Today marks the beginning of Constitution Week – a time set aside to commemorate, reflect upon and recommit to the signing of the U.S. Constitution on September 17, 1787.

Will you help me keep pushing forward in the Governor’s race so that I can stand up for our state rights?

Today more than ever, we must rededicate ourselves to the ideals set forth in our Constitution. Washington liberals are pushing huge and unimaginably expensive social programs on the shoulders of states, businesses and individuals with no regard for constituent desires or the ideals on which our nation was founded.

In the Senate, Democrats are preparing to change longstanding rules so they can push through their big-government health care plan. They don’t have the support for their bill, and instead of listening to the millions who have spoken out for a market-driven, patient-centered solution, they want to change the rules and require fewer votes to force their plan on the American people.

I’m writing today because I’ve had enough, and I’m ready to stand up for our rights as Georgians against the ever-growing federal government. Will you help me keep pushing forward with a quick and secure donation to my campaign?

As the federal government tries to strip away states’ rights, I have been on the front line to protect them. I am still fighting the Obama Justice Department over Georgia’s law to keep non-citizens from voting. Verifying citizenship for voters is simply common sense.

President Obama thinks that he and his administration should decide how we conduct our elections in Georgia. These actions directly contradict the spirit of the Constitution we are celebrating this week.

All across the country, regular Americans have stood up to have their voices heard. Unfortunately, they have been dismissed as thugs and rabble-rousers by too many elected leaders who believe their power in Washington supersedes ours in Georgia, or Ohio or Texas. I support these patriots, and I hope I can count on your support as well.

President Obama, Nancy Pelosi and the other Washington politicians have it wrong. In 1789 – a short 220 years ago – President George Washington stated in his first Inaugural Address:

“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered…as deeply, as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.“

Each and every American should pause and consider President Washington’s early acknowledgment that it is only individual American citizens – not hordes of elected officials, bureaucrats, or activist organizations – who can ultimately preserve our liberties and protect our model of government.

I believe that the framers of the Constitution would be shocked at the way their precious document is being interpreted today.

I also believe that this precious document – and the ideals it stands for – is much more powerful than the current resident of the White House or the Speaker’s Office.

I believe that the regular Americans to whom the sacred fire of liberty has been entrusted will emerge victorious in this, and all other struggles against the powerful few politicians.

If I am honored to serve as your next Governor, I will continue to stand up against the federal government’s intrusions into the rights preserved to the states in our Constitution.

I ask you to join me today, and tell those who think they can infringe upon our state’s rights to “Bring it on.”

Karen C. Handel

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