Liberty Maven

Everyone’s favorite President George W. Bush will speak at 8:45am EST Tuesday prior to the U.S. markets opening. He was so convincing last time that two thirds of his own party rejected his words and voted against the bailout.

The Republicans who voted for the bill argued that Nancy Pelosi’s partisan speech convinced the others to go against the President’s bailout. This argument backfires badly in my view. They are basically saying that Nancy Pelosi is more influential with fellow Republicans than George Bush. Sure she is negatively influential, but her influence caused a revolt from House Republicans? This is complete hogwash. The revolt from House Republicans was brought on by the vast majority of voting citizens making it known that how a representative votes on the bailout directly influences whether that representative will win or lose votes in November.

In short, the system worked for once. Our republic will stand or fall based on how engaged the voting public becomes. This bailout fight is far from over. We must remain ever vigilant by continuing to contact our representatives and putting pressure on them to continue their patriotic duty of representing their constituent’s wishes.

If it worked on Monday it can work again at the end of the week. Keep up the pressure!