Posted by
MrWebsmith on Monday, August 10, 2009 4:58:51 PM
Exhibit #1 David Scott (D-GA 13th district)
One of eighteen states that allows recall elections, Georgia voters in the 13th district should consider removing this pompous blowhard from office now. Why wait until November of 2010? State statutes explain what is allowed as reasons for having a recall election. Two of the items mentioned are "violation of oath of office; failure to perform duties prescribed by law"
A performance review of your discharge of duties as an elected official is in order. The oath of office:
“I, [name], do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”
Oath of Office
Now, explain to me, Rep. Scott, how is attempting to force health care legislation upon your constituents discharging your duty to be their representative? How is repeating talking points from Obama, Hoyer, Pelosi, not engaging in purposeful evasion? And, while were on the subject, how about being familiar enough with your own little slice of Georgia to realize when you are calling someone who lives in your district all manner of insults?
Webster's dictionary defines evasion as "an avoiding of duty,question,etc. by deceit or cleverness." Hmmm, does not having townhall meetings,not answering questions from concerned citizens, having only a telephone style town hall, among other antics, sound like evasion to you?
I'm not an attorney or an attorney spokesperson but I learned about our government in civics and American History classes as a child here in flyover country. I've made numerous trips to the library and have read our nation's founding documents. Congressman Scott, what part about the word "representative" do you not understand? You do not tell your constituents what they should do, what they should be in favor of or what they may talk about during a town hall meeting. You, sir, are the employee! Those bothersome people asking questions about legislation? Citizens. Citizens who pay your salary, who trusted you with elected office, and they have every right to tell you how you should vote for them on issues and laws. They elected you.
They also have the authority to throw you out of office for violating their trust and for breaking your solemn oath to represent them and to defend them from all enemies, foreign and domestic. So what will it be, sir? Shall the good people of your district recall you now, in 2009, or should they send your sorry self home in 2010?
Finally, this same admonition is for every other representative who thinks they are entitled to anything. All 435 of you have a duty that you swore an oath to fulfill - and it is to the citizens who elected you, not to any President, not to the Speaker of the House, not to anyone else! WE THE PEOPLE are the owners of this ship and any mutiny attempted by you scallywags will be dealt with by a ballot box revolution the likes of which this nation has never witnessed.