The video, posted on YouTube by LoveTheConstitution.com, is a cartoon depiction that shows just how much damage is being inflicted on the U.S. Constitution under the Bush-Cheney administration.

The video was created under the direction of Steve Organek, a New Jersey businessman who has taken it upon himself to begin a campaign to protect the Constitution by pointing out the administration’s campaign of activities that fly in the face of the founding fathers’ rationale for creating this most important document.

“This presidency has been chipping away at our fundamental liberties, including the government’s illegal wire tapping. We’ve seen election fraud, military torture, the politicizing of the justice department, disregard for habeus corpus, lies about the need for war and much more. These activities cannot go un-checked. Most fly in the face of the Constitution, and the American public and other elected officials need to stop looking the other way,” says Organek. 

The animated short posted on YouTube shows President George W. Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice, and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales each taking their turn at violently stabbing a beating heart emblazoned with the Constitution. Each stab is accompanied by a disturbing battle cry. The heart bleeds more with each jab as statements documenting the impeachable offenses of the administration are shown on the screen. An American flag peaks out from under the constitution, symbolizing the ultimate damage this administration’s actions are infringing upon the nation. The clip ends with a plea for impeachment.

A post on the organization’s website says, “Bush and Cheney have trampled on the Constitution's system of checks and balances, crushed our civil liberties and embraced corruption as the natural order of government. At the same time, they've stifled dissent while parading the flag. That's the final insult - glorifying a symbol in the cause of marginalizing the Constitution. They have debased the Flag by using it to promote a fake patriotism. It's time to restore the flag's image and remind the world that the flag symbolizes principles established by that most magnificent of documents, the U.S. Constitution.”

LoveTheConstitution.com is a new website that launched Oct. 24, 2007, symbolically on United Nations Day. The site will offer readers a “moderate liberal point of view” in analyzing current issues and events. The site was designed to offer concerned citizens insight, information, and advice for communicating with elected officials. The site is supported by advertising as well as merchandise available in the LTC Store, which offers products featuring the LoveTheConstitution.com symbol of the heart emblazoned with the Constitution. The products include a heart shaped Constitution lapel pin for people who do not wear flag lapel pins for the same reason Barack Obama stopped wearing his.

The goal of the site is to encourage political action and public outcry against the tyranny of the current administration. It also offers fundraising opportunities for candidates who will be challenging the status quo in 2008.

“We have a government led by people who are systematically poisoning the future of our country. We see them blatantly ignoring the constitution and going against the presidential oath of office, in which George W. Bush swore to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. That’s not happening,” Organek says.

For more information on the organization, and to see the video, visit www.LoveTheConstitution.com. 

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Note To Editors: The United Nations was officially established on Oct. 24, 1945. The U.N. itself has a Constitution, with a preamble that states: “WE THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES, DETERMINED to save succeeding nations from the scourge of war, which twice in our lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind, and to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person, in the equal rights of men and women from nations large and small, and to establish conditions under which justice and respect for the obligations arising from treaties and other sources of international law can be maintained, and to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom…AND FOR THESE ENDS to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors, and unite our strength to maintain international peace and security, and to insure by acceptance of principles and institution of methods that armed force shall not be used, save in the common interest, and to employ international machinery for the promotion of economic and social advancement for all peoples HAVE RESOLVED TO COMBINE OUR EFFORTS TO ACCOMPLISH THESE AIMS.”