Party Poopers of the World Unite!

I have a few questions I would like to throw out to you if I may. #1 What does the U.S. Constitution say about political parties? #2 What were the views and beliefs of the founding fathers on said parties and why? And last but not least #3 Have "we" (our government, our leaders, and the people) headed the advice those brave men gave? I hope to try and answer these questions from my own opinions and views bearing in mind that I am only one person and my views are my own. I will try to back what I write with actual writings or quotes from some of our founding fathers and hope not to offend people who are a member of either party. That being said, if I do offend you I make no apology because these are just my views, opinions, feelings, and I will never apologize for the things I believe.

So as to question #1. "What does the U.S. Constitution say about political parties?" As far as I can find.. absolutely nothing. In fact the only thing I can actually find that our founding fathers, as different as they were, and as different as they felt about things did agree on, was that political parties were a very BAD idea. George Washington in his farewell address as President said "political parties are the worst enemy of democratic governments." He went on to say they were "potent engines by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will subvert the power of the people." That statement alone gives us a small glimpse into the answer of question #2.

#2 "What were the views and beliefs of the founding fathers on said parties and why?" Well we already know that George Washington wasn't a fan. And there are several other documented quotes from other founding fathers such as, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Maddison, Benjamin Franklin and the list goes on. If I understand correctly the quotes, speeches, and addresses these men gave on this topic then I am safe to assume they all felt the same way, and the "why" is almost the same amongst them all as well. As I understand it they all had such a great disliking for political parties in response to England's "House of Commons". The Commons was meant to keep the monarch in check, but the order of kings being succeeded lead to the corruption of the House of Commons. See the kings started to use their wealth, power, and influence to create loyalist parties. This ultimately lead to groups of men fighting with each other instead of working together to keep advancing the common good. In short the founding fathers wanted to avoid having "warring" factions that would pursue self centered motives and interests at the expense of the nation and its people. Which leaves us with question #3...

#3 "Have 'we' (our government, our leaders, and the people) headed the advice those brave men gave?" The answer to which is obvious. No! I am not a member of either party for just that reason. Neither party represents the people. Sure they both claim to, and there are members of each party that do care, but boil it down to the people at the top that actually call the shots and you are left with nothing but self centered motives and corrupt men leading a nation of blind followers. I beg you to look at the news, watch the political television programs ,or listen to the radio broadcasts, and then honestly tell me that we haven't ignored or lost grasp of what the founding fathers warned us about. There are TWO main political parities that are at each others throats most of the time, and laying blame for our terrible economy or the war etc etc on the other the rest of the time. We now have "warring factions"! Full of self centered, corrupt men and women who lack virtue in every sense of the word. Aristotle said in order for any government to succeed it MUST have VIRTUOUS leaders.

I then am a "party pooper" so to speak, and if I may say it so boldly. "I'm damn proud of it!" I don't know if there is anyone who feels like I do. I don't know if anybody else feels like our government is out of control, and has over stepped its boundaries far too much and far too often. I think our government needs to go on a diet... some of the powers and things our government now has probably makes our founding fathers turn over in their graves. Its time to shed some weight you overly fed giant. I went to a meeting at which a congressman was speaking. While there I heard something interesting , I can't remember who said but I do remember what was said. Something along the lines of "Whenever the people in power act in the "best interest" of us they do so at the cost of our liberties and rights."

I love this country, and I am RED WHITE & BLUE to my core. I am proud to be an american. I am proud to be a citizen of a country that has so much potential for good and the ability to help millions of people at the drop of a hat. I just wish we could all get along... I wish we could set aside our differences and come together on common ground and become UNITED. After all thats what our founding fathers did, and it worked for them.