Today the House of Representatives had the opportunity to walk erect with heads held high. They might have been giants. They could have listened to the people, heeded the voices they heard and walked in the footsteps of history to claim their place in the sun.
Instead they thought they knew best. They believed they were smarter and more clever than the people who chose them. They thought they could defeat the evil trolls and their leader the Deceiver, but they failed to understand that without the will of the people, victory (even if won) would always be hollow.
The people knew they could not win against the trolls and the Deceiver. Those who have no principles have no enemies except principles. Those principles must be the bedrock on which decisions are made. To stray from those principles even with the best of intentions always ends in loss. It is like doing battle with a dragon who says, “If you lay down your sword, we can talk about this”, but as soon as you lay that sword down the dragon consumes you in fire.
Our forefather’s knew that they had to stand on their principles. They had little else to stand on. They rose to the challenge. They stood against a tyrannical empire and they emerged beaten but free. Free to be fair and just and honorable. They went into battle as David's and emerged as Goliaths. Giants among men who would still be remembered by those who held true to their principles 235 years later. Last November the People gave the House a directive, “Stop the spending, represent us as we want to be represented and we will be loyal, support and cover your six”.
Today the House made it’s choice. They chose to attempt to out maneuver the trolls and their leader rather than heed the People. They were amazed when it didn’t work.
There were 22 giants and 218 that might have been giants.
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