Decline and Fall
We are witnessing the decline and fall of the
American "empire." Our country, once great, is
rotting from within. Partisan politics have reached
a rabid, feverish pitch in recent years, but now
they have even infected the judiciary. With the
thinnest of arguments, the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court
of Appeals (the makers of the summer blockbuster
"One Nation, Under God") ruled that California's
recall election must be postponed to prevent a
large bloc of voters from being disenfranchised.
What other result would one expect from a
triumvirate comprised of a Carter appointee and two
Clinton appointees? We've reached the point where
political judges will twist the law to their own
ends, instead of measuring all issues with the
ramrod straight yardstick of law.
What makes me spitting-mad is that the Democrats
have the unmitigated gall to call this recall
election an attempt by Republicans to "steal"
elections that they can't win fair and square. Yet
Democrats have attempted to hinder, stall and
oppose what is a thoroughly democratic process
nearly a dozen times with lawsuit after lawsuit.
Even assuming, for the sake of argument, that
Republicans initiated the recall process, over a
million Californians supported the idea enough to
sign petitions. And when this election finally
takes place, the people of this state will have
their chance to say whether or not they want Gray
Davis to stay in office. It's not about Republicans
"stealing" elections. Whoever the people of
California want in office will be the person who
will become (or remain) governor, regardless of
what the Republican Party thinks or wants. To
whatever extent Republicans have been involved in
the recall process, it has been to facilitate a
democratic process. It's the Democrats who have
tried to impede a process by and for the
People.
If I were one of the "minority" whom the ACLU
claims will be "disenfranchised" by the use of
punch-card ballots, I'd be offended at the
insinuation that I was too stupid to figure out how
to punch a hole in a piece of cardstock. It's a
totally racist argument. Some of the most populous
counties in this state still use the punch-card
ballots, yet the ACLU only claims that it's the
minorities whose votes won't count. If you follow
this argument through to its obvious conclusion,
the ACLU is saying that white people are capable of
using the ballot properly, while minorities are
not. Ergo, minorities are more ignorant. How
long until Californians (and Americans) wake up and
see the racism inherent in such political
correctness?
The U.S. Supreme Court will probably intervene
and overrule the Ninth Circuit, which Tom
McClintock called the "laughingstock" of the
federal judiciary. The recall election will likely
proceed as scheduled, with a probable close
outcome. Then, Democrats will almost certainly cry
havoc instead of going gently into the good night.
So, whether they succeed in delaying this
democratic election or fail, they will have
achieved their goal of injecting a dose of chaos to
prevent what would likely have been a smooth
transition from a Davis administration to a
Schwarzenegger administration. Shit-disturbers,
that's what they are. Like the weasels clamoring to
face President Bush in the next presidential
election, they will distort reality and manipulate
the law to do whatever they can to increase their
influence (a charge they'd likely turn right around
and lob at the Republicans, but those who can think
for themselves know that facts speak louder than
sound bites).
I'd love to read the comparisons Edward Gibbon
would draw.
©2003 Michael
Strickland ALL RIGHTS
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