Former French President Charles-De Gaulle once said: “Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.”

Our Democratic form of Government has given every citizen (of legal voting age) the right to participate in the governing of our great Republic. This is one of the hallmarks of Democracy and something that we should all cherish. Unfortunately, too many Americans don’t participate in the electoral process, which too often results in bad candidates being elected.

The citizens of Massachusetts understood this when they went to vote on January 19th in the special election for senate to fill Ted Kennedy’s seat.

The election of Scott Brown the Republican candidate was one of the greatest political upsets in the history of MA. It is one of the most Liberal states in America with registered Democrats out numbering Republicans almost three to one. The Democratic nominee was considered a shoe-in by all the experts, however one thing they didn’t consider was the resolve of the citizens in MA.

By their vote they were telling Washington and President Obama that they were opposed to his Healthcare reform, his taxes, and his socialist agenda. The people spoke and their voices were heard loud and clear.

Hopefully what happened in MA will spread across America as it regards the mid-term elections in November. Hopefully those running for re-election will get the message that the people are not happy with the way the country is going.

What happened on January 19th in MA was just as important as the Boston Tea Party of December 16, 1773. On that date a group of about 200 men dressed as Indians boarded ships in Boston Harbor and in defiance of King George and his “Tea Tax” threw the offending cargo over board into the harbor waters. In essence they were telling King George “Take your tea and shove it.”

Hopefully Washington got the message.

This has been the musings and rambling of a happy American.