Commentary

Isn’t It interesting how Democrats are always spouting concern that Republicans are dismantling the Constitution, and putting our Democracy at risk, when they are behind activities attempting to do just that?

Elon Musk acquired Twitter to restore free speech – a tenet of democracy – to the platform after it was used to stifle information on the corruption within the Biden family during the 2020 election, causing the left to hit the panic button.

Don’t believe for a moment that the administration’s establishment of a “Ministry of Truth” is coincidental.  It’s right out of Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, where he cautioned “Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem.” 

Big Government will decide what’s true and what isn’t.

The administration would have you ignore the fact that the person in charge of truth-telling – Nina Jankowicz – has a record of supporting the Russian hoax of the Trump era and the belief that Hunter Biden’s laptop was merely Russian misinformation.

I found it particularly interesting that former President Obama was called upon to stoke fear in the threat democracy is facing, recommending those nasty social media companies be regulated by the government.

“I think decisions (on misinformation and disinformation) shouldn’t be left solely to private interests,” he said during a recent speech at Stanford. “These big platforms need to be subject to some level of public oversight and regulation. Do we allow our democracy to wither or do we make it better?”

In other words, we need to limit the speech of those right wing, right-to-lifers, white supremacist, racist, misogynist, climate change deniers, and conspiracy theorists of the Republican Party.

You may recall, it was Obama who disparaged the Constitution during his 2008 campaign, referring to it as “a charter of negative liberties” because it says what the federal government can’t do to you, but doesn’t say what it must do on your behalf.

Obama believed that government can create new “rights,” and it stands to reason that he thought government can also take them away.

Much has been written about Obama’s assault on the Constitution. “The Obama administration has been the most lawless in U.S. history,” wrote Ilya Shapiro of the Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, recalling his “We Can’t Wait” initiative.  “I will not allow gridlock, or inaction, or willful indifference to get in our way,” said Obama.

It would be hard to refute Shapiro’s claim that “Obama left the Constitution weaker than at the beginning of his terms,” after reading the “Top 10 Ways Obama Violated the Constitution during His Presidency, published by The Federalist on January 19, 2017.

But Obama isn’t alone on the mantel of hypocrisy. “Make no mistake, we are living through a full-fledged crisis in our democracy,” said Hillary Clinton during Trump’s term.

Democrat leaders Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer are now accusing Republicans of voter suppression.  “I believe that democracy is at risk,” said Schumer, “we cannot fail.”

I find it confounding how Democrats choose to weave the threat to democracy in every issue, as if they don’t know the meaning of it.  They seem to “reimagine” its meaning to fit the narrative, to use one of their favorite words.

Last week for example, Arizona State University held its inaugural conference on “Democracy and Climate Change.”  A panel discussed how to meet the challenges to democracy and climate stability and contribute to the transition to a post-fossil fuel world that is fair, democratic, resilient and durable.  Included were sessions ranging from mobilizing for climate justice to why climate change isn’t fake news.

“What is standing in the way of democracy doing what it is supposed to do to represent demands of the majority by adopting aggressive climate action?” asked Joan Meiners, the climate change reporter for the left-leaning Arizona Republic.

Of course, there are no demands of the majority.  When asked by Gallup to list the most important problems facing the United States, concern for the environment, pollution and climate change barely registered at just two percent.

With the Constitution viewed as an obstacle to get real climate change action, there was considerable emphasis on achieving state and local progress.  To that end, there was discussion on the rights of people to choose how they are governed, by whom and to what ends.

Troy Rule, a professor in ASU’s College of Law, didn’t hesitate to suggest that we “get organized to vote state officials aligned with local fossil fuel-based utility companies out of office.”

In a virtual appearance at the conference, former Vice President Al Gore cited his belief that an “overwhelming majority of Americans are in favor of expanding infrastructure for renewable energy sources like wind and solar.”  In his dreams.

LAUGH OF THE DAY: “Had Gore not narrowly lost the 2000 presidential race to George W. Bush in the electoral college, the concentration of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere might be lower today.” – Joan Meiners

Now, more than ever … may God continue to bless the United States of America