© 2016 Jim Spence - A few years ago when we were doing our radio show we used to talk to cartoonist Tony Branco each week. He is a marvelous artist and we miss the interaction. Here is his latest creation:
The past few days have been instructive. Trump is working hard all
day and half of the night. He is going faster than anyone who has ever tried to
clean up that town. The GOP Senate and House cannot keep up. They are not used
to producing only posturing.
On the other hand, over the past few days the Democrat Senators have been
truant. They have simply no-showed committee meetings involving votes on Trump’s
cabinet nominees. Their attitudes stand in stark contrast to those of
Republicans when Barack Obama sent his nominees to Capitol Hill eight years ago.
Some of the GOP senators voted against the Obama nominees, while others voted
to confirm them. However at least the Republicans showed up to vote.
In 2017 the Democrats are acting like every day is senior ditch day
in high school. Their orchestrated absences have finally forced those GOP Senators who
showed up for the second day in a row to change the rules that
requires at least one member of the opposition party to show up before business
was conducted.
There are many ways
to characterize what the Democrats have been doing now that they have
discovered that they won't control any of the three branches of government. Some people
say they are just mean-spirited. Others say they are childish. Still others
call them obstructionists. Perhaps the best description is the Democrats have a constituency that is very far
removed from reality. Denial seems to be their only friend. Hey! That sounds like a country music hit title.
Once again America can blame public education for the fact
that Democrat voters don’t seem to realize that neither the Democrats nor
Republicans remain in power for more than about two presidential terms. The
longest run for the GOP since World War II was three terms, two by Reagan followed by one by George H.W. Bush. The Democrats
have not held the White House for more than two consecutive terms since Harry Truman won in 1948. Since then, eight years has been the maximum number
of years the Democrats have held on to the White House.
Given the history of
power rotation in America, one has to wonder why Democrats were so surprised when
they lost the White House after losing everything else during the Obama
presidency. But then again, who teaches U.S. history accurately in the public
schools anymore? These poor snowflakes just weren't warned.
If you think the full scale assault on the Trump
administration has been horrific lately, just keep watching. The turbo chargers
are about to kick in by the Democrat’s propaganda ministry (that would be every major television network except Fox
News).
The cartoon above says it all. Everyone knew what was at stake in the
2016 election. Anyone paying half attention knows the reason why Trump won is because even Republicans who don’t like him still wanted him and not Hillary to fill the
vacancy on the Supreme Court. Last night, Trump made his choice with Judge
Neil Gorsuch. Gorsuch has impeccable credentials. How impeccable are they you
ask?
Here is a list of Democrats who supported the confirmation
of Neil Gorsuch eleven years ago when he was nominated to federal bench by
George W. Bush. See if you recognize any of these vaguely familiar names:
Senator Barack Obama, Senator Joe Biden, Senator Harry Reid, Senator Chuck Schumer,
Senator Dick Durbin, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Senator Maria Cantwell, Senator
Tom Carper, Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Robert Menendez, Senator Patty
Murray, Senator Bill Nelson, Senator Jack Reed, Senator Debbie Stabenow,
Senator Ron Wyden.
I think I have heard of some of these people. Expect most if not all of these hypocrites to pretend they
never cast yes votes for Gorsuch. But they did vote for Gorsuch......all of them. And they did so when their party had control of
the Senate. They could have rejected him with a flick of finger, but he was eminently qualified so they didn't.
What figures to come in the next few weeks will be character
assassination that would make Joe McCarthy proud. But take heart. Gorsuch will
be our next Supreme Court justice no matter how spectacular the intellectual
gymnastics are from the side of the aisle that is now home for nearly every
hypocritical lunatic in the nation.
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