The Obama administration has often been compared to the Chicago political machine which has used thug tactics to achieve their ends for a century. The 17th amendment was ratified due to consequences in Illinois:
the 1912 Senate investigation of bribery and corruption in the election of Illinois Senator William Lorimer indicated that only a constitutional amendment mandating the direct election of Senators by a state’s citizenry would allay public demands for reform
Ex-Illinois Governor Blagojevich was recently convicted as a result of this system of corruption for attempting to extort money in exchange for a senate seat.
The following video is another example of this system:
The point is that the people of the United States have now accepted corruption in politics as a necessary evil.
We no longer hold our elected representatives to a high moral standard and political party affiliation is more important than the future of our nation. Solutions to national issues are not sought: only the manipulation of the issues for political gain is the goal.
We should not overlook the reference to Mao Zedong in this video or one of Mao’s quotes:
“Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun”
When our president placed a Mao Christmas ornament on the White House Christmas tree, we all knew what this symbol represented. We also knew that he was not a Christian: no follower of Christ would celebrate the genocide of 60 million souls.
David DeGerolamo
