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I've been waiting for some "journalist" to pick up on this topic so that I could share and comment on it, but I haven't found any, not yet. So, let me offer the following as briefly and succinctly as possible.
"The definition of a principle is a basic truth or the source or origin of something or someone. An example of principle is a list of values set by a group of people."
We don't elect members of Congress to vote for us. We elect them to represent us and our principles. Obviously, we don't all share the same set of principles, not in minute detail, but rather their principles. Candidates share with us their principles and we select the ones with whom we generally agree. Sadly, it rarely works that way.
The confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh is an excellent example. Judge Kavanaugh has clearly demonstrated his adherence to Constitutional principles. Now, we knew that the Democrats would obstruct his confirmation in any way possible. Anyone surprised at the last minute smear campaign simple hasn't been paying attention, not since the smear campaign that cost Judge Bork his nomination.
What is not particularly surprising, but certainly is dismaying, is the speed with which GOP Senators are caving to popular opinion polls that are affected by smear campaigns. Why would anyone trust a poll, especially since the 2016 elections?
So here we are, once again wrestling with polls instead of principles. Sad, isn't it?
"The definition of a principle is a basic truth or the source or origin of something or someone. An example of principle is a list of values set by a group of people."
We don't elect members of Congress to vote for us. We elect them to represent us and our principles. Obviously, we don't all share the same set of principles, not in minute detail, but rather their principles. Candidates share with us their principles and we select the ones with whom we generally agree. Sadly, it rarely works that way.
The confirmation of Judge Kavanaugh is an excellent example. Judge Kavanaugh has clearly demonstrated his adherence to Constitutional principles. Now, we knew that the Democrats would obstruct his confirmation in any way possible. Anyone surprised at the last minute smear campaign simple hasn't been paying attention, not since the smear campaign that cost Judge Bork his nomination.
What is not particularly surprising, but certainly is dismaying, is the speed with which GOP Senators are caving to popular opinion polls that are affected by smear campaigns. Why would anyone trust a poll, especially since the 2016 elections?
So here we are, once again wrestling with polls instead of principles. Sad, isn't it?
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Yes, very sad. There is a trendy notion today, popular in Universities, that there are no such thing as "forever" principles. Truth and Justice are merely constructs without meaning or value until we ASSIGN them value by redefining them under the new social-cultural models. All hogwash, of course, but too many progressives are swallowing it whole. I wonder if the constitution has a chance.
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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
How have we been tough since 1991 and I’ll answer your question. You do realize things do happen behind the scenes that you know nothing about right?
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SSgt Gary Andrews
Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin - Absolutely. Now answer me this: did Putin look and act like a man that was being treated harshly by our POTUS at the Helsinki conference? And did our POTUS look more like a confident world leader, or a whipped puppy? Role tape and check it out if you didn't see it live.
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SGT Mark Halmrast
Col Joseph Lenertz indeed. Striking that the postmodern mindset that claims truth is relative asserts that truth absolutely.
Universities were formed to pursue truth, now they supplant it.
I appreciate your comments on RP. Concise, spot on. Always good to see your comments on a post.
Universities were formed to pursue truth, now they supplant it.
I appreciate your comments on RP. Concise, spot on. Always good to see your comments on a post.
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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
SSgt Gary Andrews - Why does he need to appear to be treated harshly? This is not the Jerry Springer show. Once again, you have no idea what is going on behind the scenes.
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Exactly. For example, Jeff Flake, the flake, extraordinare, should be tarred and feathered for his failure to uphold principles.
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SSgt Gary Andrews
Actually, in the case of Flake, it would have been easy for him to embrace Trump and support him, as so many of his fellow GOP politicians have......he would be standing for reelection right now if he had done so. But because he actually believed what the GOP stood for prior to the era of Trump, he refused to go along. IMHO, that is a principled stand. Many long time GOP senators and congressmen have completely reversed principles that they obviously stood for in the past......abandoning principle for political expediency. Not picking only on the GOP for this, the Democrats also change positions on things when the political winds blow the other way. Neither party seems willing to stand on principle if there is a political cost involved in doing so. Such is the sorry state of our politics today.
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Have you forgot about Merrick Garland? He was qualified? Did he have principles? Where were the GOP's principles when they blocked then-President Obama's authority to nominate a Supreme Court justice? It goes both ways dude.
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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
I've always said what the GOP did was wrong by pushing the nomination hearings until after the election. They should have held the vote, voted against him (assuming they believed he was not qualified), and if this led to running out of time or nominating a more agreeable candidate (which enough GOP members would vote for), so be it. This issue is completely different. The Dems are now pushing to delay based on a character assassination of Kavanaugh. No one is trying to claim the GOP doesn't play games. But pushing a false (or at best an unprovable) allegation of sexual assault is a significant low.
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CPT Jack Durish
Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin - Garland was "qualified" but not bound by Constitutional principles. That is why it was best (and perfectly acceptable) to table his nomination until after the election. Turned out to be prescient (or just lucky)
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