In watching the House vote on healthcare this evening, I was struck rather profoundly by the fact that after the predictable cheering, the Democrat delegation broke out into a chant of “yes we can.” Perhaps I should have predicted that too, but it was a disgusting spectacle to watch as our elected politicians worked themselves into such a self-congratulatory frenzy. It is even more disturbing when you considered what they now proclaim they can do.

Most of the drama leading up to this vote comes from the fact that the American people did not want this bill to pass. If the people were on board, tonight’s vote would have been a mere formality; furthermore, it would have happened months ago. But the people stood up against the bill, some on principle, others formore specific reasons, but a clear majority did not want what happened tonight to occur. The people expressed their views in polls, by mail, by phone, by internet, and at the ballot box where a series of candidates did better than they should have had any reason to simply because they ran on conservative principles. Congress knew that the clear will of the people was that the bill must die.

So when they chant at us, “Yes we can,” what they are really chanting is that they can defy the will of the people, openly and in plain sight. They are saying that they can govern against us, not just against our will, but to our own detriment. They are loudly proclaiming that they can defile every principle the nation was built from, enshrined in the constitution, and cherished by everyone who believes in liberty.

I look forward to the coming election, where I expect the American people will have their own chance to be equally jovial in the streets. I look forward to 2012, when Obama will be thrown from office in disgrace. On these says of reckoning, the people will have their chance to take to the streets in and greet Washington with their own rallying cries:

“No, you can’t.” “Freedom reigns.”