It’s Increasingly Getting Difficult to Understand
Charlie Bass’ Politics
It appears that 2nd Congressional District Congressman is a prime target for both Democrats and Republicans as well as Pro-Aborts and Pro-Lifers. The Democrats are hitting him with radio ads because he joined with fellow Republicans to uphold his campaign promise to tackle ObamaCare spending as outlined in the bill sponsored by Paul Ryan (R-WI).
The criticism is that Congressman Bass should focus on the economy, and jobs. It appears that the critics, who include Tom McMahon, Executive Director of Americans United for Change, don’t seem to understand that ObamaCare with its mandatory $105 billion spending will significantly hurt the economy. Just ask the citizens whose health care costs have recently doubled or tripled in cost. On the other hand, Emily’s List, the proabortion- rights organization put Congressman Bass “on notice” as one of five Republican freshman to be the recipient of their millions of dollars of negative advertising in preparation for the Democrat challenger. Why? According to Emily’s Blog, he voted “for Pitt’s cruelly-named “Protect Life Act” (H.R. 358), which would in fact allow women to die if health care providers choose to deny a pregnancy termination that would save the life of the mother. There’s no two ways about it: supporting this bill is extreme, and it clearly has nothing to do with creating jobs or helping the economy.”
Meanwhile Republicans have placed Congressman Bass and six other Republicans on a list of shame for voting to preserve funding for Planned Parenthood. Now wait a minute. . . Abortion isn’t an important issue and it is divisive. Republican leadership continually admonishes members to concentrate on the economy to win the approval of the people. What has life got to do with it anyway?
Oddly enough, both sides have failed to understand one basic fact. . .Government does not create jobs, business do. Businesses and taxpayers provide the funding for government to fund their activities.
We must not forget that Congressman Bass signed a letter to support the “Pledge to America” upholding the basic principles found in the Republican Platform. Some excerpts from the “Pledge to America:” “America is an idea – an idea that free people can govern themselves, that government’s powers are derived from the consent of the governed, that each of us is endowed by their Creator with the unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. America is the belief that any man or woman can – given economic, political, and religious liberty – advance themselves, their families, and the common good... “Whenever the agenda of the government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to institute a new governing agenda and set a different course. “The need for urgent action to repair our economy and reclaim our government for the people cannot be overstated.
“We pledge to honor the Constitution as constructed by its framers and honor the original intent of those precepts that have been consistently ignored – particularly the Tenth Amendment, which grants that all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people. “We pledge to advance policies that promote greater liberty, wider opportunity, a robust defense, and national economic prosperity. “We pledge to honor families, traditional marriage, life, and the private and faith-based organizations that form the core of our American values. “We pledge to make government more transparent in its actions, careful in its stewardship, and honest in its dealings. “We pledge to uphold the purpose and promise of a better America, knowing that to whom much is given, much is expected and that the blessings of our liberty buoy the hopes of mankind.
“We make this pledge bearing true faith and allegiance to the people we represent, and we invite fellow citizens and patriots to join us in forming a new governing agenda for America.”
It seems clear that Congressman Bass must decide where his principles are and whether he is going to follow them. Maybe at his next Town Hall meeting he should be asked.
