In support of Congressman Massa

Much is being made of congressman Eric Massa (D-NY) who says he will vote against the desires of his constituents. But that is the form of government that we have, and it’s designed to be that way.

I can not blame a man for voting his conscience, regardless of how his district wants him to vote. He may be wrong, and the result may be dangerous for America. However, he is doing what he truly believes to be best, then he is doing the right thing.

Then, in the next election, the constituents should ensure they elect someone whose beliefs are closer to their own. That’s how the representative democracy works.

In fact, I wish more politicians were like this man. At least he is honest enough to admit he will vote his conscience, knowing it may well doom his next election chances. Too many politicians will lie and say whatever the particular group they are in front of wants to hear.

I listened to Glenn Beck on the radio yesterday, and his guest host, Joe Pagliarulo, was incensed about Massa, and he did a pretty good spiel about how that is not the job description of a representative.

I stand by my point that you simply cannot take a popular vote for every single thing that comes up in government. If you were going to do that, why vote for representatives in the first place? Why not just hold a vote on every single issue?

Here’s another point. Let’s say you are pro choice, otherwise known more correctly as pro abortion. You get elected to represent a group of constituents. The majority of those constituents are pro life. Are you going to put aside your personal principles and vote against abortion because more people in your district are pro life?

As I said, I respect Massa for standing up for his principles. He’s dead wrong on this issue, and I would vote against him if I lived in his district, but not because of his refusal to stand up for his beliefs.

Why do average Americans need to educate "journalists" about current events?

Turns out Lawrence O’Donnell isn’t as smart or up on current events as he might think.

He repeatedly scolded an average American on national TV because she said Obama said he was in favor of a single payer system. O’Donnell said multiple times that never happened.

Of course, anyone with an IQ over 50 knows Obama actually did say it. More than once, in fact.

Who’s a good media lapdog? You are, Larry. Yes, you are.

Don't you know it's dirty politics to use a video of your opponent that shows his own words and thoughts?

So people uncover a video of Obama himself saying he wants a single payer system of health care, otherwise known around the free world as government run health care. This is damaging, as the polls have shown the lefties that the phrase “government run health care” is not a winner, so they have been downplaying it severely lately. And here comes someone with a video of the man himself promoting the idea. Hard to dispute that.

Or is it? The White House has released it’s own video, with the 'communications director' basically calling the people who posted the video online as liars.

Wait, are Breitbart and Naked Emporer liars, or just Obama? I’m confused, now.

Oh, and one more question for the White House – how is it using “SCARE tactics” to show a video of your very own president using his very own words?

Even The White House Doesn’t Know What Obama Means

Robert Gibbs has a tough job. Asked to explain what countries Obama was referring to when he made the claim twice in recent speeches that some countries are perfectly happy with their single payer health insurance plan, Gibbs could not name a specific country.

Oops.