Watch out now, take care, beware of greedy leaders. They take you where you should not go. Beware of Darkness.
Thus wrote George Harrison in 1970. While there is little chance he would support President Trump, his keen eye saw power so corrupt the powerful – in business, government and the press – they too often took we the people where we should not go. And so antibiotic production is in China, troops are in Iraq, and rioters in the streets. Bad enough, but greedy Democrats leak, lie, investigate, and smear a fairly elected rival who wants to end those wrongs.
Today’s Democrats act as if their elected office and electability are acts of God and their GOP rivals are as good as gone, and their sense of entitlement has been on full display in reacting to Republicans replacing the late Justice Ginsburg. It began with the usual politesse; Dems giving “fair play” lectures that netted a “definite” (Collins) and “maybe” (Murkowski) ally in the GOP. However, by Tuesday, the other 51 GOP senators were ready to advise and consent.
Democrats shifted from “please don’t” to “you’ll be sorry.” Chuck Schumer chose an interesting metaphor (“we have many arrows in our quiver”) that liberal pols and pundits have further defined as the death penalty for two-party governance. To be sure, there’ll be no payback unless Democrats sweep in November, but every one of their Kill The GOP arrows intends to pack ballot boxes, courts, and Congress with Democrats For Life.
Senators threaten to end the filibuster and pack a new 16-justice court with 7 liberals. House members threaten to abolish the Electoral College and give statehood to Puerto Rico and DC; thereby adding senate seats and electoral votes. They want to make citizens of millions of illegal immigrants and enact vote-by-mail so the pro-Democrat postal union can election-meddle. Not exactly for the people and of the people, are they?
Some Democrats have suggested stupid and futile gestures like boycotting the Senate hearings: if we don’t get our way, then we’ll make a mockery of two-party governance. How entitled and petulant is that? Very, and it’s the result of FDR’s grand identity coalition (black, Jewish and union voters) that spawned years of predictable voting blocs and predictable outcomes, plus a little New York and California arrogance.
Like a rich New Yorker (Bloomberg) paying $16 million in fines so 32,000 Florida felons can vote in November; violating a state law that prohibits financial vote-influencing, or an angry Californian (Waters) urging bullying: “I said, if you see them anywhere, [let’s] create a crowd [and] tell them ‘you’re not welcome here or anywhere.’ Of course, it frightened a lot of people.” Or CNN’s Don Lemon exploding on air: “we’re going to have to blow up the entire system.”
What does it say when a New York party member thinks felons lean Democrat and tries to buy out-of-state votes, a California party member incites supporters to channel Dixiecrats and scream “you’re not welcome here” at Republicans, and a party pundit wants to scrap the system after a close – but constitutional – loss by a Democrat? The evidence indicts Democrats for supporting democracy only when it suits them.
Hence, they can meddle with election outcomes and cry “foul” when they lose. Remember, Hillary did pay for the Russian Dossier and did claim, “Russia stole the election.” Now, they’re pushing vote-by-mail and ignoring ballot fraud in Pennsylvania, saying Trump won’t leave office and Biden must not concede – when they’re not threatening more riots if they lose on Election Day. Tell me again, how did Democrats come by their name?
