It’s time to show your hand. Put your cards on the table. Leave the shadows of pretense. Especially stop lying to yourself. There’s no such thing as a political hybrid. If you believe in basic Socialist ideology, you are a Socialist. Go ahead. It’s OK. Say it out loud: “I am a Socialist.” If you believe Communism is the preferred political system, you are a Communist. Stand up and proudly say it. But don’t say it out one side of your mouth while out the other side, you claim that you believe in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. Both founding documents are as incompatible with Socialism as Hillary is with the truth. America’s very being prohibits anything that resembles Marxist ideology. Incidentally, if you happen to be an elected U. S. Senator or Representative and you inherently prefer Socialism or Communism, you should resign immediately, or suffer impeachment and expelled. You should be kicked out for the most basic of reasons: You perjured yourself when you took the oath of office. For that matter, the person who conducted your swearing in ceremony should resign, knowing that you lied. As a reminder, the oath states this:

“I, (name), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion, and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter. So help me God.”

There’s no ambiguity about that oath. The Constitution doesn’t mention Socialism or Communism or any other “ism.” it doesn’t have to. It simply requires that “Members of the House be at least 25 years old, have been a U.S. citizen for at least seven years, and live in the state they represent . . . and requires that all Members take an oath to support the Constitution before they exercise the duties of their office.” James Madison wrote: “Under these reasonable limitations, the door . . . is open to merit of every description, whether native or adoptive, whether young or old, and without regard to poverty or wealth, or to any particular profession of religious faith.” Anyone would agree the qualifications are basic, broadminded and definitely not exclusionary. You don’t have to be privileged by wealth or birth or color or gender to be an elected official. This is America, Matilda. But, remember, one stipulation is immutable. You must support and defend The Constitution. It means, for instance, that you must defend and support the 1st and 2nd amendments. Currently, more than a few congressmen (and women), in direct violation of their oath of office, are attacking both amendments. They therefore should be impeached. Immediately. For that matter, as a congressman (or woman) you must never vote for any bill or law that allows the Federal Government to meddle beyond its enumerated powers. Those powers are clearly outlined in Article I, Section 8 of The Constitution. As congressmen (and women), if you don’t want to be bothered with reading Section 8, the Founders said nothing whatsoever about giving the Federal Government power to regulate business, education, healthcare, housing, abortion, agriculture, welfare (subsidies, food stamps, etc.) or to give unrestricted amounts of taxpayer money to foreign countries. The Federal Government power grab means just one thing — Congress, the Supreme Court and the Executive Branch have conspired to betray the Constitution repeatedly for decades. More recently, betrayals by high ranking officials have risen to the level of treason. In truth, you can’t blame the crooks and the traitors. It’s what they do — the oldest game in town — cheat, lie, steal (and kill if necessary). You can’t say you didn’t see it happening. But you’re soft and spoiled. You have a good life; let’s not spoil it by being singled out as an agitator. It’s OK for BLM and Antifa to agitate and burn, destroy and kill, but that’s not you. You’re moral; you’re a good person; that’s why you kicked out that crude Donald Trump. You can’t have a President who insults people. Goodness, me. Biden may have a few character issues; but he has doggedly sacrificed 47 years on behalf of the American people on his way to amassing millions of dollars that he labored to earn. Harris is an avowed Socialist, if not Communist; but she was brainwashed by Willie Brown and deserves a pass. And while the bitter GOP lawmakers scrap among themselves, Biden will lead the Democrat Party to fundamentally change America to be more tolerant, more fair, more climate friendly, more diverse, more equitable, more sharing, more cooperative with other world powers — more like the superior societies and governments of Europe and Asia. As for The Constitution, you can see where there’s room for more interpretation. After all, as Biden might say, the Founders weren’t Gods. Anymore than God is God. Right, Joe?