Wednesday, November 18, 2015
Fuck the Constitution
When you are a Republican candidate in search of primary voters this year, this is the rallying cry for one and all. It first appeared in Donald Trumps various ravings about deporting Hispanic immigrants. It then spread to Ben Carson who truly seems to understand nothing about how this country works. And underlying it all was the alien concept of government by god spread by losers big and small. And now the one candidate who appeared sane has thrown off his mask to prove he is just as fiercely against the Constitution as all the rest.
During a speech Tuesday at the National Press Club, Ohio Governor and Republican presidential candidate John Kasich offered a litany of ideas meant to broaden the influence of the United States and combat the rise of the Islamic State. Among them was one that, on its face, seemed to contradict the 1st Amendment to the Constitution.One can try to put a friendly spin on this but, plain and simple, the Governor of Ohio wants to establish a state religion by the creation of a new department of government. And whose priesthood will staff this department? Whose god(s) will be the basis of what they enforce? Perhaps Presterdent John will reveal all as he nears his assumption of office. What is clear is that for the Republican Party, the Constitution begins and ends with the 2nd Amendment, all else is just notes of no value to modern day theologians.
"We must be more forceful in the battle of ideas," Kasich said. "U.S. public diplomacy and international broadcasting have lost their focus on the case for Western values and ideals and effectively countering our opponents' propaganda and disinformation. I will consolidate them into a new agency that has a clear mandate to promote the core, Judeo-Christian Western values that we and our friends and allies share: the values of human rights, the values of democracy, freedom of speech, freedom of religion and freedom of association." The areas he would target: the Middle East, China, Iran and Russia.
What jumps out is Kasich's description of this new government effort: A propaganda organization with a "mandate" to promote "Judeo-Christian" values.
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