I am quite sure y'all are looking at the title to this missive and asking, what is the ol' Colonel talking about? Well, bear with me, please. We can recall the maxim of Chinese communist leader Mao Tse-Tung alluding to the "long slow march" towards communism. We know that this insidious and murderous ideology was first introduced to the world by one Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels in their book, "The Communist Manifesto." Here in America, communists introduced themselves into our country with the clever marketing rebranding of "progressive." They at one point even went so far as to abscond with the misappropriated label of "liberals." Of course, the Father of Classical Liberalism, John Locke, would be utterly appalled to know that Marxists had kidnapped his philosophy — well, just the title, but none of his principles. Marxists believe that they should have complete power, control, and domination of the life, liberty, and property of the individual. As a matter of fact, they have vehement disregard and disdain for the individual, as Mamdani said, "We will replace the frigidity of rugged individualism with the warmth of collectivism."
How did we get to this point?
Ahh, here is where the reasoning behind the title of this piece is to be revealed. It was just a short 18 years ago when an unaccomplished U.S. Senator, Barack Hussein Obama, a clear Marxist, gave his famed quote, "We are five days away from fundamentally transforming the United States of America," in Columbia, Missouri, right before the November 2008 presidential election. There should be no surprise that Obama would say such a thing; all the indicators and warnings were there, especially his emanating from Chicago, just like Saul Alinsky. But what was highly disconcerting was the response of the mindless lemmings, useful idiots, and, truthfully, an entire nation that did not stop and ask a simple question: "Transforming America to what?"
I remember the response from the Marxist leftist media that chided anyone who dared challenge Obama's assertion as racist. Nothing new there. See, the leftists had selected the perfect vessel to fully introduce Marxism into America, a skilled black rhetorician whom we certainly knew nothing about. We were not allowed to say anything, and some Republicans were simply too cowardly to speak out. And so this deadly cancer was fully injected into our nation, and reelected, even after Obama disrespected the indomitable American entrepreneurial spirit, telling them that "If you've got a business, you didn't build that." How funny, Obama, a person with a razor-thin resume, an empty suit, would chastise American business owners, including small business owners, the backbone of this country. We, this Republic, reelected him. Not to mention the fact that Obama, in 2012, was running against an American businessman, Mitt Romney, who could not capitalize on that statement.
Therefore, it is no surprise to me that 18 years later we have Marxists running for elected office under the banner of the political party that introduced us to a Marxist presidential candidate. That cancer that was injected into our Republic has fully metastasized and, if not treated immediately, will bring about the death of this nation in its 250th year of celebrating its independence.
These emboldened Marxists, who cleverly refer to themselves as Democratic Socialists, and who embrace all 10 planks of Marxism, are telling us their intent in fundamentally transforming our Republic.
DSA leader Cliff Connolly, who is a member of their National Steering Committee, admitted that he and his organization have a burning hatred of the U.S. Constitution. They view our rule of law as an "obstacle" that must be overcome by a socialist (Marxist) revolution.
Let's unpack this for a moment. These fine young cannibals, well, Bernie Sanders ain't young, are openly advocating sedition and treason. We all know that their so-called platform calls for the abolishment of Articles I, II, and III of the Constitution (Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branches). They want to replace it with a pure democratic unicameral House of Representatives. In essence, they want to undo what our Founding Fathers established: a representative democracy, designed to preclude the tyranny of a pure, majority-rule democracy. See, America is a Constitutional Republic, as articulated in Article IV, Section 4. What Comrade Connolly is saying is that our very system of governance inhibits the Marxists from executing, and they mean literally, as history has proven, their fundamental transformation of these United States of America.
Think about it. It is not just about restructuring our federal, and probably state, governments. This means that the individual Bill of Rights is also an "obstacle" that must be overcome by a Marxist revolution. That means you will not have freedom of religion, speech, expression, peaceable assembly, or to petition your government for redress of grievances. You will certainly not have a Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. It was Edward Abbey who stated, "A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government." It is kinda hard to do that when you have been disarmed, which is why April 19, 1775, is such an important day in our history and is known as Patriots' Day. However, to the Marxists, patriotism is defined as paying your "fair share" in their scheme called progressive taxation, which is one of Karl Marx's 10 planks.
If the Constitution is an "obstacle" to these Marxists, how can we expect them to take an oath as elected officials to the Constitution? Talk about a constitutional crisis. To me, it is simple: they are illegitimate political candidates and should be disqualified from holding elected office in our Constitutional Republic. They obviously do not embrace any of this Republic's fundamental governing principles, like individual rights, freedoms, and liberties. And history has certainly proven everything I am stating as correct when it comes to Marxist rule. I mean, shall the day come when my writing a missive such as this gives cause for the new Brownshirts, Antifa, to show up at my door? And if I am disarmed, well, I can easily end up just like those who protest against the totalitarian, tyrannical regime in Iran. Ever notice how these Marxists are not strongly supporting our efforts to end the terrorist regime in Iran? They would love to have that type of power, control, and domination.
Connolly expressed his view of our Constitution as a few useless pieces of parchment. He stated, "Of the DSA caucuses that believe in democracy (America is a Republic) as an end goal, MUG (Marxist Unity Group) is the only one that sees revolution as a necessity to get there. And of the caucuses in DSA which see the necessity of revolution, we're the only ones that see democracy as the end goal." Let me translate what Comrade Connolly is saying, which we first heard from Vladimir Lenin: "socialism must inevitably evolve gradually into communism..." He and his Marxist choom gang can try and manipulate language, but what they are talking about is the economic model of socialism enabling the fundamental societal transformation of America to communism. And that, folks, all got started 18 years ago with Obama's rant.
America is, no, it has entered into a Second Civil War. It started as two competing ideologies, but we now have the open declaration of kinetic means to an end. There have been warning shots fired, federal officers attacked, assassination attempts on a president, and the assassination of a young man in an open free-speech forum. We can choose to dismiss this, as we did 18 years ago with Obama, or take it doggone seriously.
I choose to take it seriously. Matter of fact, I did back in 2012 at a town hall forum in Jensen Beach, Florida, when I stated that there were some 75-80 communists in Congress. It was, and is, called the Congressional Progressive Caucus. The leftists went apoplectic, and Republicans ran and hid. Maybe that is why I only served one term in Congress. You can't have a strong constitutional conservative combat veteran calling out Marxists when there is a Black Marxist in the White House. Leadership is about being prescient, visionary, and, as Sun Tzu would say, winning the battle before it has even begun.
Here's what I have to say to Comrade Connolly. There are many of us who took the oath to support and defend the Constitution of the United States. And we take that oath seriously and do not believe that it has a statute of limitations. Don't go asking for something, writing a check, that your a** cannot back up. If you are calling for a revolution to overthrow our Constitutional Republic, which you are, you and your ilk will meet a terrible fate. No, Comrade, that is not a threat. It is a promise, one from an American Soldier. And there are many of us, as well as Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen, who will stand before you and your "goal."
The Constitution of the United States of America is not an obstacle; it is the embodiment of the American people, a restraining document on the powers of the federal government, and our rule of law. Neither you nor anyone else is going to replace or abolish it.
Steadfast and Loyal.