Today, the Republicans plan to unveil their latest document that they claim reveals the principles upon which they will govern. I found an advance copy of it here. [PDF] Most of the document is high sounding verbiage that adds nothing, but there are four statements that begin “We pledge…” that contain the significant part. Lets examine them one-by-one.

We pledge to honor the Constitution as constructed by its framers and honor the original intent of those precepts that have been consistently ignored – particularly the Tenth Amendment, which grants that all powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

Republicans have a track record for waving the Constitution about, while ignoring its content. The “original intent” means whatever they want it to mean, and they refuse to be swayed in their interpretation, no matter now much original documentation is available to the contrary. The reference to the Tenth Amendment indicates an intent to undo health care reform, but they ignore the commerce clause.

We pledge to advance policies that promote greater liberty, wider opportunity, a robust defense, and national economic prosperity. We pledge to honor families, traditional marriage, life, and the private and faith-based organizations that form the core of our American values.

Greater liberty, wider opportunity and and national economic prosperity are for the rich and corporations to suck wealth from the poor and middle classes. Are you enjoying the prosperity they brought us during the Bush regime? A robust defense refers to more aggressive wars. The rest means ban all abortions, criminalize the LGBT community, and ignore the establishment clause, that separates church and state.

We pledge to make government more transparent in its actions, careful in its stewardship, and honest in its dealings.

Given that Republican administrations, especially the most recent, have been the most secretive, most wasteful, and most criminal, this is a bold lie indeed.

We pledge to uphold the purpose and promise of a better America, knowing that to whom much is given, much is expected and that the blessings of our liberty buoy the hopes of mankind.

This is empty rhetoric.

What surprises me is that there is no mention of tax cuts for the rich or dismantling the safety net for the rest of us. Those are their biggest goals, as Rachel Maddow demonstrates.

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