Elections Have Consequences

From Nolan Finley in the Detroit News today:

The wisest quote of 2009 came from President Barack Obama, who cut off belligerent Republicans with the reminder: "Elections have consequences." They surely do. And Americans are paying the consequences of the 2008 election.

The old saw, "power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely," applies perfectly to the process we're witnessing in Washington. This is how legislating works when there's no check on power. Some of the stuff we've seen over the past couple of months would qualify as criminal coercion, vote buying and bribery if it were the private sector writing the checks.

But as Obama pointed out, elections have consequences. So at least for the next year, this Democratic Congress will be able to do whatever it pleases.

Anyone who failed to vote Republican for every single race last election, this is on you as much is it is on the moron's who vote Democrat. And I hate to say "I told you so", but I did- my post from 10/11/08 was entitled An Obama Win Means No Opposition to Socialism. I wrote then these words, which are now coming back to haunt our nation:

A vote for Republicans is a vote for some opposition, for some other view, for some other segment of our society to be represented in government.

You should have listened to me.