Today, as the Senate Judiciary Committee convened to vote to advance Judge Barrett’s nomination to the full Senate, the Democrat members of the Committee did not show up. Instead, they placed photos in their empty chairs.
The photos were of people they had previously used as campaign props during their (laughable) questioning of Judge Barrett. These were the photos that they used as back drops while they called Judge Barrett a liar and a threat. These were the photos to which they pointed when they claimed that Judge Barrett, if confirmed, would somehow and seemingly singlehandedly not only deny them and all of us any health care, but also return us to some sort of Dark Ages.
These same photos were behind the Democrats when they refused to use their time during the Barrett questioning to actually ask Judge Barrett questions relevant to her qualifications to become a Supreme Court Justice. These were the photos that they pointed to as they recited campaign rhetoric about healthcare and abortion and civil rights. These were the photos that the Democrats used to try to instill fear into the American people.
While claiming that they cared about the people in the photos, the Democrats pointed to them as part of their theater of fear mongering. Do the Democrats really care about these people? I don’t know. What I do know is that they tend to use individual stories to prop up their own sweeping and misleading rhetoric.
What I do know is that despite the pretty and perhaps emotion invoking photos and personal stories behind them, the Democrats have contempt for the American people, for the Constitution of the United States of America, and for our form of government.
Today, the Democrat Senators had a job for which the American people elected them and for which we the taxpayers pay them. That was to show up at the Committee meeting of the Judiciary when they are members of that Committee.
Contrary to what they would have the American people believe, this meeting and indeed this entire nomination process is not a sham. It is a constitutionally mandated part of our government. The appointment of a Supreme Court Justice is serious business that these Senators were elected to conduct. Let them grandstand on their own time.
The Democrats can present all the political theater that they want. The bottom line is that they are shirking their duties. (And if you want to understand the facts about why this nomination is not a sham and is perfectly in line with our history, our Constitution, and the will of the people, you can read my previous 3 blog posts about the hearings)
The Democrat stunts during this nomination process present one example of the Democrat contempt for the American people and the rule of law, but, while this process displays in high definition the Democrats’ true colors, it is not by any means the only example.
If you have been reading this blog for the past three and three-fourth years you are aware of example after example of the Democrats' refusal to accept the will of the people when it is not what they want. It began with their refusal to accept Donald Trump as the legitimate President of the United States. That has continued throughout his presidency as they try one after another means of removing him from office and hence overturning the will of the people.
The Democrats have shown us that they do not care about the will of the people and will not think twice about thwarting it if it stands in the way of their power. They do not respect the institutions and offices of our government. They are willing to ignore, indeed shred, the Constitution if that is what it takes. They are also willing to use people and their photos as props if that is what it takes.
The Democrats have shown us that they believe that those with whom they disagree, those who do not fit their preconceived mold for women or Blacks or any of their many identity groups as well as those who hold value systems or beliefs that they disdain such as conservatives (and especially conservative people of color and women) do not deserve our Constitutional freedoms such as speech or worship. To Democrats it is acceptable to silence and hate those with diverse views.
If you have read my blog for the past few years you have read about various forms of governments including socialism and its failures. You have read about how socialist programs, programs that sound laudable and may actually be intended to help one or another group, how those programs actually harm the individual by creating a dependent subclass. Such subclasses are used by those in power as a means of retaining their own power.
You have read about how the progressive programs of the Left will actually deny us the freedoms that we hold dear. They will severely weaken if not remove our right to think for ourselves and each determine our own destiny. They show a disregard for the individual humanity of each of us.
The Democrats’ rhetoric about Judge Barrett and her nomination process is based on lies, misinformation, and mistruths. This should not surprise us since that pretty much describes everything that comes from the Democrats these days.
The Democrats build narratives on facts that are at best incomplete and more likely do not even exist. They along with their media handmaidens suppress information and facts that are harmful to their narrative. The list is long, beginning with the Russian hoax and its falsified FISA warrents and continuing to the present with the suppression of credible facts about Joe Biden’s use of his vice presidency for personal and family gain. (NPR justifies not reporting the story as “not wanting to waste viewer’s time”; I still believe that viewers can and should decide for themselves what is a waste of their time.)
Politicians of course always try to make a case for their policies. But that case should not be based on mistruth. Yet, this approach of denying the truth about our system of government is on full display by the Democrats in the Barrett hearings.
I suspect that the Democrats who did not show up today actually do know what their responsibilities are, that they do know that the Supreme Court is not a political branch (at least not unless/until they succeed in making it so by their Court-packing scheme).
I suspect that the Democrats know that our form of government requires, and our freedoms depend upon a judiciary that is not political. Justice requires the ability to put one’s personal agenda aside. That is what the Democrat Senators should do when considering a new Justice. Yet, their goal seems to not be justice, but rather a political ally dressed in the black robe.
The empty seats this morning, the photos intended to pull on our heartstrings, the lies about Judge Barrett and the nomination processes, these all show a callous contempt and disrespect on the part of the Democrats for the American people. Those of us who are not bamboozled by their rhetoric need to put an end to it the one way that we still can – by casting our vote on November 3.
This is an important election. The status of our democracy and with it our individual freedoms are on the ballot. See this morning’s photos for what they really are – a picture of the Democrat disdain for America and Americans.
As I have said before, I am not a member of any political
party and have voted for both Republican and Democrat candidates in the
past. But this year I believe that America’s
future is fully dependent on our vote and because I believe in our Constitution
and our Democratic Republic, because I value our democracy and how it allows
every individual to determine his or her own beliefs and values and allows each
of us to speak freely those beliefs while requiring tolerance of those who hold
different views, because I believe that Democrat policies will truly weaken if
not destroy many of the crucial foundations of our society, for those reasons
and more I am voting Republican this year, and I urge everyone who holds America
dear to do the same.
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