Does the Oath of Office have any meaning?

This blog will just bring to attention the fact that the President and Congressmen and Congresswomen do in fact take an Oath of Office. The presidential Oath of Office as documented in the Constitution of the United States (Article Two, Section One, Clause Eight): "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

The Oath of Office for Congress members (Article Six U.S. Constitution) is administered by the Speaker of the House, and is a s follows: "I (name of Member), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign or domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office which I am about to enter. So help me God."

I think any rational thinking person can see that most of the elected officials do not pay heed to their Oath of Office.

The last quote is from the Declaration of Independence, it is powerful, and apparently the government chooses to ignore, it is as follows: From the Declaration of Independence. The Founding Fathers had it right, and the current elected officials should read and heed.

“That whenever any form of Government becomes destructive of these ends (man’s unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness), it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, so as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness….But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security.”

These are powerful words, not my words, but those of our Founding Fathers.