance/checking system is not adhered to bad things could happen in this country. Imagine Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, and Obama pushing through their agenda and not having any roadblocks. What will happen to this country? Marxism doesn't work; however, these three and many in Congress seem to think it does. I don't think a majority of this country's citizens want socialism, which leads me to my fear of what will happen if there isn't a filibuster to speak for those against socialism and block measures that would take the country further down that road.
So, what will happen when the people are silenced and injured (as is stated in the Declaration of Independence)? We all read about what happened during that time period. Is history repeating itself? I pray that we can revolt at the ballot box and make sure that there are checks and balances for our elected officials. However, given recent events I don't know if checks and balances will curtail socialism taking hold. I mean we just had a bill pass through a Democratic Congress and signed by a 'Republican' President that gives authority and power to the Treasury Secretary that he shouldn't have (he's not an elected official). The Secretary doesn't have to go back to Congress for anything (not to mention the fact that this bill goes against the free market). Now, we're talking about buying stakes in banks. Oh yeah, let's have the government run the banks too; they always do a great job running things.
Will we have another revolution because the checks & balances will no longer be there to balance the scale? I fear that if there is no way to stop the Marxist and liberal agenda that will resonate from a possible Obama and Democratic-led Congress that's exactly what will happen. I listen to talk radio, read a lot of articles, and listen to people I know, and my gut feeling is that people are really distrustful and disgusted with our government officials (Congress approval in the toilet) and I've heard the word 'revolution' spoken quite a bit. I pray that we can elect officials that will adhere to the Constitution and get away from liberal policies...I'm just not sure where those officials might be...