Kowabunga

Thanks to the Palm Beach Post for running an article on Basil E. Dalack, who recently filed suit in order to be able to accept the office of city councilman without taking the oath of office.

Dalack, an appellate lawyer who recently won a seat on the Tequesta Village Council, is refusing to take the oath of office because it requires him to "support, protect and defend" the federal and state governments. To him, that's the equivalent of "blind support" of the war and of Bush administration policies. If Dalack took the oath, he says, he'd have "the blood of all those Iraqi and American kids on my hands."

Dalack has proven he is Moonbat in his attempt to warp the meaning of a councilman's oath of office as defacto support for the current administration and the war for Iraq. As an elected office holder myself, I know otherwise.

Any person seeking elected office is aware that they must be sworn in to office if elected, and that they will be expected to support and defend the Constitution. This is not the same as saying they will support a given administration.

Dalack is twisting the meaning of the oath to meet his own personal political agenda, and since he has refused to take the oath of office, he should be denied that elected office and the Tequesta Village Council should take immediate action to find a suitable replacement for this week's Moonbat of the Week.