Unbelievable! The Democratic Congress Really Doesn’t Care About The Constitution!

Regardless of where you stand on healthcare reform, please tell me that you’ve at least wondered why our congress couldn’t come up with a way to improve the system without trampling on the constitutional rights of American citizens. Let me introduce you to Congressman Phil Hare who represents the 17th district of Illinois, well at least for about 8 more months. In the video posted above, Mr. Hare clearly states that he “I don’t worry about the constitution.” Then he took it another step further by quoting the Declaration of Independence as part of the constitution. Not only does he not care about the U.S. Constitution that he swore to uphold, he doesn’t even know it from the Declaration of Independence. No wonder these guys can’t understand why the American people don’t want this.



Of course Congressman Hare, in the true Democratic company line, issued a statement in the video above explaining how he was victimized by people taking him at his word. Of course his quote was taken out of context. What he meant to say was, “I do support the constitution because it gives me a job but when it comes to matters of making decisions the American people don’t agree with, I don’t worry about the constitution.” At least that’s how he comes across to me.

Another favorite line in the rebuttal is where he says, “this constitution is near and dear to me and we can disagree on healthcare reform…but we don’t have to be disagreeable.” What? Which part of the constitution is near and dear to you, Mr. Hare? Is it that part that that you’re trashing on by forcing Americans to buy something they don’t want or is it the part of the Declaration of Independence that you thought was the constitution. I’m really confused here, and that’s before your, “we can disagree without being disagreeable” quote. What does that mean? Is that why you don’t feel like the American people should hold you accountable to your words and actions? Is that why you try to make those that do appear to be villains of some sort? Is that why you got mad and stormed off when it became clear that you hadn’t read the bill once and yet claimed to have read it three times? Is that why your body language showed that you were disgusted that you had to issue a rebuttal in which you never apologized for what you said or how you acted but instead apologized that the public had to see your true colors shining through and shame of those who exposed it.

Jesus said, "Simply let your 'Yes' be 'Yes,' and your 'No,' 'No'; anything beyond this comes from the evil one." (Matthew 5:37) In other words, Jesus is telling us to say what we mean and mean what we say. Perhaps if our nation's politicians would start practicing that then there wouldn't be so much debate over what a statement or speech really meant.