Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

May 21, 2013

During the Bush presidency, a conservative filmmaker produced a documentary entitled ?Michael Moore hates America,? which accused the left-leaning director of undermining the national interest. Now that Barack Obama is facing political turmoil in his second term, Moore has redirected that accusation at critics of the incumbent president.

Moore was among the guests in a recent installment of Bill Maher?s HBO program Real Time, in which Maher ? one of Obama?s most slavishly devoted followers ? denounced Congressional Republicans as ?traitors.?

?At some point, obstruction becomes treason,? Maher smugly declared, insisting that Republicans were driven by hatred of Obama rather than principled opposition to his policies. Moore was eager to elaborate on Maher?s charge, insisting that ?these conservatives and right-wingers ... for as much as they say they love this country, they hate it.?

It?s clear that many if not most Republican Congressional leaders act out of partisan motives, rather than out of constitutional principle. The same is true of congressional Democrats, as well. Both factions demand deference when in power, and accuse their opponents of disloyalty to the country when they confront opposition. Both factions are blinded by partisan self-interest and have very short and selective memories when they find themselves on the short end of the political equation.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.