As if the debate in Washington wasn’t providing enough evidence regarding liberals indifference to the opinions of average Americans, Rep. Eric Massa from NY provides the icing on the cake: “I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district if I actually think what I’m doing is going to help them.  I will vote against their opinion if I actually believe it will help them.”

Now I’m not suggesting political leaders should simply vote with poll numbers.  There are certainly issues where strong leadership is required to take on difficult topics.  But when the nation is split relatively evenly on a matter of great interest, it is taking it to a whole different level to state “I will vote adamantly against the interests of my district.”  Underlying a comment like this is the philosophy held by many on the left that elected officials are better able to make decisions for the populace because they simply know what’s good for us.  This is social engineering, and it has been the stated goal of the left for some time. 

As a good friend of mine recently noted, the trend in Washington is for elected officials to climb “Mount Olympus” and cast edicts down for us to follow.  At some point the relationship became inverted.  We are the sovereigns and elected officials the servants of the people.  Let’s hope there is some leadership on the right to bring these “gods” down from the Mount.

(On a personal note, I want to thank all the CYP members for their kind messages over the past three months.  My wife and I were blessed with our first child, Jonas William.  The past three months have been wild and for this reason I have not been able to contribute to the website.  Thanks to Jason, Brandon and the many others who have continued to grow CYP.)