Walking in the Footprints of Giants

Fire of Liberty

While Nancy Pelosi and a large sub-section of fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives are slowly driving their party closer and closer towards the edge of a great cliff on their stances on national security and foreign affairs, there are some Democrats who take principle over politics. One individual that has impressed me with this stance is US Representative Jim Marshall of Georgia. Aside from his principled stand behind our troops and our mission in Iraq, he has also gone against Pelosi by speaking out on extending the Patriot Act because as he notes in this article, "it's a useful tool in the nation's war against terrorism." As one of Rep. Marshall's constituents, I'm very proud to have a Democrat in the mold of the great Carl Vinson Rep. - D- GA(Srv. fifty years from 1914-1965) and Sen. Sam Nunn -D-GA (1972-1996) serving as my representative. You'd think the Democratic party would get the drift that maybe they're losing touch with the American people when it comes to fighting terrorism and defending this nation. I just hope more level-headed Congressmen like Jim Marshall and Steny Hoyer take a stronger stand in the Democratic party before they become lost in the "wilderness" like the GOP did from 1954-1994. I don't know about you but I prefer a government with a ruling party and it's respective opposition. So carry on and keep up the good fight Rep. Marshall.