My View: Why I voted Democratic

By RAMON LOCKIER

I voted Democratic this past election and am proud of it. I am an American veteran. My dad, his sons and their sons did not stand up to tyranny in the wars in which they fought only to allow a dictatorship, led by President G. W. Bush, to demolish and dismantle our democracy.

Every branch of our government has been controlled by this man and his lock-step minions. Everyone in the United States who did not rally behind and agree with his regime was considered an unpatriotic person and a terrorist. Evidence suggests there is a dossier on all people who disagree with this regime, whether or not the CIA or the FBI, both of which are controlled by none other than the President, admit it.

I am fed up with the useless news media hawking the idea that the Iraqi quagmire was the cause for the Republicans’ loss of control. This may be true in part, but it is not the most important part.

Voting Democratic was a necessity. My country was in peril. Those who were supposed to be her watchdogs were instead supporting the downfall of our U.S. Constitution and our Bill of Rights—the very cornerstones of this United States, my love.

I voted Democratic because my U.S. Constitution and my Bill of Rights were being stepped upon. I saw my President defame and disregard these parchments of democracy and freedom. I saw the responsible ones who had the power to thwart this desecration do nothing except support further usurpation of power and control. I saw through the propaganda laid on us that we who disagreed with this administration were supporting terrorism and were unpatriotic—all while stripping away our rights.

Our U.S. Constitution and our Bill of Rights were called, in effect “No good blankety-blank pieces of paper” by our President, and no congressperson or veteran or citizen flew into a rage that he showed such disdain of these two national parchments.

To me, the foundation of our democracy and our freedom as a beacon for others is these two manuscripts. I hope that in your hearts you agree with me that this is a truth. For, if we don’t so believe, then thousands upon thousands of us who have fought for freedom have done so in vain. If our U.S. Constitution and our Bill of Rights do not come first and foremost over party and Presidential powers, enacted either fraudulently or within legal parameters by twisting the meaning of the words within these documents, then again, they have died in vain.

I am of a five-veteran family dating back to WWI, and I feel if you haven’t served to keep your freedom, you don’t have the right to look down upon any who have served to keep you free. I don’t apologize for this feeling. Yes, God bless America and God bless all our veterans who gave to keep all of us in America free, whether you like us or not.

[Ramon V. Lockier lives in Beach Lake, PA.]