“. . . I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. . ."

[stellanoir]

5. Now "?" wrote this a while ago in response to a similar "?" It's applied for a long while.

"How does pledging an oath (Norquist pledge) to never, ever, ever, raise taxes on the “elite" beneficiaries of the greatest wealth from our economy, no matter what the heck the national circumstance, *not* qualify as a rather *severe* “mental reservation”. . .?

How are an unprecedented seven year frenzy of filibusterings & onerous obstructions of any & all substantial matters of legislation, the long stated willful intent to entirely sabotage the executive branch, the intransigent avoidance of confirming judges, ambassadors ( & even the cyber security wiz), never ever taking an accounting of military waste, incessantly denying proven science, refusing to enact reasonable gun legislation, whilst relentlessly hacking of our once emblematic “social safety net”, and environmental protections, not all completely tantamount to gross “evasion” of basic duty to serve the public. . . ?"