Repurposed

This blog has been "repurposed" from when it was used in conjunction with a former book club on history, politics, and economics.

Saturday, October 26, 2013

Why Virginians Must Elect Ken Cuccinelli--Part 1

The Virginia gubernatorial election is a week and a half away, and the liberal media is telling us that it's all over for Ken--the polls show him down 7 to 10 points.  His campaign has been outspent 2 to 1 by Terry McAuliffe; no surprise there, since $ has been McAuliffe's strong suit for years as a political fundraiser and DNC chairman under Bill Clinton.
This cannot happen.  We cannot elect Clinton's lapdog who has been involved in all kinds of shadiness over the years.  Ken Cuccinelli has been a principled leader as a State Senator and Attorney General, fighting for things I and other Mormons believe in: life, family and freedom.
I have been gloomy for a while now about the future of this country, as the federal government continues to ingest larger and larger chunks of American property (command and control of land, money, and everything down to what light bulbs you can use), American jobs, and American decision-making.  Obamacare represents a take-over of 1/5th of the American economy, and that's not the worst of it (see Part 3 on the future of healthcare--coming soon). 
But there is still a "chance and hope of escaping (that) fate" (Dickens' Christmas Carol): the federal government can be rolled back if we get enough freedom-loving leaders in positions of power at the state level.  I have been reading the new book by Mark Levin (I hate his personal attacks, but I love his political wisdom) The Liberty Amendments.  In it he calls for a Constitutional Convention following Article 5 of the Constitution: "...on the application of the legislatures of two thirds of the several states, shall call a convention for proposing amendments, which, in either case, shall be valid to all intents and purposes, as part of this Constitution."  The book addresses the history of the Constitution--why the various parts were put into place and how they have been mangled in the interim.  It also discusses the history of the efforts to amend the Constitution through various means.  This would be an uphill battle, but now is the time to engage in it--so many people are angry about Obamacare that there is some momentum that way.  And Ken is just the man to take it on--he's the first of several state Attorneys General who sued the federal government over the individual mandate to buy health insurance--and were told by a Supreme Court (stacked immorally by Obama with Obamacare-involved Elena Kagan) that the states were essentially just arms of the federal government now.  Which we'll get to next in "100 Years of the 17th Amendment."

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Looking forward to Part II! You're, of course, absolutely right! It's interesting that the Washington Post Poll has consistently put Cuccinelli out front - often by 10-12 points. Hope they're right. Hoping the other folks will be overconfident and expect their neighbors to go vote.

Two quotes from Ezra Taft Benson. The first, deeply concerning:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTDmGt1Pafw

The second, full of hope!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxu-zw004jc

We will prevail!