EDITORIAL:
Upset that the Supreme Court would dare put the First Amendment ahead of their agenda, Washington democrats are considering legislation to curb what they believe will be runaway corruption in the wake of the recent court decision allowing corporate contributions to political candidates.
Of course we have all become so brainwashed by modern political strategy that we now react like Pavlov's dogs to the "issue de jour" being fed to us by the sleight of hand masters in Congress and their barkers in the press.
What we REALLY need to do is re-focus our study on the principles and character of those men and women who seek public office and reawaken in each other our uniquely American instinct for seeking truth, fending off the BS, salesmanship and hype. Only a gullible public will allow itself to become victims of overreaching corporate spending on political races.
It is our responsibility to see through the vanity and self interest behind any financial support and to reject those who seek public office with even the slightest inclination to put private interests ahead of the public good.
Of course Congressional Dems don't have a clue. Their response is always "more legislation". They, and we, would be well advised to heed the admonition of James Madison, the father of our Constitution, who said this:
"Is there no virtue among us? If there be not, we are in a wretched situation. No theoretical checks, no form of government, can render us secure. To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people is a chimerical idea."
If there is a risk that corporate spending might corrupt government, then no law can protect us. Only the virtue of we the people, seeking to elect only virtuous public servants can save us.
For more on this topic, come hear my talk today to the Kenton County Republican Women's Club at the Oriental Wok in Crescent Springs Kentucky at noon. I also touched on this last night on my radio program, The Marcus Carey Perspective.
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