Here in Utah there has been a lot of talk about Seniority when it comes to political office. Two years ago we heard it with Senator Bennett and this time around we are hearing it again with Senator Hatch. So let's take a really quick look at seniority.
Hatch's claim is that he needs to be re-elected again because he has been in Washington for so long that he is the most senior Senator on the Senate Finance Committee. He claims that his experience qualifies him to be able to lead the charge in saving America in our desperate time when our Country hangs in the balance ready to tip. In 1976 (when I was two years old) Senator Hatch was elected to the US Senate. At that time he ran against an incumbent who had served three terms in Washington. Hatch's main challenge to Senator Moss was that he had served too long and lost touch with constituents. At that time Hatch supported term limits, at that point Hatch considered three terms too long, at that point Hatch promised two terms.
Let's fast forward to 2012. Hatch is still in office. Now, unless I am completely math illiterate, 1976 to 2012 is not twelve years. According to the Constitution of the United States, the term of a Senator in the US Senate is 6 years. So that would mean that Senator Hatch's most recent bid for office would be his seventh term that he seeks. What happened to he would only seek two terms, and that three terms had made Senator Moss out of touch with his constituents? If three terms did that to Senator Moss, then what has six terms done to Senator Hatch?
I've had the opportunity to meet with Senator Hatch and I've exchanged communications with him, and I don't believe that Senator Hatch fully understands his role as a Senator for the State of Utah. He has been duped into believing that his role as Senator is to centralize powers around the Federal Government. He believes that his role is to ensure equality for all Americans. He has helped expand the Government over and over again in size and expenditure. He has worked hard to ensure that his Democratic friends will always look to him for support. He has played the Washington game, and he has played it too long.
Now, let's really take a look at seniority. In the Constitution of the United States, Article I, Section III, we read, " ...each Senator shall have one vote." Other than that I see no clause in the Constitution that says that the longer a Senator serves the more power he wields. Therefore whether you are a recently elected Senator with only one day siting as a Senator or a veteran Senator with over 36 years serving, you only have one vote, wielding the same power and authority as any other Senator. Seniority is of man, and unconstitutional in nature. By saying that a newly elected Senator has no say in the Senate is to say that they have the right to silence the people of a State. We, the people of the United States hold the power of government and we delegate that power to our elected officials to represent us, that is what a representative republic is based on. Each and every Senator elected by their individual States, hold the same power and authority. We don't send them to Washington to play games, and make friends, rattling their swords in pretended indignation then retiring to their chambers to devise plans and schemes to quietly relinquish us of our Rights and Freedoms. The centralization of powers around the Federal Government is anathema to the Constitution. The powers of the Federal are specifically outlined and delineated within that document. The problem is, and it is the same problem that I've decried many times, is that "We, the people of the United States.." don't know what the Constitution authorizes the Federal government to do. They tell us what it tells them to do and we believe it. If we were to read the Constitution we would see a very different job description that what we are told in schools and in the media.
We, as a people have to start caring enough for this Country if we are to regain our sovereignty as a people. If we continue to lay our rights aside for the sake of being able to get a free lunch, we will find ourselves in the shackles of tyranny, and the only way to regain our Rights will be through the shedding of great amounts of blood. It's time that we wake up, and wipe away the scales of political blindness. That we put aside political correctness and we begin from this day to do what's right. If we are to preserve this Nation for our children and our childrens' children we must demand that our elected officials begin to listen to us, rather than to party bosses and special interest groups. We, the people must demand adherence to our Constitution. We, the people must demand action within the halls of Congress. We, the people must be willing to put our sacred honor, treasure, and lives on the line to win our Freedoms if that becomes necessary, for sitting placidly on the side lines of life hoping that someone else will take up the fight in our defense will only get us more of what we see and slowly the chains of despotism will ensnare us and we will wake up one morning decrying the loss of Freedom.
My fellow Americans, I will not sit idly by and allow it to happen. I call all to rally around our Standard of Liberty, that grand old flag, that banner of Freedom. Stand shoulder to shoulder. Stand with a firm determination that you will weather the storm which lies ahead. Together we can turn the tide, together we can remain a Nation United.
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