To Protect and Defend the Constitution of the United States

There's a gaggle of Republicans trying to draw attention to themselves ostensibly so they can be the one to swear an oath to protect and defend the constitution of the United States as our next President.

All of them are doing their best to draw attention to themselves and prove they are worthy of that honor and responsibility. One of them Herman Cain, on Fox News Sunday told Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace that he supported a ban on the planned Murfreesboro mosque as an "infringement and an abuse of our freedom of religion."

This is a shame, and an opportunity for the other Republican candidates to distinguish themselves by speaking out against Cain's position. Certainly they should all stand up for his constitutional right to say such things, but if they truly aspire to protect and defend the constitution they must also chide him for falling short in recognizing the proper intent of the freedom of religion clause of the constitution.

There failure to do so is tantamount to a demonstration that they are unwilling to uphold the principles upon which our Constitution and democracy are built.

If they are unwilling to protect our constitution during the political campaign to seek this office, how can we expect them to honor it should they be elected? Is there not at least one of them who will stand up and say, Herman you are wrong?

We resolve these issue in our democratic system during campaigns, and candidates in these campaigns owe it to us and the process to sort out and defend the office and the constitution that creates it. Failure to speak up, is frankly un-American.

Maybe Michelle Bachman was right after all, just pointed in the wrong direction. It's the class of Republican candidates who need to be examined for their possible unAmericanism. That can occur as in Cain's case by staking an unconstitutional stance, or perhaps even worse, by all the others for failing to stand up and DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION from all enemies foreign and DOMESTIC. And by domestic we certainly mean all those who would dare stand and ask out support for their candidacy to be President of the United States.

-Earl Netwal

Gingrich Calls Ryan's Plan Radical

Newt Gingrich Slams Paul Ryan's Medicare Plan, Compares it to ...

“I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering,” he said when asked about Ryan's plan to transition to a “premium support” model for Medicare. “I don't think imposing radical change ...

Publish Date: 05/15/2011 19:43

http://politicons.net/newt-gingrich-slams-paul-ryan%E2%80%99s-medicare-plan-compares-it-to-obamacare/

Newt Gingrich Blasts GOP Budget As 'Right-Wing Social Engineering ...

"I don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate." Gingrich has distanced himself from the Ryan plan in recent weeks, calling instead for a system that would preserve the ...

Publish Date: 05/15/2011 10:33

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/05/newt-gingrich-blasts-gop-budget-as-right-wing-social-engineering.php

Minnesota Budget and Fortune 500 Companies A Fact Check

Fact Checking The MN GOP On Budget bill

State Representative Ann Lenczewski fact checks various Republican claims about the budget bill, taxes and South Dakota. For example, if South Dakota has such a great business climate, why are there no Fortune 500 companies in South Dakota? And if Mi...

GOP Faces Backlash Against the Ryan Plan

More Republican Congressmen Face Town Hall Backlash Over Tax ...

During a Buffalo Grove, IL town hall, Dold caught a lot of flack for supporting corporate tax breaks and voting to end Medicare: But Dold couldn't even get to the end of the presentation before audience members began peppering him with questions about the Ryan budget, named after House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan, a Republican from Wisconsin. It began with audience members telling Dold they don't believe chopping 10 percentage points off the highest corporate tax ...

Publish Date: 04/22/2011 0:10

http://www.progressivenewsdaily.com/?p=14917

Government Shut Down Averted

Close Cut: US saved from government shutdown by last min deal

The US Congress has thrashed out a budget, agreeing on spending cuts dangerously close to the deadline. The Republicans and Democrats were forced to overcome their differences, or risk the first government shutdown in fifteen years. If the shutdown h...

Is al-Queda infiltrating Libyan freedom fighters?

Downing Street Says » Libya
Asked if there had been any evidence of al-Qaeda members infiltrating Libya, the PMS referred journalists to what the Foreign Secretary said yesterday: one of the reasons it was necessary for the European Union to make a bold, ...
Publish Date: 03/30/2011 10:45
http://downingstreetsays.com/briefings/2011/03/30/9679

Obama Leads the Nation and World With Speech On Libya

The president once again showed the world his superior speaking skills and more importantly his well reasoned stance and policy leading to the US involvement in Libya. A far cry better than his predecessor.

Watch President Obama's Full Speech on the US Mission in Libya

Read full transcript: to.pbs.org In a prime-time speech Monday evening, President Obama addressed the nation on the US mission in Libya and the military's continuing role in coalition airstrikes protecting civilians from Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi...